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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, with its nose cone open to reveal its docking mechanism, approaches the International Space Station carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. This mission marked SpaceX’s 34th commercial resupply services flight to the space station for NASA.

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) offers unparalleled services for processing and launching payloads into space.  Whether it is a small cubesat, a large satellite, humans or deep space spacecraft, KSC has the facilities and expertise needed to safely and successfully test and prepare your payload for a variety of launch platforms.

The range of resources available includes, a workforce trained under rigid quality and safety standards, an experienced payload engineering staff, advanced life support and animal care experts, and facilities that support pressurized and non-pressurized cargo processing, testing, transport, handling, integration and recovery. The KSC team has experience covering the gamut from components and equipment for the International Space Station, to NASA science missions including the Hubble telescope, to student-designed nanosats. Take a moment to look further at our capabilities and services, and contact us to discuss how we can support your payload needs.

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Two Soyuz crew spacecraft, the MS-28 docked to the Rassvet module (foreground) and the MS-29 docked to the Prichal module (background), are pictured attached to the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above eastern Kazakhstan.

International Space Station (ISS)

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SLS Cubesat (2013)

CubeSates

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These artist’s concepts show SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) on the Moon. NASA is working with SpaceX to develop Starship HLS to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for Artemis III and Artemis IV as part of the agency’s Artemis campaign. At about 165 feet (50 m), Starship HLS will be about the same height as a 15-story building. An elevator on Starship HLS will be used to transport crew and cargo between the lander and the Moon’s surface.

Human Transport

Learn about human transport at Kennedy Space Center.

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Land Systems Ground Operations

Learn about land systems ground operations at Kennedy Space Center.

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