November 15, 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 Emily Shanklin SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif. 310-363-6733media@spacex.com * RELEASE 13-337 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Milestone in Safety Review * Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) met in late October to review the safety of the Dragon sp ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7401gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov   * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-050 * * NASA Awards Ground Systems Development and Operations Support Contract * NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Company of Satellite Beach, Fla., to provide support to the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Cente ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600david.s.weaver@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-177 * * NASA Administrator to View Orion Spacecraft and MAVEN Launch Preparations * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will view the latest progress on NASA's Orion spacecraft and launch preparations for the next Mars mission at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Nov. 17. Media are in ...Continue Reading

November 13, 2013 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov Dwayne Brown NASA 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 M28-13 * * NASA Sets MAVEN/Atlas V Launch Events Coverage * NASA’s next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutionN, or MAVEN, is set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance ...Continue Reading

November 7, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2493amber.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 13-328 * * NASA's Orion Sees Flawless Fairing Separation in Second Test * The three massive panels protecting a test version of NASA's Orion multipurpose crew vehicle successfully fell away from the spacecraft Wednesday in a test of a ...Continue Reading

November 1, 2013 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M27-13 * * NASA Chief Scientist Available To News Media At Kennedy Space Center * News media will have a chance to speak with NASA chief scientist and planetary geologist Dr. Ellen Stofan on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.  The interview opportunity will occur in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) viewing room at the Kennedy Space Center.  Dr. Stofan will ...Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5227rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-313 * * NASA's Orion Spacecraft Comes to Life * NASA's first-ever deep space craft, Orion, has been powered on for the first time marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight. Orion's avionics system was ...Continue Reading

October 24, 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 Emily Shanklin SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif. 310-363-6733media@spacex.com * RELEASE 13-314 * * NASA Partner SpaceX Completes Review of 2014 Commercial Crew Abort Test * In preparation for a summer 2014 test, NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently laid out its plan to demonstrate the Dragon ...Continue Reading

September 30, 2013 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE 26-13 * * NASA Awards First CubeSat-Class Launch Services Contract * NASA has selected Generation Orbit Launch Services Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., to provide a CubeSat-class launch via the NASA Launch Services Enabling eXploration and Technology (NEXT) contract.  NEXT is an element of a strategic initiative led by NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP), focused on assuri ...Continue Reading

September 26, 2013 Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C25-13 * * NASA Awards Construction Task Order for Kennedy * NASA has awarded a task order to Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., to provide construction services for a new computer data center building at Kennedy Space Center. The firm-fixed price task order was awarded against the General Construction indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract Sept. 19. It has a maxi ...Continue Reading