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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, officials pose at the site where a Shuttle Program time capsule has been secured vault within the walls of the Space Shuttle Atlantis home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. From the left are: Pete Nickolenko, deputy director of NASA Ground Processing at Kennedy, Patty Stratton of Abacus Technology, currently program manager for the Information Management Communications Support Contract. During the Shuttle Program she was deputy director of Ground Operations for NASA's Space Program Operations Contractor, United Space Alliance, Rita Wilcoxon, NASA's now retired director of Shuttle Processing, Bob Cabana, director of the Kennedy Space Center and George Jacobs, deputy director of Center Operations, who was manager of the agency's Shuttle Transition and Retirement Project Office. The time capsule, containing artifacts and other memorabilia associated with the history of the program is designated to be opened on the 50th anniversary of the shuttle's final landing, STS-135. The new $100 million "Space Shuttle Atlantis" facility includes interactive exhibits that tell the story of the 30-year Space Shuttle Program and highlight the future of space exploration. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3517

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, officials pose at the site where a Shuttle Program time capsule has been secured vault within the walls of the Space Shuttle Atlan... More

Around Marshall, NASA Apollo program

Around Marshall, NASA Apollo program

Dr. Rocco A. Petrone served at director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from January 26, 1973 to March 15, 1974. Prior to his tenure at Marshall, Petrone served as director of the Apollo program and directo... More

TQM (Total Quality Management) Kickoff at Ames Flightline (Jana Coleman, Director of Center Operations, speaker) ARC-1992-AC92-0408-8

TQM (Total Quality Management) Kickoff at Ames Flightline (Jana Colema...

TQM (Total Quality Management) Kickoff at Ames Flightline (Jana Coleman, Director of Center Operations, speaker)

CFC Awards ceremony: William, Ames Deputy Director (L) Grace Ann Weiler, Ames 2001 CFC chairperson (C) and Tom Moyles, Director of Center Operations accepts CFC Inter-Directorate Competition Outstanding Participation plaque . ARC-2001-ACD01-0184-04

CFC Awards ceremony: William, Ames Deputy Director (L) Grace Ann Weile...

CFC Awards ceremony: William, Ames Deputy Director (L) Grace Ann Weiler, Ames 2001 CFC chairperson (C) and Tom Moyles, Director of Center Operations accepts CFC Inter-Directorate Competition Outstanding Partici... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Deputy director of Center Operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Nancy Bray provides some history of the Launch Control Center's Firing Room 1 during a ceremony turning over the facility from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program at Kennedy. The room has undergone demolition and construction and been outfitted with consoles for the upcoming Ares I-X rocket flight test targeted for launch on Oct. 27. As the center of launch operations at Kennedy since the Apollo Program, the Launch Control Center, or LCC, has played a central role in NASA's human spaceflight programs. Firing Room 1 was the first operational firing room constructed. From this room, controllers launched the first Saturn V, the first crewed flight of Saturn V, the first crewed mission to the moon and the first space shuttle. Firing Room 1 will continue this tradition of firsts when controllers launch the Constellation Program's first flight test. Also, this firing room will be the center of operations for the upcoming Ares I and Orion operations. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-5246

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Deputy director of Center Operations at NASA's...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Deputy director of Center Operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Nancy Bray provides some history of the Launch Control Center's Firing Room 1 during a ceremony turning ove... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This ribbon cutting officially turns over NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center Firing Room 1 from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program. Participating are (from left) Pepper Phillips, director of the Constellation Project Office at Kennedy; Bob Cabana, Kennedy's director; Robert Crippen, former astronaut; Jeff Hanley, manager of the Constellation Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center; and Nancy Bray, deputy director of Center Operations at Kennedy. The room has undergone demolition and construction and been outfitted with consoles for the upcoming Ares I-X rocket flight test targeted for launch on Oct. 27. As the center of launch operations at Kennedy since the Apollo Program, the Launch Control Center, or LCC, has played a central role in NASA's human spaceflight programs. Firing Room 1 was the first operational firing room constructed. From this room, controllers launched the first Saturn V, the first crewed flight of Saturn V, the first crewed mission to the moon and the first space shuttle. Firing Room 1 will continue this tradition of firsts when controllers launch the Constellation Program's first flight test. Also, this firing room will be the center of operations for the upcoming Ares I and Orion operations. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-5248

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This ribbon cutting officially turns over NASA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This ribbon cutting officially turns over NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center Firing Room 1 from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program. Participating are ... More

Center Operations Building, COB, Wall Art Building Concepts GRC-2013-C-02474

Center Operations Building, COB, Wall Art Building Concepts GRC-2013-C...

