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Our mission is to provide continuous access to space from Earth’s premier spaceport through creativity and innovation.
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Kennedy Space Center is working with more than 90 private-sector partners and has nearly 250 partnership agreements in place.

President John F. Kennedy visited and toured the spaceport in 1962 – the year KSC was established as an official NASA center.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program returned the capability to launch American astronauts from American soil in 2011.

NASA’s Launch Services Program achieved its 100th mission in 2022 with the launch of NOAA’s Join Polar Satellite System-2.

Kennedy shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, home to more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, and 15 federally listed species.
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				All Kennedy Biographies                			Janet Petro
Janet Petro was named the 11th director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 30, 2021.
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Kelvin Manning has served as Kennedy's deputy director since July 2021.
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Burt Summerfield serves as the associate director of management at Kennedy.
Read MoreJennifer Kunz
Jennifer Kunz serves as the associate director, technical, at Kennedy and has been in this role since 2021. 
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