Scientific Lectures and Events

Images of various professional gatherings featuring speakers and audiences engaged in discussions about marine acoustics, aerospace, and energy awareness.

Orion leadership visited the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California on March 4, 2015 to recognize the great work performed at the center in support of Orion's first flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, media and guests listen intently to remarks during a ceremony to highlight the arrival of two major components of the International Space Station. NASA's Node 2, built by the European Space Agency (ESA) in Italy arrived at KSC on June 1. It will be the next pressurized module installed on the Station. The pressurized module of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), named "Kibo" (Hope) arrived at KSC on June 4. It is Japan's primary contribution to the Station. The ceremony held today included the official transfer of ownership signing of Node 2 between the ESA and NASA.. Emceed by Lisa Malone, deputy director of External Relations and Business Development at KSC, the ceremony included these speakers: KSC Director Roy Bridges Jr.; NASA's Michael C. Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator for International Space Station and Shuttle Programs, and William Gerstenmaier, International Space Station Program manager; Al

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Ames holds NAI Astrobiology Conference 2002 NAI Director Dr Baruch Blumberg chat with attendee during poster session.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Employees line up to visit with STS-134 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, left, and Mission Specialist Michael Fincke following a crew return event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Commander Mark Kelly, Johnson and Mission Specialists Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori lifted off May 16, 2011, aboard space shuttle Endeavour. During the nearly 16-day STS-134 mission, Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the station and Endeavour's 25th and final flight.

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S65-20627 (20 March 1965) --- Crew members for the NASA Gemini-Titan 3 mission go over the map of the orbital track with Donald K. Slayton, assistant director for Flight Crew Operations, Manned Spacecraft Center. Shown (left to right) are astronauts John W. Young, pilot; Slayton; Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot; and Ken Nagler, U.S. Weather Bureau. The group got together at the GT-3 mission review meeting on March 20, 1965, in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building on Merritt Island, Florida. Items covered at the review included mission description, spacecraft, launch vehicle, experiments, world-wide tracking network, recovery and weather.

The Orion team visits United Launch Alliance in Denver, Colorado on July 14, 2015 to recognize their efforts in making Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) a success. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

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STS-132 LAUNCH L-1 MEDIA TWEETUP OPENING CEREMONY

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Astrobiology Conference 2002

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Kennedy Space Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, right, welcomes astronaut Rick Mastracchio to the center for a post-flight presentation on the Expedition 38 mission to the International Space Station.The Space Flight Awareness Program hosted Mastracchio's presentation for employees in the KSC Training Auditorium. An Expedition 38/39 crew member, Mastracchio launched to the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 6, 2013, and returned to Earth on May 13, 2014, after 188 days in space. Following Mastracchio's remarks, employees were given the opportunity to ask questions and to meet him in person. To read Mastracchio's biography, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html.

Guest speaker John Sherwin shares a presentation featuring residential solar and home energy-saving methods during a lunch and learn” held Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, for employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Sherwin is the director of the Photovoltaic System Certification and Testing Program at the Florida Solar Energy Center in Cocoa. The event was one of two held during October in conjunction with Energy Awareness Month, which aims to recognize the importance of energy management for our national prosperity, security and environmental sustainability.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Jim Adams, NASA's deputy chief technologist, discusses the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity on Mars during a session with NASA's Kennedy Space Center employees in the training auditorium at the center.

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A speaker talks with a group of Tweetup participants at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California during prelaunch activities for NASAs National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft mission. The tweeters will share their experiences with followers through the social networking site Twitter. NPP represents a critical first step in building the next-generation of Earth-observing satellites. NPP will carry the first of the new sensors developed for this satellite fleet, now known as the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) to be launched in 2016. NPP is the bridge between NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites and the forthcoming series of JPSS satellites. The mission will test key technologies and instruments for the JPSS missions. NPP is targeted to launch Oct. 28 from Space Launch Complex-2 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington. Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet completed the second crew rotation mission to the International Space Station as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program and spent 198 days aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 65 and 66.

NASA booths are seen at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

2023 DEVELOP Day. Students and young professionals discuss their projects during the 2023 DEVELOP Day, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Every summer students and young professionals from NASAs Applied Sciences DEVELOP National Program come to NASA Headquarters to present their research. This year marks the 25th year of DEVELOP, a training and development program where students work on Earth science research projects, mentored by science advisors from NASA and partner agencies, and extend research results to local communities.

