December 19, 2013 * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-053 * * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for InSight Mission * NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colo., to launch the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to Mars. InSight will launch in March 2016 aboard an Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total cost for NASA to launch InSight is approximately $160 million, ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-191 * * NASA Opens Media Accreditation For TDRS-L Launch * Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-L. Liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is targeted for 9:05 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 23, at the opening of a 40-minute launch window. International media without U.S. citizenship must apply for credentials by 4 p.m. Wedne ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-367 * * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is in a temporary home at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida waiting to be attached to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will take it into Earth orbit Thursday, Jan. 23. The TDRS-L spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Friday, Dec. 6. After being unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft, it was unpacked and inspected ...Continue Reading

December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-367 * * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is in a temporary home at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida waiting to be attached to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will take it into Earth orbit Thursday, Jan. 23. The TDRS-L spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Friday, Dec. 6. After being unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft, it was unpacked and inspected ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-361 * * Heat Shield for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's Orion spacecraft is just about ready to turn up the heat. The spacecraft's heat shield arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...Continue Reading

December 3, 2013 Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Gwen Griffin/Brooke Crawford Griffin Communications Group 281-335-0200gwen@griffincg.com / brooke@griffincg.com * RELEASE 13-353 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner Blue Origin Test-Fires New Rocket Engine * NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin of Kent, Wash., announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxy ...Continue Reading

December 2, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-188 * * NASA Invites Media to View Orion Heat Shield Send-Off and Delivery * The heat shield that will protect NASA's Orion spacecraft during its first test mission next year is complete and ready to ship from Manchester, N.H., to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on NASA's Super Guppy aircraf ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-344 * * NASA Advances Effort to Launch Astronauts Again from U.S. Soil to Space Station * Commercial Crew Request for Proposals Finalizes Development and Certification Process NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Sp ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-181 * * Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana Available for Interviews * Robert Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and veteran space shuttle astronaut, will be available for interviews from 6-8 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20. This month marks the 15th anniversary of the first module of t ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-342 * * NASA Launches Mission to Study Upper Atmosphere of Mars * A NASA mission that will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and abundant liquid water launched into space at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday from Cape ...Continue Reading