Janet Petro, a seasoned engineer and civil servant, has made history as the first woman to serve as both the acting ...

Iowa native Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this spring, recognizing her near-four ...

The idea floated earlier this month by Gov. Ron DeSantis that NASA might consider moving its headquarters from Washington to Florida remains a topic of interest in space circles. During a panel ...

Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions at ... initiative technical integration lead at NASA's Johnson Space Center, told FLORIDA TODAY that the Stereo CAmera for Lunar Plume-Surface ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for ...

An annual memorial was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Every fourth Thursday in January, NASA remembers fallen astronauts.

MAKING IT TO MARS IS A PRIORITY. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR JANET PETRO IS NOW THE ACTING NASA ADMINISTRATOR. BILL NELSON STEPPED DOWN WESH 2’S. SPACE COAST REPORTER MEGAN MORIARTY EXPLAINS ...

Petro is the director of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, having led the center since mid-2021 after more than a decade as deputy center director. While associate administrators have ...

In a November 2021 interview with Engineering News-Record, Petro, at the time several months into her tenure as director of the Kennedy Space Center, said diversity efforts were important to NASA ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building, and while President Donald Trump’s nominee awaits a confirmation hearing, the head of Kennedy Space Center will keep things afloat. Nelson, who ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building, and while President Trump’s nominee awaits a confirmation hearing, the head of Kennedy Space Center ... KSC Director Janet Petro was named ...