NASA Announces MAX POWER: America’s Newest Aerospace Expo, Airshow
NASA announced MAX POWER, a public exposition of American air and space innovation, to be held Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 on and near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multi-day, family-friendly event marks America's 250th anniversary and aims to showcase next-generation aircraft, spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, and technologies that will help define the future of transportation in air and space. It brings together the public, innovators, investors, pilots, astronauts, engineers, and companies working to open this new frontier.
Activities will take place at NASA Kennedy, including the Apollo Saturn V facility and the Launch and Landing Facility currently leased by Space Florida, as well as at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The event includes an air show featuring NASA aircraft, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and aerial demonstrations by multiple branches of the Department of War; a guest speaker series with NASA experts and Apollo and Artemis astronauts; special exhibits and displays covering technology demonstrations, historic and current NASA hardware, commercial aviation, and next-generation air mobility; and behind-the-gates bus tours of Kennedy Space Center, including the Gantry, Apollo Saturn V Center, and Vehicle Assembly Building.
MAX POWER will give the public a front-row seat to the future of American aerospace, including advanced aircraft, autonomous systems, commercial space, NASA's work to return Americans to the lunar surface, plans for a Moon Base, and technologies strengthening America's aerospace industrial base. Teams will highlight work in aviation, exploration, and innovation for the benefit of humanity.
External collaborators include Air Dot Show, Delaware North, Space Florida, Purpose Entertainment, and UP.Summit. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said, "For 250 years, America has advanced by building what did not exist, flying higher, moving faster, and reaching toward the near-impossible. There is no better place to celebrate that spirit than at NASA Kennedy, America's gateway to the stars." Cyrus Sigari, UP.Summit founder, added that the event convenes companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers building the future of how the world moves.