NASA announces MAX POWER events at Kennedy Space Center

NASA announced key events for the MAX POWER aerospace expo and air show, beginning Friday, Nov. 6 and running through Sunday, Nov. 8 on and near Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA and external collaborators will showcase aircraft, autonomous vehicles, Moon rovers, spacecraft and other technologies. NASA will display its quiet supersonic X-59 plane. The expo also concludes NASA’s Inspiration Tour, which included flyovers featuring the agency’s aircraft fleet.

Public gates will open at 9 a.m. EST on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8. Attendees will have opportunities to meet NASA leadership, astronauts, engineers, scientists and other subject matter experts during the family-friendly events.

A media preview of MAX POWER activities is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the NASA Press Site. Other listed activities include a Nuclear NASA media gaggle at 10 a.m., opening air show remarks at 11:30 a.m., an F-5 flyover at 11:58 a.m., a MiG-29 flyover at 1:31 p.m. and a presentation about NASA’s Roman Space Telescope at 2 p.m.

NASA’s Artemis III Crew will participate in a Meet the Astronauts event at 12:45 p.m. Mission commander Randy Bresnik, pilot Luca Parmitano and mission specialist Frank Rubio will take part, with Bob Hines as backup crew member. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway are scheduled for a Meet the Astronauts event about SpaceX Crew-12 at 12:45 p.m.

NASA will hold a Moon Base News Conference at 5 p.m. on Nov. 7. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Moon Base Program manager Carlos García-Galán, NASA associate administrator for Science Nicky Fox and acting Moon Base Program Utility and Infrastructure Office director Dayna Ise are listed as participants. NASA will also hold an X-59 media gaggle at 9 a.m. and announce a student challenge at 10 a.m. Media credentialing is closed, and approved media must request interviews in advance.