Center Operations Building, COB, Wall Art Building Concepts

Center Operations Building, COB, Wall Art Building Concepts GRC-2013-C-02473

Center Operations Building, COB, Wall Art Building Concepts GRC-2013-C...

Center Operations Building, COB, Wall Art Building Concepts

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years later. Lewis Braxton, III, Deputy Director of Ames Research Center, Deborah Feng, Director, Center Operations and Paul McKimm, Planners Collaborative. ARC-2010-ACD10-0061-096

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, M...

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years la... More

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years later. From left to Right, Wizard Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator of NASA, Jack Boyd, Senior Advisor to the Director, Lewis Braxton, III, Deputy Director of Ames Research Center, Klingon S. Pete Worden, Director, Ames Research Center, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deborah Feng, Director, Center Operations. ARC-2010-ACD10-0061-105

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, M...

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years la... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony takes place outside the Propellants North Administration and Maintenance Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Thomas Wilczek, contracting officer technical representative/project manager for NASA Construction of Facilities; Bradley O’Toole, NASA contracting officer; James Wright, deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Strategic Infrastructure at NASA Headquarters; Frank Kline, NASA Construction of Facility project manager; Bob Cabana, Kennedy's center director; Mike Benik, director of Kennedy's Center Operations; Ward Davis, president of HW Davis Construction Inc.; and Rick Ferreira, chief operating officer of Jones Edmunds and Associates Inc. Propellants North consists of two buildings, one to store cryogenic fuel transfer equipment and one to house personnel who support fueling spacecraft. The recently rebuilt buildings will be NASA's first carbon neutral facility, which means it will produce enough energy on site from renewable sources to offset what it requires to operate. The facility also will reach for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Platinum status, which is the highest LEED rating. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-1154

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony takes pl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony takes place outside the Propellants North Administration and Maintenance Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Thomas W... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony takes place outside the Propellants North Administration and Maintenance Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Thomas Wilczek, contracting officer technical representative/project manager for NASA Construction of Facilities; Bradley O’Toole, NASA contracting officer; James Wright, deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Strategic Infrastructure at NASA Headquarters; Frank Kline, NASA Construction of Facility project manager; Bob Cabana, Kennedy's center director; Mike Benik, director of Kennedy's Center Operations; Ward Davis, president of HW Davis Construction Inc.; and Rick Ferreira, chief operating officer of Jones Edmunds and Associates Inc. Propellants North consists of two buildings, one to store cryogenic fuel transfer equipment and one to house personnel who support fueling spacecraft. The recently rebuilt buildings will be NASA's first carbon neutral facility, which means it will produce enough energy on site from renewable sources to offset what it requires to operate. The facility also will reach for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Platinum status, which is the highest LEED rating. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-1155

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony takes pl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony takes place outside the Propellants North Administration and Maintenance Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Thomas W... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Legends and Trailblazers Panel address the audience attending the Tom Joyner Family Reunion. From left is the master of ceremonies, Lance Foster (standing) with panel members Robyn Gordon, director of Center Operations, Glenn Research Center; Lewis Braxton, deputy director, Ames Research Center; Woodrow Whitlow, associate administrator for Mission Support Directorates, NASA Headquarters; astronaut Leland Melvin, associate administrator for Education, NASA Headquarters; and astronaut Mike Foreman, Johnson Space Center. The event was held in the Exhibit Hall of the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla., and hosted by nationally syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner during the extended Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-4. Besides offering attendees the opportunity to visit tourist attractions in the Orlando area, the reunion gave NASA education specialists an avenue to tout the benefits of math and scientific learning, as well as the many educational opportunities offered by the space agency. For more information on NASA's education initiatives, visit http://www.nasa.gov/education. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2011-7250

