Event

Join KBR, NASA and other space industry leaders at Rice University as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of JFK’s “We Choose to Go to the Moon” speech. We invite all attendees to visit KBR in the Waltrip Center to speak with KBR human exploration experts and get your picture with a real astronaut spacesuit! KBR’s exhibit space will be filled with opportunities to learn more about how our team supports astronauts and launches, from base operations at Kennedy Space Center and astronaut medical care to KBR’s current spacesuit maintenance and development of the next-generation version for society’s return to the moon.

Exhibit times:

• Saturday, September 10: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Sunday, September 11: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Monday, September 12: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

For more information about all activities at Rice University for this commemorative event, visit their event page here.

The Team Behind the Mission

Whether on the ground or in space, KBR’s innovative solutions help solve the complexities of human spaceflight and robotic space exploration, safely and efficiently. KBR is proud to support NASA, federal civilian agencies, the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as commercial customers. In fact, its Science & Space (S&S) experts have worked with every U.S. astronaut since 1968. S&S supports astronaut training, health technology, human performance, biomedical research, spacecraft and satellite development, mission and satellite operations, mission-oriented software development, ground control, space communications, robotics, launch systems, spacewalks, spacesuit development, and performs 24/7 real-time command and control for the International Space Station. S&S also monitors Earth’s seismic activity, weather and landscapes, as well as biological, chemical and nuclear threats.

Read on:

• KBR to Support $3.5B Next-Generation Spacesuit Development for Return to the Moon
• Lunar Legacy: KBR Helps Apollo 11 Make History
• Mission to Mars: KBR Experts Decode Sci-Fi Show Plausibility
• Powering a Hydroponic Farm on Mars
• Inside the Minds of KBR’s James Webb Space Telescope Scientists and Engineers
• Twins, Tattoos and Telemedicine: How KBR may help NASA reach Mars
• Making a Good Fit, Great: KBR Manages Spacesuits for Historic Female Spacewalk
• NASA Grants KBR the Right to Train Private Astronauts at NASA Facilities
• Powering the International Space Station: KBR Plays Key Roles in NASA’s New Solar Arrays
• KBR Conducts Private Astronaut Training for First Commercial Mission

Check out themission.kbr.com and our latest space brochure to learn about all of KBR’s leading space capabilities.