Artemis II Crew Canadian Embassy Reception. Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell, joined by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, delivers introductory remarks during a reception with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASAs Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others.

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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, fifth from left, speaks with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President, Hiroshi Yamakawa, second from right, about opportunities to work together in human and robotic exploration at the lunar surface and around the Moon, at the Space Symposium, Monday, April 8, 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They also discussed the two agencies asteroid sample return missions, OSIRIS-REx AND Hayabusa-2, and how they are looking forward to sharing the data and results from those missions.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2022) Andrew Spencer of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU)-Dayton presents a research poster to Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). NAMRU-Dayton, part of the Naval Medical Research & Development enterprise, attended MHSRS, the Department of Defenses premier scientific meeting that focuses specifically on the unique medical needs of the Warfighter. This annual educational symposium brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, and DoD leaders for four days of critical learning, intensive idea sharing, and relationship building.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Cocoa Beach, Fla., Rob Mueller, senior technologist in the Surface Systems Office of the Engineering and Technology Directorate at Kennedy Space Center, talks to participants in the room and those participating online during the Third International Workshop on Lunar Superconductor Applications. The workshop included presentations from several engineers and researchers at Kennedy Space Center. The three-day workshop included presentations from speakers throughout the country and focused on Lunar in-situ resource utilization, NASAs Lunar Ice Prospector called RESOLVE, CubeSats, cryogenic storage and many other topics related to lunar exploration.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Community leaders, business executives, educators, and state and local government leaders were updated on NASA Kennedy Space Center programs and accomplishments during Center Director Bob Cabanas Center Director Update at the Debus Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. An attendee talks with Trent Smith, program manager, and Tammy Belk, a program specialist, at the ISS Ground Processing and Research Office display. Attendees talked with Cabana and other senior Kennedy managers and visited displays featuring updates on Kennedy programs and projects, including International Space Station, Commercial Crew, Ground System Development and Operations, Launch Services, Center Planning and Development, Technology, KSC Swamp Works and NASA Education. The morning concluded with a tour of the new Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the visitor complex.

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JSC2011-E-021694 (25 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (left), STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley (second left), pilot; and Rex Walheim (right foreground), mission specialist, participate in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The Exploration Research and Technology Programs at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosted a two-day workshop, Aug. 6 and 7, 2019, focusing on robotics and automation in space crop production. Participants from around the world and members of NASA, industry, academia and other government agencies met to share their knowledge to enable a common goal of sustaining human operations on the Moon, in deep space and eventually on Mars. Keynote speakers and representatives from different organizations presented data gleaned from their research. Barry Pryor, a professor with the School of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona presents to workshop attendees on Aug. 6.

NASA director of Heliophysics division, Science Mission Directorate, Nicola Fox, speaks at a presentation titled, The Challenge of Exploring Our Sun - the 60-Year Odyssey to Parker Solar Probe,” during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.

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NASAs Nicole Mann is one of three astronauts who will fly on Boeings CST-100 Starliner in an upcoming Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. Mann, along with fellow commercial crew astronauts Eric Boe and Chris Ferguson, recently toured Boeings spacecraft testing facilities in Huntington Beach and El Segundo, Calif. Structural testing in Huntington Beach confirms the spacecraft can withstand the pressures it will experience during flight. Environmental qualification testing in El Segundo ensures the spacecraft can withstand the extreme environments of space.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division and Rowan University present collaborative research on the development of di-electric materials for cryogenic applications to the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) during NEEC Day 2022 at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Newport, R.I. on June 15, 2022. Pictured: Steve Mastro, deputy chief technology officer (CTO), NSWCPD; Aaron Haines, Jacob Mahon, Nicholas Mahon from Rowan University; Mark Stitch from Temple University; Professor Wei Xue from Rowan University; and Andrew Smith from Penn State University.

PHOTO DATE: 06-08-10LOCATION: Bldg. 30south, WFCRSUBJECT: STS-132 ascent flight control team photo with Flight Director Richard Jones and the STS-132 crewWORK ORDER: 1705-STS132TP-06-08-10

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks with young professionals about their project during the annual DEVELOP Earth Science Application Showcase at NASA headquarters Tuesday, August 5, 2014. The Earth Science Applications Showcase highlights the work of over 150 participants in the 10-week DEVELOP program that started in June. The DEVELOP Program bridges the gap between NASA Earth science and society, building capacity in both its participants and partner organizations, to better prepare them to handle the challenges that face our society and future generations.