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Legends and Trailblazers Panel addres...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Legends and Trailblazers Panel address the audience attending the Tom Joyner Family Reunion. From left is the master of ceremonies, Lance Foster (standing) with panel members Ro... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Legends and Trailblazers Panel take to the stage at the Tom Joyner Family Reunion. From left is the master of ceremonies, Lance Foster (standing) with panel members Robyn Gordon, director of Center Operations, Glenn Research Center; Lewis Braxton, deputy director, Ames Research Center; Woodrow Whitlow, associate administrator for Mission Support Directorates; astronaut Leland Melvin, associate administrator for Education; and astronaut Mike Foreman, Johnson Space Center. The event was held in the Exhibit Hall of the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla., and hosted by nationally syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner during the extended Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-4. Besides offering attendees the opportunity to visit tourist attractions in the Orlando area, the reunion gave NASA education specialists an avenue to tout the benefits of math and scientific learning, as well as the many educational opportunities offered by the space agency. For more information on NASA's education initiatives, visit http://www.nasa.gov/education. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2011-7249

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Legends and Trailblazers Panel take t...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Legends and Trailblazers Panel take to the stage at the Tom Joyner Family Reunion. From left is the master of ceremonies, Lance Foster (standing) with panel members Robyn Gordo... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida show off the Florida Project of the Year trophies that the crawlerway system evaluation team received from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). From left are Michael Benik, director of Center Operations; Pepper Phillips, manager of the 21st Century Ground Systems Program Office; and Russell Romanella, associate director for Engineering and Technical Operations. The Cape Canaveral branch of the ASCE nominated the team for its project, the Crawlerway Evaluation to Support a Heavy-Lift Program. The crawlerway is a 130-foot-wide, specialty-built roadway between Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where rockets and spacecraft are prepared for flight, and Launch Pad 39A and 39B. The team's more than two-year evaluation confirmed the crawlerway system would be able to support the weight of moving the agency's future heavy-lift rockets and potential commercial vehicles from the VAB to the launch pads. The award honors the team's outstanding engineering efforts in research, design, construction and management, recognizing the complexity of multi-agency coordination and cost-effective engineering advances. For more information on the American Society of Civil Engineers, visit: http://www.asce.org. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-7245

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center i...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida show off the Florida Project of the Year trophies that the crawlerway system evaluation team received from the American Society of... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An eight-member Kick-Start selection panel listens during a presentation by a Kennedy Space Center employee. Seated in the front row, left to right, are Bob Cabana, center director, Joyce Riquelme, director of Center Planning and Development, Susan Kroskey, center chief financial officer, and Josephine Burnett, director of International Space Station Ground Processing and Research. Back row, left to right are Tracy Anania Wetrich, director of Human Resources, Russell Romanella, director of Safety and Mission Assurance, Nancy Bray, deputy director of Center Operations, and Kelvin Manning, center associate director. As Kennedy continues developing programs and infrastructure to become a 21st century spaceport, many employees are devising ways to do their jobs better and more efficiently. On Sept. 6, 2012, 16 Kennedy employees pitched their innovative ideas for improving the center at the Kennedy Kick-Start event. The competition was part of a center-wide effort designed to increase exposure for innovative ideas and encourage their implementation. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/kick-start_competition.html Photo credit: NASA/Gianni Woods KSC-2012-5018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An eight-member Kick-Start selection panel list...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An eight-member Kick-Start selection panel listens during a presentation by a Kennedy Space Center employee. Seated in the front row, left to right, are Bob Cabana, center director, Joyce... More

Hellenic Navy Commodore Ioannis G. Pavlopoulos, commandant of NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center, briefs flag officers and general officers on training center operations as part of a CAPSTONE event.

Hellenic Navy Commodore Ioannis G. Pavlopoulos, commandant of NATO Ma...

SOUDA BAY, Greece (Feb. 17, 2014) Hellenic Navy Commodore Ioannis G. Pavlopoulos, commandant of NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center, briefs flag officers and general officers on training cent... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Chuck Dovale, at left, deputy program manager of Launch Services, and Nancy Bray, director of Center Operations, cut a ribbon officially opening the new fitness trail next to the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The one-mile-long track will provide employees with a safe place off Kennedy's roadways to walk or run. The more than 6 tons of green waste removed to create the trail's footprint will be mulched and used for cover at Kennedy's landfill. Approximately 1,594 tons of crawler fines -- ground-up crawler rock removed from the crawlerway in the Launch Complex 39 area -- was used for the foundation of the trail. Fitness equipment has been ordered and will be installed on a concrete slab at the trail's west end. After the equipment has been installed, the slab will be coated to provide a rubberized exercise pad. At Kennedy Space Center, the health and safety of every employee is paramount. To learn more about Kennedy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2014-2027

