March 9, 2011

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov

RELEASE: 11-071

NASA NAMES MISHAP BOARD FOR TAURUS XL LAUNCH FAILURE INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the members of the board that will investigate the unsuccessful March 4 launch of the Glory spacecraft Bradley C Flick, director of the Research and Engineering Directorate at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif , will lead the mishap investigation board

Flick is responsible for the technical and administrative management of the directorate's engineering workforce at Dryden He also has served as Dryden's chief engineer and was responsible for providing independent technical guidance and oversight to flight projects

The board has six other voting members:

-- LeRoy E Cain, deputy manager, Space Shuttle Program, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston -- Daniel Dorney, supervisory aerospace engineer, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala -- Todd Hinkel, lead, Johnson Space Center Pyrotechnics Group -- Stacey Nakamura, chair, Johnson Space Center Safety and Engineering Review Panel -- Air Force Capt Benjamin Califf, deputy chief, Space Launch Section, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N M -- Barbara Kanki, research psychologist, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif

The ex-officio member is Christopher Nagy, safety and mission assurance manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida The ex-officio member assures board activity conforms to NASA procedural requirements

The board began its investigation Wednesday Members will gather information, analyze the facts, identify the failure's cause or causes and identify contributing factors The board will make recommendations to the NASA administrator to prevent similar incidents

The Glory spacecraft failed to reach orbit after liftoff aboard a Taurus XL rocket on March 4 at 5:09 a m EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California

For more information about the Glory Taurus XL launch and investigation, visit:

http://www nasa gov/glory

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