KSC Master Plan FAQs What is the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Master Plan? A comprehensive master plan is a long-range planning framework that guides how land, infrastructure, and facilities should evolve over time to support future missions. Rather than dictating exactly what will be built or when, the plan establishesContinue Reading
About Us KSC Master Planning serves as the core team that coordinates the Spaceport’s long-term vision and development. Through strategic planning, in collaboration with federal partners, stakeholders, and commercial entities, the Master Planning team ensures that infrastructure, operations, and expansion efforts are aligned to support NASA’s mission. Meet the TeamContinue Reading
Trees planted to protect farmland from wind may not be the biodiversity boost many assume. In Japan’s wetland farming landscapes, shelterbelts benefited some birds but sharply reduced grassland and wetland species that need open space. Researchers found grassland bird abundance dropped by more than 70% near shelterbelts., Read MoreContinue Reading
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Sixteen countries have adopted the Mombasa Declaration to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. The biggest weapon in their arsenal: transparency. By Johnny Sturgeon Mamadou Sarr remembers when an artisanal fisherman in Dakar only had to helm his wooden pirogue a single kilometer offshore to find a rich bounty ofContinue Reading
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Freshwater lakes across North America and Europe are becoming noticeably browner, reducing underwater visibility and reshaping fish populations. Research found that several popular sport fish, including trout, bass, perch, and whitefish, tend to decline in darker waters. Meanwhile, walleye and northern pike often become more abundant because they are betterContinue Reading
NASA’s Pegasus barge arrives at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, June 21, 2026. NASA/Amber Jean Notvest NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived June 21, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center inContinue Reading
A supportive ecosystem is a cornerstone in entrepreneurship, according to Georgina Campbell Flatter, the CEO of Greentown Labs. “If we really want to be driving the most transformational technologies to scale at a speed in which we need them to happen for our planet, we need to be thinking aboutContinue Reading
Communities, climate activists and workers took to the streets in Guadalajara to protest what they describe as ‘greenwashing through sports’ by Hyundai.Continue Reading
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and oceans correspondent Teresa Tomassoni as they discuss the search for heat-resilient coral reefs that are somehow defying the odds to survive a warming planet. By Teresa Tomassoni The world has already lost more than half of its coral reefs, andContinue Reading
But a $345 million U.S. verdict against the environmental group hangs over the case. By Dana Drugmand A lawsuit filed by Greenpeace International against the U.S.-based fossil fuel company Energy Transfer in the Netherlands is moving forward after a Dutch court recently ruled in favor of the environmental organization inContinue Reading
Despite centuries of study, scientists are still finding new details and even overlooked structures within the human body. As researchers explore anatomical differences between individuals, it’s becoming clear that the body is far more complex—and less fully understood—than textbooks suggest., Read MoreContinue Reading