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NASA Celebrates 60 Years with Kōkeʻe State Park on Kauai

As a tracking station for the Mercury and Gemini programs in the early 1960s, the state of Hawaii and NASA have shared historic advancements in space science.

The station at Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO) served NASA from 1961 – 1965 as a tracking station (HAW) during Mercury and Gemini space flight programs. In the mid-1980s, the station transitioned to other science missions committed to NASA Space Geodesy Project using radio telescope instrumentation mounted on antenna systems. NASA provides access to the site to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and the US Navy and welcomes native and local groups as part of NASA's Space Geodesy educational outreach program.
The station at Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO) served NASA from 1961 – 1965 as a tracking station (HAW) during Mercury and Gemini space flight programs. In the mid-1980s, the station transitioned to other science missions committed to NASA Space Geodesy Project using radio telescope instrumentation mounted on antenna systems. NASA provides access to the site to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and the US Navy and welcomes native and local groups as part of NASA's Space Geodesy educational outreach program.