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Also known as John F. Kennedy Space Center, KSC, KSC, John F. Kennedy Space Center

US space launch site in Florida

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Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is an active facility and funder located in Merritt Island, United States. Established in 1962, the center sits at an elevation of 3 meters above sea level. It operates under the official name Kennedy Space Center and is associated with the hashtag KennedySpaceCenter.

The organization maintains a social media presence with 2,727,252 followers. Its official website is hosted at nasa.gov, specifically under the Kennedy section. The center is referenced by 2,871 other encyclopedia articles.

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Research organization · ROR

Type
Facility, Funder
Founded
1962
Location
Merritt Island, United States
Also known as
KSC
Status
Active

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Official website

Kennedy Space Center - NASA

Kennedy Space Center, one of 10 NASA field centers, is a multiuser spaceport with more than 90 private-sector partners and nearly 250 partnership agreements.

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NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida install and test antennas on a solar array on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, for the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. NASA’s future will continue to be a story of human exploration, technology, and science. We will go back to the Moon to learn more about what it will take to support human exploration to Mars and beyond. We will continue to nurture the development of a vibrant low-Earth orbit economy that builds on the work done to date by the International Space Station. NASA engineers will develop new technologies to improve air transport at home and meet the challenges of advanced space exploration. Our scientists will work to increase an understanding of our planet and our place in the universe. The Artemis II crew, from left: NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover pose for a group photo after viewing the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. When NASA opened for business on October 1, 1958, it accelerated the work already started on human and robotic spaceflight, and over the last 65 years it has continued to push the boundaries of aeronautics and space exploration. Now NASA is preparing to take humankind farther than ever before, as it helps to foster a robust commercial space economy near Earth, and pioneers further human and robotic exploration as we venture into deep space. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet from the rover. This image was taken by the WASTON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Jared “Rook” Isaacman is the 15th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. An entrepreneur and skilled pilot, Isaacman commanded Inspiration4, the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight aboard the Dragon spacecraft. The mission was a major milestone in commercial spaceflight. Matt Anderson is NASA’s deputy administrator. Anderson is a decorated Air Force command pilot in multiple aircraft with more than 5,000 flight hours, including more than 650 in combat. Throughout his 24-year Air Force career, he served on several senior U.S. Department of War staffs and commanded at multiple levels before retiring in 2021. Amit Kshatriya is NASA’s associate administrator. Kshatriya serves as the highest-ranking civil servant at the agency and as a senior advisor to the administrator. Kshatriya leads the agency’s 10 center directors, as well as the mission directorate associate administrators at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Align your talents with your passion and find out why NASA consistently is named a best place to work in the federal government. At NASA, you'll have an opportunity to work on unique and challenging projects that truly make an impact on humanity. Stay up-to-date on the latest news from NASA–from Earth to the Moon, the Solar System and beyond.

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Wikidata facts

Named after
John F. Kennedy
Located in
Brevard County
Elevation
3
Parent organization
NASA
Operator
NASA
Official website
www.nasa.gov/kennedy
Image
Aerial View of Launch Complex 39.jpg
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Commons category
Kennedy Space Center
topic's main category
Category:Kennedy Space Center
inception
1962-03-07
social media followers
129000
director / manager
Janet Petro
hashtag
KennedySpaceCenter
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Encyclopedic overview

The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the ten field centers of NASA. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The management of the two entities work very closely together, share resources, and operate facilities on each other's property.

Though the first Apollo flights and all Project Mercury and Project Gemini flights took off from the then-Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the launches were managed by KSC and its previous organization, the Launch Operations Directorate. Starting with the fourth Gemini mission, the NASA launch control center in Florida (Mercury Control Center, later the Launch Control Center) began handing off control of the vehicle to the Mission Control Center in Houston, shortly after liftoff; in prior missions it held control throughout the entire mission.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kennedy Space Center” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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