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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Intel Science Talent Search , Environmental Protection Agency

NASAs Earth Information Center Ribbon Cutting. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks to leadership from NOAA, USGS, USDA, USAID, EPA, and FEMA at the opening of NASAs Earth Information Center, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Earth Information Center is new immersive experience that combines live data sets with cutting-edge data visualization and storytelling to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing.

In the Image Analysis Facility in the Vehicle Assembly Building, Armando Oliu (second from right), lead of the KSC Ice and Debris Team, answers questions from news media representatives on the improved tracking cameras and long-range optical tracking systems that will be used to capture ascent imagery during the return to flight of the Space Shuttle. The press opportunity also includes tours of the launch pad perimeter camera site at Launch Complex 39B and two Playalinda Beach optical tracking sites at the Cape Canaveral National Seashore and the Merritt Island National Refuge.

The first NASA Dropping In a Microgravity Environment (DIME) student competition pilot project came to a conclusion at the Glenn Research Center in April 2001. The competition involved high-school student teams who developed the concept for a microgravity experiment and prepared an experiment proposal. The two student teams - COSI Academy, sponsored by the Columbus Center of Science and Industry, and another team from Cincinnati, Ohio's Sycamore High School, designed a microgravity experiment, fabricated the experimental apparatus, and visited NASA Glenn to operate their experiment in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower. NASA and contractor personnel who conducted the DIME activity with the students. Shown (L-R) are Daniel Dietrich

Joint Information Center (JIC), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Radiation Control Center (RADCC) members prepare for the launch of NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on July 30, 2020, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JIC members include representatives on the local, regional and national level. Mars 2020 launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff was at 7:50 a.m. EDT. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Sept. 14, 2022) Margaret Wise, of Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) presents a research poster at Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). NSMRL, part of the Naval Medical Research & Development enterprise, attended MHSRS, the Department of Defenses premier scientific meeting that focuses specifically on the unique medical needs of the Warfighter. This annual educational symposium brings together healthcare professionals, researchers, and DoD leaders for four days of critical learning, intensive idea sharing, and relationship building.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the media gather for a post-launch news conference held in the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the successful launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-135 mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis began its final flight at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8. STS-135 will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

The inaugural Glenn Symposium focused on advancements in aerospace technology including power and propulsion, autonomy and communications, low boom supersonics, hypersonics, and more. Discussion also encompassed humans returning to the moon, including challenges associated with the 2024 mission.

JOHN DANKANICH, MARSHALLS CENTER CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST, ALSO GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT NASA INNOVATION. DANKANICH DISCUSSED TYPES OF INNOVATION, BARRIERS AND HOW TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES.

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Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana stops by a NASA booth in the Space Station Processing Facility conference center during the 2016 Innovation Expo. Now in its fifth year, the purpose of the Innovation Expo is to help foster innovation and creativity among Kennedy employees who are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.

Visitors stop by a NASA booth in the Space Station Processing Facility conference center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during the 2016 Innovation Expo. Now in its fifth year, the purpose of the Innovation Expo is to help foster innovation and creativity among Kennedy employees who are encouraged to look for ways to do their work better and to propose concepts for tackling future mission needs.

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NASA Earth & Space Air Prize Demonstration Event

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NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) DC-8 deployment to Cape Verde, Sal island, Africa

Daniel Irwin of NASA explains the SERVIR Project at a side event at the U.S. Center at COP-16 in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010.

German Aerospace Center (DLR) executive board chair, Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, left, and Walther Pelzer, DLR executive board member, speak with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about the robust relationship between their agencies in human and robotic exploration, and prospects for cooperation as NASA pursues the landing of humans on the Moon by 2024, at the Space Symposium, Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

JSC2007-E-44684 (29 Aug. 2007) --- The STS-120 crewmembers celebrate the end of formal crew training with a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the left are astronauts George D. Zamka, pilot; Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer; Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist; Pamela A. Melroy, commander; Douglas H. Wheelock, Scott E. Parazynski, and European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli, all mission specialists. Tani is scheduled to join Expedition 16 after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-120.

Attendees listen to a NASA staff member talk about the Global Precipitation Measurement mission during Sneak Peek Friday at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, Friday, April 6, 2018 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The festival is open to the public April 7-8.

Bruce Doddridge, scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, presents �Earth Climate from Space� on the NASA Hyperwall at the U.S. Center at the 19th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19) in Warsaw, Poland, on November 20, 2013.

