Cape Canaveral Air Force Station News

Five days after Iraq attacked Kuwait in 1990, John Kutz flew to Saudi Arabia to set up a tactical communications network that linked coalition forces through U.S. military satellites, a capability key to winning the first Persian Gulf War.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched successfully at 12:55 a.m. CST Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, November 23, 2009 Source: United Launch Alliance - Comments United Launch Alliance deployed its fourth commercial mission of 2009 as an Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Intelsat 14 commercial telecommunications satellite at 1:55 a.m. EST, today.

An Atlas V rocket launched early this morning has successfully deployed its Intelsat-14 commercial communications satellite in orbit, United Launch Alliance reports.

The job situation in Brevard County hasn't shown any sign of improvement or leveling off.

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Source: Kennedy Space Center - Comments Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Pad: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

A U.S. Air Force Academy space weather experiment heads for the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis after the shuttle lifted off at at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov.

Six Atlantis astronauts have arrived at Kennedy Space Center ahead of their planned 2:28 p.m. Monday launch to the International Space Station.

An Atlas V rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station overnight.

Weather forecasts look promising for on-time launches of an unmanned rocket and a space shuttle from the Space Coast over the next four days.

In fact, there have been 116 space shuttle scrubs; 72 for technical reasons and 45 for inclement weather.

Space Exploration Technologies announces that Colonel Scott Henderson has joined the company.

Space shuttle Atlantis is a week from blasting off on the year's final mission if preparations continue on schedule and a rocket launches as planned early Saturday.

BAE Systems has received a contract worth up to $20 million to support U.S. Air Force global monitoring for nuclear treaty compliance.

After Wednesday's picture perfect launch of the Ares I-X test rocket - which revealed no real showstoppers or issues as of yet for the vehicle - the obvious next question is: now what? Much of what comes next for the Ares program, and Constellation in general, hinges on any decisions the Obama administration and Congress make in regards to NASA's ...

Space Exploration Technologies has requested a Feb. 2 launch date for the maiden flight of its new Falcon 9 rocket, according to a recent launch range forecast issued by the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing.

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Source: Kennedy Space Center - Comments Synopsis - Oct 21, 2009 General Information Solicitation Number: N/A Reference Number: NNK09ZCS001 Posted Date: Oct 21, 2009 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Oct 21, 2009 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: Yes Original Response Date: N/A Current Response Date: ...

NASA's Ares I-X rocket sustained significant damage Wednesday when it first-stage parachute recovery system failed to operate as intended and the vehicle slammed into the Atlantic Ocean about 120 miles due east of Kennedy Space Center.

The stars and stripes on the American flag reflect NASA's commitment to teamwork as the Constellation Program's Ares I-X test rocket roars off Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Nov.

More than 47 years after 13 airmen supporting America's beginnings in human space flight were killed in an plane crash, a top Air Force general Friday unveiled a memorial plaque in their memory.