About the Gateway to Space
The course runs on the actual launch and landing facility runway at Kennedy Space Center, which means you are racing on a strip of pavement built for space shuttles. The surface is wide and flat, the surroundings are open sky in every direction, and there is nothing else in the country that looks like it.
Runners gather at the Visitor Complex early in the morning, then board buses out to the runway for the start. Packet pickup is available at the Visitor Complex on race morning before the buses depart, with earlier pickup options in the days before.
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Gateway to Space 2026 Results
Going by the 2026 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2026
570finishers
19:02winner
49:28median
2:00:06cutoff
Top 3: David Lopez (19:02) · Nils Kuehn (19:16) · David Chen (19:29)
10K Results · 2026
258finishers
38:23winner
1:10:02median
2:01:53cutoff
Top 3: Alexander Shoemaker (38:23) · Lee Kolias (39:53) · Andrew Bateh (40:15)
The Gateway to Space has been held every year since at least 2020. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Nov 12, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K3/6/2027 08:00$60
10K3/6/2027 08:00$70
5K3/6/2027 06:00$50
Going for a Time?
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Not sure what to aim for? The 5K pace chart lists the pace for every finish time.
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