June 27, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-219 NEW NASA GAME LETS PLAYERS BUILD AND LAUNCH A VIRTUAL ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to launch a spacecraft. NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP), based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, provides acces ...Continue Reading

June 27, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck / Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 / 202-358-1726 jbuck@nasa.gov / dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-121 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOW OPEN FOR NASA'S RBSP LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:08 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 23, aboard an Atlas V rocket from ...Continue Reading

June 27, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M30-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' MOVE TO VAB CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo opportunity as space shuttle Atlantis moves from its processing hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on June 29 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis is scheduled to move at about 9:30 a.m. EDT. Media must arrive at Kennedy's Press Site by 8 a.m. for transportation to the e ...Continue Reading

June 26, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-027 NASA ADDS ORBITAL'S ANTARES TO LAUNCH SERVICES II CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to add the Antares launch vehicle, formerly known as Taurus II, for future missions. The NLS II on-ramp provision provides an opportunity an ...Continue Reading

June 26, 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 Susan Wells The Boeing Co. 321-264-8580 susan.h.wells@boeing.com Erin Dick / Carri Karuhn Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne 818-586-4977 / 818-586-4963 erin.dick@pwr.utc.com / carri.karuhn@pwr.utc.com RELEASE: 12-214 THRUSTER TESTS COMPLETE FOR NASA PARTNER BOEING'S CREW CAPSULE CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfull ...Continue Reading

June 22, 2012 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-118 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ORION CREW MODULE ARRIVAL AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives are invited to attend an event marking the arrival of NASA's first space-bound Orion spacecraft at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The event will take place at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, July 2, at Kenne ...Continue Reading

June 18, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Brenda A. Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 brenda.a.cabaniss@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M29-12 NASA ASTRONAUT TO TALK TO FLORIDA STUDENTS IN CYBERSPACE HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Andrew "Drew" Feustel will talk with students in cyberspace as part of the Florida Summer Youth Program on Friday, June 22. Feustel will take part in two live streaming video appearances with students at the Holmes Count ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M28-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO SOFFEN MEMORIAL PANEL SESSION JUNE 12 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to attend a panel session for the International Space University's Space Studies Program 2012 participants at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8 p.m. on June 12. The Soffen Memorial Panel session will provide the opportunity for SSP participants to engage with today's leaders in the plan ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2012 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M27-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO PROTOTYPE ROVER PHOTO OPPORTUNITY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a briefing and photo opportunity at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 12, at the Press Site television auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to view a prototype of a lunar prospecting mission. The Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatile Extraction, or RESOLVE, consists ...Continue Reading

June 6, 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 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Barry Beneski Orbital Sciences Corp. 703-406-5528 beneski.barron@orbital.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M26-12 NUSTAR SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH ON PEGASUS XL ROCKET JUNE 13 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is sched ...Continue Reading