From left, astronauts John Glenn and Donald K. Slayton, Walter C. Williams, associate director for Project Mercury operations, and Christopher…
On Dec. 26, 1963, ownership of the facility officially was transferred from the U.S. Air Force to NASA. Now called…
For the Gemini Program, the Flight Control Area's world map display was updated to reflect new tracking stations, and the…
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey (left) visits the Mission Control Center at what was then called Cape Kennedy during the…
For Gemini missions, changes were made in the existing console lineup in the Flight Control Area. Two consoles were added…
The Swift Mission Logo Credit: NASA EPO, Sonoma State University
An artist's rendering of the Swift spacecraft with a gamma-ray burst going off in the background. Credit: Spectrum Astro
Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong, left, and retired Navy Captain and commander of Apollo 17 Eugene Cernan, confer prior to…
A family of Osprey are seen outside the NASA Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on…
A heavy runaway star is rushing away from a nearby stellar nursery at more than 250,000 miles an hour, a…