The Defense Health Agency Research and Engineering Directorate, Clinical Investigations Program Branch organized a poster presentation contest for early career scientists during the Feb. 2024 meeting of AMSUS, the Society of Federal Health Professionals, in National Harbor, Maryland. Seen here are poster presenters engaging with conference participants, in advance of a series of oral presentations during the conference.

Randy Lillard, Program Executive for Technology Demonstration Missions of NASA's Space Technology Mission DIrectorate, speaks about the upcoming Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator demonstration during an Exploration Forum showcasing NASA's human exploration path to Mars in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

Yuri's Night 2009 held at the California Acaemy of Sciences in San Francisco, California

As part of the final STS-82 prelaunch activities, the seven crew members gather for lunch and a photo opportunity in the Operations and Checkout Building. From left, are Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Mission Specialist Steven A. Hawley, Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner, Steven L. Smith and Gregory J. Harbaugh. After a weather briefing, the astronauts will don their launch and entry suits and depart for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff during a 65-minute launch window which opens at about 3:55 a.m. EST, Feb. 11. The exact opening of the launch window will be announced a few hours before launch based on the final computation of the location of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). STS-82 will be the second mission to service the HST which was deployed in 1990

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OSTEM - First Nations Launch Students. Participants from the 14th First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition watch NASAs SpaceX Crew-7 launch from the Banana Creek viewing site at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov launched to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT from Kennedys Launch Complex 39A. Students and advisors from University of Washington, University of Colorado-Boulder, and an international team from Queens University - this years First Nations Launch grand prize teams - traveled to Kennedy for a VIP tour, culminating in viewing the Crew-7 launch. Another highlight included a guided tour of historic Hangar AE, led by James Wood (Osage Nation and Loyal Shawnee), chief engineer of NASAs Laun

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Cocoa Beach, Fla., Pat Simpkins, director of Engineering and Technology at Kennedy Space Center talks to participants in the room and those participating online during the Third International Workshop on Lunar Superconductor Applications. The workshop included presentations from several engineers and researchers at Kennedy Space Center. The three-day workshop included presentations from speakers throughout the country and focused on Lunar in-situ resource utilization, NASAs Lunar Ice Prospector called RESOLVE, CubeSats, cryogenic storage and many other topics related to lunar exploration.

The first NASA Dropping In a Microgravity Environment (DIME) student competition pilot project came to a conclusion at the Glenn Research Center in April 2001. The competition involved high-school student teams who developed the concept for a microgravity experiment and prepared an experiment proposal. The two student teams - COSI Academy, sponsored by the Columbus Center of Science and Industry, and another team from Cincinnati, Ohio's Sycamore High School, designed a microgravity experiment, fabricated the experimental apparatus, and visited NASA Glenn to operate their experiment in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower. NASA and contractor personnel who conducted the DIME activity with the students. Shown (L-R) are Eric Baumann (NASA, 2.2-second Drop Tower Facility manager), Daniel Dietrich

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Aeronautics Technical Seminar series Pilot Force Measurement with Inertia and Gravity Compensation by Rodger A. Mueller (offering an interesting behind-the-scenes look at some of the research that goes into creating high-fedelity, pilot-control loader simulation experiences for pilots and astronauts using the world renowned NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator) Series audio on file in Ames Library

Joint Information Center (JIC), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Radiation Control Center (RADCC) members prepare for the launch of NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on July 30, 2020, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. JIC members include representatives on the local, regional and national level. Mars 2020 launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff was at 7:50 a.m. EDT. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

Dr. Tom Moore discusses the MMS mission objectives, Engage series,

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The team from the University of Alabama team took home the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence for designing and operating the winning robotic vehicle during NASA's Lunabotics Mining Competition. The competition challenged university students to build machines that could collect soil such as the material found on the moon. Working inside the Caterpillar LunArena, the robotic craft dug soil that simulated lunar material. The event was judged by a machine's abilities to collect the soil, its design and operation, size, dust tolerance and its level of autonomy.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shown is one of the exhibits at the 40th Space Congress held April 28-May 1, 2003, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Space Congress is an international conference that gathers attendees from the scientific community, the space industry workforce, educators and local supporting industries. This year's event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy Space Center and the Centennial of Flight. The theme for the Space Congress was "Linking the Past to the Future: A Celebration of Space."

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