March 5th 2014 PDT
March 5, 2014 * CONTRACT RELEASE C14-005 * * NASA Awards Contract to Modify Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 3 * NASA has selected Hensel Phelps Construction Co., of Orlando, Fla., to modify High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the processing of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Hensel Phelps will receive a fixed-price contract for $99.57 million, consisting of the base amount and three options. ...Continue Reading
March 5th 2014 PDT
March 5, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M10-14 * * NASA Coverage Set for March 16 SpaceX Mission to Space Station * The next SpaceX mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Sunday, March 16, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon cargo capsule, will lift off at 4:41 a.m. EDT. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 3:45 a.m. If for any r ...Continue Reading
March 5th 2014 PDT
March 5, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M09-14 * * NASA Kennedy Space Center Invites Media to Center Director Update * NASA is inviting media to the Kennedy Space Center Director Update at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Debus Center on Thursday, March 6, at 9 a.m. EST. More than a hundred community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government leaders are expected to attend. Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and other senior Kennedy ...Continue Reading
February 28th 2014 PDT
February 28, 2014 * RELEASE 08-14 * * NASA Kennedy Space Center Names Abacus Technology Small Business Prime Contractor of Year * NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected Abacus Technology Corp. as its Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year for 2013. The company serves as the center’s Information Management and Communications Support (IMCS) contractor. The award was presented to IMCS Program Manager Patty Stratton by Kennedy's director, Bob Cabana, during the space ce ...Continue Reading
February 28th 2014 PDT
February 28, 2014 * RELEASE 14-066 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete Space System Milestones * NASA's aerospace industry partners continue to meet milestones under agreements with the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), as they move forward in their development of spacecraft and rockets that will transport humans to destinations in low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing Space Exploration, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and SpaceX each are developing unique transportation systems, and each faces st ...Continue Reading
February 28th 2014 PDT
February 28, 2014 * RELEASE M07-14 * * NASA Kennedy Center Director Budget Media Teleconference March 4 * Robert Cabana, center director for NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will hold a teleconference with media at 3:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 4. Cabana will discuss the latest activities at Kennedy, including NASA's fiscal year 2015 budget. The briefing will not be carried on NASA Television. Media interested in participating should contact the Kennedy Press Site at 321-867-2468 prior to ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2014 PDT
February 7, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-027 * * NASA Media Accreditation Open for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission Launch * Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's next commercial cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will launch its Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket at about 4:41 a.m. EDT Sunday, March 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. This will be the company's third commercial resupply miss ...Continue Reading
January 28th 2014 PDT
January 28, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M06-14 * * Kennedy Space Center Observes NASA Day of Remembrance Jan. 31 * NASA Kennedy Space Center will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Friday, Jan. 31. At 10:30 a.m. EST, Kennedy Director Bob Cabana and Deputy Director Janet Petro will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial located in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Com ...Continue Reading
January 23rd 2014 PDT
January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-027 * * NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Ground controllers report the satellite -- part of a network providing high-data-rate communications to the International Space Station, Hubble Spa ...Continue Reading
January 23rd 2014 PDT
January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-030 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces New Space Plans for NASA's Kennedy Space Center * In the latest example of NASA Kennedy Space Center's transformation into a multi-user spaceport, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., announced Thursday steps it will take to prepare for a November 2016 orbital flight of its Dream Chaser spacecraft from Florida's Space Coast. The announcement included the purchase of an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Allianc ...Continue Reading
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