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Chuck Dovale, at left, deputy program manager o...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Chuck Dovale, at left, deputy program manager of Launch Services, and Nancy Bray, director of Center Operations, cut a ribbon officially opening the new fitness trail next to the Space St... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, is carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In an actual emergency, the pilots could fly an injured person from Kennedy to a nearby trauma center in minutes. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2792

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" G...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, is carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Fl... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, is carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In an actual emergency, the pilots could fly an injured person from Kennedy to a nearby trauma center in minutes. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2790

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" G...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, is carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Fl... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, paramedics remove George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, from a vehicle simulating a rescue operation. Jacobs served as a "volunteer patient" during the activity. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2783

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, par...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, paramedics remove George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, from a vehicle simulating a rescue operation. Jacobs served as a ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, has been carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In an actual emergency, the pilots could fly an injured person from Kennedy to a nearby trauma center in minutes. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2793

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" G...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, has been carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, paramedics remove George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, from a vehicle simulating a rescue operation. Jacobs served as a "volunteer patient" during the activity. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2782

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, par...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, paramedics remove George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, from a vehicle simulating a rescue operation. Jacobs served as a ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, serves as a "volunteer patient" and is secured on a stretcher for a simulated emergency operation. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2785

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Geo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, serves as a "volunteer patient" and is secured on a stretcher for a simulated emerg... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, is carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In an actual emergency, the pilots could fly an injured person from Kennedy to a nearby trauma center in minutes. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2791

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" G...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For a training exercise, "volunteer patient" George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, is carefully placed aboard an agency helicopter at the Kennedy Space Center in Fl... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, serves as a "volunteer patient" and is secured on a stretcher for a simulated emergency operation. The activity taking place in Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 turn-basin parking lot was only one of several drills. It was part of a new training program that was developed by Kennedy's Fire Rescue department along with NASA Aircraft Operations to sharpen the skills needed to help rescue personnel learn how to collaborate with helicopter pilots in taking injured patients to hospitals as quickly as possible. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2784

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Geo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, George Jacobs, NASA's deputy director of Center Operations, serves as a "volunteer patient" and is secured on a stretcher for a simulated emerg... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, left, and Becky Bolt, a wildlife ecologist with InoMedic Health Applications Inc, plant the final shrub that is among 180,000 planted on a new 1.2-mile stretch of shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B. Constant pounding from tropical storms, such as Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012, other weather systems and higher than usual tides, destroyed sand dunes protecting infrastructure at the spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2352

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Da...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, left, and Becky Bolt, a wildlife ecologist w... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, left, and Glenn Semmel, chief of the Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations retrieve the final shrub that is among 180,000 planted on a new 1.2-mile stretch of shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B. Constant pounding from tropical storms, such as Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012, other weather systems and higher than usual tides, destroyed sand dunes protecting infrastructure at the spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2351

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Da...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, left, and Glenn Semmel, chief of the Environ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, left, and Burton Summerfield, senior advisor for Institutional Management in the office of the associate director of Kennedy speak to guests during ceremonies to commemorate the completion of a six-month effort to restore 1.2 mile stretch of shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B. To help prevent erosion, 180,000 shrubs, including grasses, sunflowers, vines, sea grapes and palmettos also were planted on the new dunes. Constant pounding from tropical storms, such as Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012, other weather systems and higher than usual tides, destroyed sand dunes protecting infrastructure at the spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2350

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Da...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, left, and Burton Summerfield, senior advisor... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, far left, speaks to guests during ceremonies to commemorate the completion of a six-month effort to restore 1.2 mile stretch of shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B. To help prevent erosion, 180,000 shrubs, including grasses, sunflowers, vines, sea grapes and palmettos also were planted on the new dunes. Constant pounding from tropical storms, such as Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012, other weather systems and higher than usual tides, destroyed sand dunes protecting infrastructure at the spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2348

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Da...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, far left, speaks to guests during ceremonies... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, far left, speaks to guests during ceremonies to commemorate the completion of a six-month effort to restore 1.2 mile stretch of shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B. To help prevent erosion, 180,000 shrubs, including grasses, sunflowers, vines, sea grapes and palmettos also were planted on the new dunes. Constant pounding from tropical storms, such as Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012, other weather systems and higher than usual tides, destroyed sand dunes protecting infrastructure at the spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dan Casper KSC-2014-2349

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Da...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Don Dankert, a biological scientist in the NASA Environmental Management Branch of Center Operations, far left, speaks to guests during ceremonies... More