Aug. 15, 2012 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 bdickey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-041 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SAFETY AND MISSION SUPPORT SERVICES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected A-P-T Research Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., to provide mission assurance, engineering and risk assessment services at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The maximum potential value for the four-year c ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M45-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE SWAP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo opportunity at approximately 8:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 16, as space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis switch locations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. After Endeavour is backed out of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2) and Atlantis is moved out of the Vehicle Assembly Building ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Geoffrey Brown Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 240-228-5618 geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M44-12 NASA SETS RADIATION BELT STORM PROBES MISSION/ATLAS V LAUNCH EVENTS COVERAGE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, RBSP, are set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket A ...Continue Reading

Aug. 8, 2012 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 43-12 NASA SEEKS INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO USE SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center is seeking new ways to use the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) for current and future spaceflight mission support through a Request for Information, or RFI. Kennedy wants to identify potential industry interest in the operation and maintenance of the SLF, modifying it into a multipurpose launch ...Continue Reading

Aug. 7, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Geoffrey Brown Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 240-228-5618 geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-146 NASA TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE ON UPCOMING RADIATION BELT STORM PROBES LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 9, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Radiation Belt Storm ...Continue Reading

Aug. 3, 2012 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-263 NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT STEPS IN EFFORT TO LAUNCH AMERICANS FROM U.S. SOIL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Friday announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. A ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2012 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 42-12 NASA AND GOOGLE PARTNER TO RELEASE 360-DEGREE INTERACTIVE IMAGES OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ON 50TH ANNIVERSAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary by opening its gates for virtual tours through a partnership with Google Maps. The launch pads that sent Americans to the moon, probes to distant planets and space shuttles into Earth orbit are just a few clicks aw ...Continue Reading

Aug. 1, 2012 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-143 NASA TO ANNOUNCE NEW AGREEMENTS FOR NEXT PHASE OF COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA will issue a news release to announce new agreements with industry partners for its Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative at 9 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 3. At 10 a.m. NASA will host a news briefing from Ke ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer/Catherine Segar Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318/321-449-4273 afarmer@dncinc.com / csegar@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M41-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY CLOSING CEREMONY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to attend the closing ceremony for the International Space University's Space Studies Program on Friday, Aug. 3, from 5-7 p.m. EDT at the Kennedy Sp ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Geoffrey Brown Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 240-228-5618 geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M40-12 NASA OFFERS NEWS MEDIA ACCESS TO TWIN RBSP SPACECRAFT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Aug. 23, will be the focus of a media opportunity at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Astrotech Space ...Continue Reading