June 11th 2015 PDT
June 11, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M16-15*Deadline Moved Up for Media Accreditation for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Launch* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft on the sixth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* The media accreditation deadline has been moved up for the June 26 launch of NASA's next commercial cargo resupply mission fro ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-117*NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Pad Abort Milestone Approval* SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean under three main parachutes following a successful test on May 6, 2015 of the spacecraft's ability to save astronauts in the unlikely event of a life-threatening situation on the launch pad. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has approved a $30 million milestone payment to SpaceX under the agency’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) agreem ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-114*NASA Selects Eight Projects for 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge* NASA architects, engineers and scientists are already busy creating sustainable, space-based living quarters, work spaces and laboratories for next-generation human term exploration, including our journey to Mars. This 2011 version of the deep space habitat at the Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) analog field test site in Arizona features a Habitat Demonstration Unit, with the student-built ...Continue Reading
June 5th 2015 PDT
June 05, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY J15-011*Astronaut Nicole Stott Retires From NASA* *//* After 27 years with the space agency, astronaut Nicole Stott is retiring from NASA. Stott, who flew two spaceflight missions, including a long-duration mission on the International Space Station (ISS), plans to pursue a career as a full-time artist and advocate for science, technology, engineering, math and art (STEM/STEAM) education. “NASA’s Flight Operations team wishes Nicole the very best in her new endeavors. Nicole h ...Continue Reading
June 2nd 2015 PDT
June 02, 2015 RELEASE 15-108*NASA Issues Announcement for Kennedy Space Center Land Use Proposals* NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has released an announcement for proposals (AFP) for private companies interested in developing commercial vertical launch sites at the multi-user spaceport. The announcement is part of Kennedy’s continued transformation to a multi-user spaceport based on effectively utilizing land assets identified in the center’s 20-year Master Plan. “We strongly encourage companies to prov ...Continue Reading
June 1st 2015 PDT
May 30, 2015 RELEASE 15-107*Four NASA Heroes Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame* NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate and astronaut John Grunsfeld (center) is inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 30, 2015, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Shaking Grunsfeld's hand is Dan Brandenstein, Chairman of the board of directors for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, and standing next to Grunsfeld is former NASA astronaut Steve Hawley. Cre ...Continue Reading
May 27th 2015 PDT
May 27, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-15*Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Celebrates 25th Anniversary of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame* The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at 9:45 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 29, with a surprise announcement and a groundbreaking ceremony for a major new attraction that will ...Continue Reading
May 27th 2015 PDT
May 27, 2015 RELEASE 15-105*Commercial Crew Milestones Met; Partners on Track for Missions in 2017* NASA has taken another step toward returning America’s ability to launch crew missions to the International Space Station from the United States in 2017. The Commercial Crew Program ordered its first crew rotation mission from The Boeing Company. SpaceX, which successfully performed a pad abort test of its flight vehicle earlier this month, is expected to receive its first order later this year. Determination o ...Continue Reading
May 27th 2015 PDT
May 27, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-083*NASA Television to Air U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony May 30* NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2015 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 2 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30. The ceremony will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction in Florida. Joining the hall of fame this year are NASA’s associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John Grunsfeld, and former astronauts ...Continue Reading
May 21st 2015 PDT
May 21, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-079*Media Accreditation Opens for Launch of Ocean-Measuring Satellite* Registration is open for U.S. and international media to cover the July 22 launch of Jason-3, the fourth mission in a series of satellite missions that measure the height of the ocean surface. The Jason-3 mission, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Due to U.S. ...Continue Reading
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