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Kennedy Space Center: 60 Years in Photos

In July 1962, the Launch Operations Center was established, and by December 1963, it was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Join us as we celebrate six decades of exploration by browsing through photos from the last 60 years at Kennedy.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, tours the Blue Origin facilities near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
NASA Administrator and officials at Blue Origin facility
Orion’s service module for NASA’s Artemis I mission was moved from a test stand to a test cell inside the...
Orion’s service module for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was moved from a test stand to a test cell inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2019.
The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test exited the...
The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test exited the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2019.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is loaded onto the company’s recovery ship, Go Searcher, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles off...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is loaded onto the company’s recovery ship, Go Searcher, in the Atlantic Ocean, about 200 miles off Florida’s east coast, on March 8, after returning from the International Space Station on the Demo-1 mission.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is guided by four parachutes toward the Atlantic Ocean on March 8 after returning from the International...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is guided by four parachutes toward the Atlantic Ocean on March 8 after returning from the International Space Station on the Demo-1 mission.
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37, the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA's...
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37, the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with NASA's Parker Solar Probe, lifts off at 3:31 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018.
Commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada visit with Boeing and United Launch...
Commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada visit with Boeing and United Launch Alliance employees at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
Commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada visit with Boeing and United Launch...
Commercial crew astronauts Chris Ferguson, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada visit with Boeing and United Launch Alliance employees at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) after they were officially assigned to fly on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
Technicians and engineers with Exploration Ground Systems at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently tested the Crew Access...
Crews with Exploration Ground Systems at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently tested the Crew Access Arm on the mobile launcher being prepared to support the agency’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
Technicians and engineers with Exploration Ground Systems at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently tested the Crew Access...
Crews with Exploration Ground Systems at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently tested the Crew Access Arm on the mobile launcher being prepared to support the agency’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians are installing the heat shield to the Orion crew module July 25, 2018, inside the...
Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians are installing the heat shield to the Orion crew module July 25, 2018, inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Astronauts participate in a Boeing/United Launch Alliance (ULA) emergency egress system demonstration at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex...
Astronauts participate in a Boeing/United Launch Alliance (ULA) emergency egress system demonstration at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 41 in Florida on June 19, 2018.
The upper and lower domes of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Spacecraft 2 Crew Flight Test Vehicle were mated June 19,...
The upper and lower domes of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Spacecraft 2 Crew Flight Test Vehicle were mated June 19, 2018, inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Plum Brook Station in Ohio, ready to undergo testing in the...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Plum Brook Station in Ohio, ready to undergo testing in the In-Space Propulsion Facility.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe undergoes testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center on...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe undergoes testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday, May 18, 2018.
The 2017 class of astronaut candidates toured the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay, during a familiarization tour...
2017 ASCAN Tour of KSC at O&C Hi-Bay Orion Tour.
NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson stands next to her console in Firing Room 1 at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch...
NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson stands next to her console in Firing Room 1 at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center during a countdown simulation for Artemis-1.
High up on the mobile launcher (ML) tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction workers assist as a...
High up on the mobile launcher (ML) tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction workers assist as a crane moves the Core Stage Inter-tank Umbilical (CSITU) into place for a fit check of the attachment hardware.
A Starliner structural test article at Boeing's Huntington Beach Facility in California, where the spacecraft, including the service module and...
A Starliner structural test article at Boeing's Huntington Beach Facility in California, where the spacecraft is undergoing rigorous qualification testing, including tests like shock, separation and vibration.
A NASA pilot boards an F-18 jet prior to take off from the agency's Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy...
A NASA pilot boards an F-18 jet prior to take off from the agency's Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M.
The two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center carrying the Dragon...
The two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Packed inside its canister, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is moved into...
Packed inside its canister, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is moved into the low bay entrance of the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Vice President Mike Pence, second from right; NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot, left; Deputy Director, Kennedy Space Center, Janet Petro,...
A group of people, including Vice President Mike Pence, look at the Orion capsule during a tour of Kennedy Space Center.
Vice President Mike Pence addresses NASA employees, Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
Vice President Mike Pence addresses NASA employees, Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of...
Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch complex at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module is carried atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch...
The Orbital ATK Cygnus pressurized cargo module is carried atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Members of the news media view the 10 levels of new work platforms in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle...
Members of the news media view the 10 levels of new work platforms in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during a tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida with Center Director Bob Cabana.
The American flag can be seen hanging from the final work platform, A north, as the platform is lifted up...
The American flag can be seen hanging from the final work platform, A north, as the platform is lifted up by crane from the transfer aisle in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft is released and the...
The Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft is released and the first stage ignites at 8:37 a.m. EST.
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana provides a tour for cast and crew members of the upcoming motion picture "Hidden...
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana provides a tour for cast and crew members of the upcoming motion picture "Hidden Figures."
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana points to a display during a tour for cast and crew members of the...
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana points to a display during a tour for cast and crew members of the upcoming motion picture "Hidden Figures."
Boeing’s Structural Test Article of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is readied inside the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility...
Boeing’s Structural Test Article of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is readied inside the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the protective covering...
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the protective covering was removed from the Orion crew module structural test article (STA).
The Orion crew module adapter (CMA) was lifted for the first and only time, Nov. 11, during its processing flow...
The Orion crew module adapter (CMA) was lifted for the first and only time, Nov. 11, during its processing flow inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building high bay at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Dignitaries, including members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon opening the Heroes and...
Dignitaries, including members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon opening the Heroes and Legends attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame listen to speakers during the opening of the Heroes and Legends attraction...
Members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame listen to speakers during the opening of the Heroes and Legends attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a Zodiac boat secure a harness around a test version of the Orion...
U.S. Navy divers and other personnel in a Zodiac boat secure a harness around a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
A heavy-lift crane lowers the second half of the D-level work platforms, D north, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)...
A heavy-lift crane lowers the second half of the D-level work platforms for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, into position for installation in High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In this view looking up in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a heavy-lift crane...
In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a heavy-lift crane lowers the second half of the D-level work platforms, D north, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, into position for installation in High Bay 3.