NASA to Host First Max Power Air Show at Kennedy Space Center

NASA will host its first air show and aerospace expo, called Max Power, on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, at and around NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Event Details

Tickets are required to attend. The event will feature panels, flyovers, and displays across two days.

Saturday, November 7 schedule:

• 11:15-11:30 a.m. EST: Overview of NASA's "quiet" supersonic jet, the X-59
• 12:30-1:00 p.m. EST: Discussion of NASA's science and exploration goals by Nicky Fox and Lori Glaze
• 12:45-1:00 p.m. EST: Q&A with the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis III mission
• 1:00-1:30 p.m. EST: "How Is NASA Preparing Astronauts to Live and Work on the Moon?" with Suzanne Bell
• 1:30-2:00 p.m. EST: Discussion of NASA's planned lunar outpost, with Moon Base program head Carlos García-Galán
• 2:00-2:30 p.m. EST: Summary of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, by senior project scientist Julie McEnery

Sunday, November 8 schedule:

• 11:15-11:30 a.m. EST: "How NASA uses aircraft for research! Topic: Connecting flight to research"
• 12:45-1:15 p.m. EST: Update on the U.S. Space Academy with NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson
• 12:45-1:00 p.m. EST: Q&A with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station
• 1:00-1:30 p.m. EST: Discussion of SR-1 Freedom, NASA's planned nuclear-powered spacecraft
• 1:30-2:00 p.m. EST: "The X-Factor: NASA's Flight Revolution Topic: X-Planes"
• 2:00-2:30 p.m. EST: Conversation with an unnamed NASA astronaut
• 3:00-3:15 p.m. EST: "In the Cockpit: Meet the NASA Pilots!"

Flyovers and Displays

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will perform flyovers both days at 11:58 a.m. in an F-5 jet and 1:31 p.m. in a MiG-29. Isaacman is an accomplished pilot and private astronaut who funded and commanded SpaceX's Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn missions.

The event "will showcase the newest aircraft, autonomous vehicles, technologies, and more defining the future of air and space," agency officials wrote in a Max Power description. "NASA will display its quiet supersonic X-59 plane, and agency partners will showcase moon rovers, spacecraft and more."

A livestreamed press conference on Saturday at 5 p.m. EST will cover moon base plans and feature Nicky Fox, Carlos García-Galán, Jared Isaacman, and Dayna Ise, the acting director of the Utility and Infrastructure Office for the Moon Base Program.

Why it matters

The Max Power event marks NASA's first air show and aerospace expo, giving the public access to agency technology, aircraft, and personnel at Kennedy Space Center.

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Sources

• space.com: Max Power: NASA hosting its 1st air show this weekend on Florida's Space Coast | Space
• primetimer.com: Trump visits NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as plans for major aerospace Expo take shape - PRIMETIMER

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