John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) maintains a vigorous applied development program in support of its designation as the NASA Center of Excellence for Launch and Payload Processing. In accordance with this mission, KSC is establishing its Spaceport Technology Center (STC) that supports the development and utilization of technologies required to access space. The STC is composed of three pillars, Launch and Launch Vehicle Processing Systems, Payload and Payload Carrier Processing Systems, and Landing and Recovery Systems. The STC forms the foundation for KSC’s growth into its future role as a development center for support of the Nation’s increasingly commercial space initiatives. Having focused historically on applied development programs supporting industrial-level operations and processes, KSC technology and expertise are uniquely suited to support the development of commercial products and services. Both rapid-turnaround problemsolving and design techniques and long-term investment in critical operations technology form the core of KSC’s research and development programs. KSC aggressively seeks industry participation in its research initiatives and proactively seeks to transfer its innovative expertise and technology to commercial space initiatives and the nonaerospace commercial sector. Programs and commercialization opportunities available to American industry and other institutional organizations are described in the Technology Commercialization Office Internet Web site at http://technology.ksc.nasa.gov.