Space Services
Taking Space Exploration to the Next Level
KBR has decades of experience dating to the beginning of human spaceflight. We are a trusted teammate to commercial and federal clients in the complex journey of space exploration. Our industry-leading expertise covers the entire spectrum of space-based activity, from mission control and flight operations to astronaut health and human performance, satellite management, spacesuit services, launch infrastructure and robotic space systems engineering.
Areas of Expertise
Mission Operations
Human Spaceflight
Spacesuit & Hardware Development
Mission Operations
KBR delivers end-to-end mission operations support for successful human spaceflights, covering everything from vehicle design and development to mission planning, training and flight execution. Our experts power today’s most ambitious programs, including Soyuz launches and returns, International Space Station (ISS) expeditions, commercial resupply missions, Crew and Cargo Dragon flights, Boeing Starliner operations, Artemis missions to the moon and private astronaut flights.
Our expertise spans mission preparation, flight design and analysis, product development and training and certification for astronauts, flight controllers, instructors and analysts. We provide 24/7 real-time execution, vehicle command and control and seamless international partner integration with Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan – delivering proven excellence to prepare crews and missions for the next era of space exploration.
Learn More: Training the Eyes of Artemis
When the Artemis II astronauts launch into space, they won’t just be carrying scientific instruments and test equipment. They’ll be carrying the responsibility of showing the world humanity’s return to the moon. Paul Reichert, an imaging instructor on KBR’s Integrated Mission Operations Contract (IMOC) III team, is helping to make that happen by training the astronauts on how to capture photos and videos in space.
Training for the Moon – on Earth
Deep in the remote wilderness of northern Labrador, Canada’s easternmost frontier, two KBR flight controllers stepped onto a landscape that looks more like the moon than anywhere else on earth. Their destination: Kamestastin Crater, a 17-kilometer-wide impact site formed by a meteor strike millions of years ago. For Tess Caswell and Jaclyn Kagey, the expedition was a hands-on geology training mission, a dry run designed to prepare astronauts for NASA’s Artemis III mission. That mission will return humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with a landing targeted for mid-2027.
From Earth to Orbit: KBR Prepares the People Behind the Mission
It's not every day you teach someone how to sleep or use the bathroom in zero gravity. But for KBR training instructor Tiffany Swarmer, it's all in a day’s work. "The NASA Flight Operations team covers everything," said Swarmer. "How to eat, how to float without crashing into things, how to use the bathroom and how to respond to urgent situations like loss of power. Because once the crew is up there, they need to know exactly what to do.”
Lost on the Moon? KBR’s Tools Will Help Artemis Astronauts Find Their Way
The Lunar South Pole is beautiful, otherworldly and treacherous. Shadows stretch for miles across craters, and the terrain is a stark mix of black and white that could easily become disorienting. For NASA’s Artemis astronauts, knowing exactly where they are – and how to get back to the lander – is essential for staying on track and completing their mission successfully and safely. That's why KBR is developing a new set of lunar-orienteering tools. At first glance, they seem simple, but they’re built with one purpose: to help astronauts find their way even if electronic systems fail or if the moon’s rough terrain throws them off course.
Human Spaceflight
KBR has more than 50 years of human exploration experience and navigates the complexities of human spaceflight and robotic space exploration safely and efficiently – whether on the ground or in space. Space exploration is a major step toward expanding our understanding of the universe and ourselves. KBR is proud to support that journey. We work with NASA and leading commercial space organizations to push what is possible.
KBR’s spaceflight and human exploration capabilities cover the entire spectrum of space-based activity, from mission planning and execution to astronaut health and human performance, satellite management, spacesuit services, flight operations, launch infrastructure and robotic space systems engineering. KBR performs biosystems engineering and payload development, scientific research and training simulations as well as extreme environment testing for space hardware and equipment. KBR also provides private astronaut training and staffs nearly every console in NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston.
Learn more: Behind the Scenes: What It’s Like to Train Private Astronauts
KBR prioritizes the well-being of crew members and their families. This support allows astronauts to stay focused on their mission objectives, confident that their loved ones are well cared for and have what they need.
KBR has worked with every U.S. astronaut since 1968 and is proud of a heritage that reaches back to the beginning of human spaceflight with the Mercury program. KBR continues to support this millennium’s most pressing space challenges and projects, including the ISS, the Commercial Crew Program, the James Webb Space Telescope and Landsat Telescopes as well as the Orion Program, Lunar Gateway, Human Lander System, next-generation spacesuit development and the Space Launch System Program for NASA’s Artemis missions to return to the moon.
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Spacesuit & Hardware Development
KBR supports Axiom Space and NASA in developing the next-generation spacesuit, providing expertise across design, production, assembly, testing and operations. We certify materials, deliver sustaining engineering and supply hardware and training support for Extravehicular Activity procedures.
Our teams maintain suits for flight operations, mission integration and real-time execution. We designed and built a prototype, human-rated lunar suit for Artemis III in under one year, demonstrating our ability to deliver rapid, innovative solutions for the next era of exploration.
Learn more: KBR and Axiom Space Successfully Complete Initial Crewed Spacesuit Tests in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab
PATRICK REAM
Humans are going back to the moon! NASA’s Artemis program will open a new frontier of space exploration for future generations, and KBR’s people are helping pave the way. KBR ground controller Patrick Ream played an important role during the first mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Click below to hear Patrick describe his lifelong fascination with space and how KBR is allowing him to live his dream of helping humans reach the stars. https://kbrinorbitpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1827289/12685481-kbr-and-the-artemis-program-unlocking-a-universe-of-possibility
Why KBR
KBR has worked with every U.S. astronaut since the 1960s and has steadily expanded its space portfolio to support the most pressing spaceflight needs of this century. Our teams can be found alongside customers at every small step and giant leap of the way, providing mission planning, flight controller training and hardware testing for NASA and leading commercial space organizations. KBR continues to advance this millennium’s high-priority space challenges and missions, including the final decade of the International Space Station, the growing Commercial Crew Program, major telescopes like James Webb and Landsat, as well as the historic Artemis missions involving the Orion Program, Lunar Gateway, Human Lander System, next-generation spacesuit development and the Space Launch System for humanity's return to the moon.
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