April 10, 2012 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M20-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO CRAWLER-TRANSPORTER EVENT APRIL 13 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo and interview opportunity Friday, April 13, at 11 a.m. EDT at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to view the modifications under way on crawler-transporter 2. Media should arrive at Kennedy's Press Site by 10:30 a.m. for transportation to the crawler. Journalists will have an opportunity ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2012 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 bob.j.gutro@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M19-12 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME SPINOFF AWARDS CEREMONY AT KENNEDY APRIL 12 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to cover the second annual NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest awards ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on Thursday, April 12, at 10 a.m. EDT. The contest is run by NASA Goddard ...Continue Reading

April 5, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-016 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH CONTRACT FOR GOES-R AND GOES-S MISSIONS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R and S, or GOES-R and GOES-S. The spacecrafts will launch in October 2015 and February 2017, re ...Continue Reading

April 2, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Josh Byerly/Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Kirstin Brost Grantham Space Exploration Technologies, Hawthorne, Calif. 202-649-2716 Kirstin@spacex.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-057 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING PREVIEWING SPACEX MISSION TO SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson ...Continue Reading

April 3, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-059 NASA ANNOUNCES EVENTS FOR SHUTTLE DISCOVERY DEPARTURE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Events and operating hours for the Press Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for space shuttle Discovery's departure. A NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified 747 jet, will transport Discovery to Washington Dulles Internatio ...Continue Reading

April 2, 2012 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kirstin Brost Grantham Space Exploration Technologies, Hawthorne, Calif. 202-649-2716 kirstin@spacex.com RELEASE: 12-103 NASA, SPACEX ANNOUNCE NASA SOCIAL FOR FALCON 9 LAUNCH ATTEMPT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will invite 50 of their social media followers to a two-day NASA Social April 29-30 at NASA's Ken ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-049 UPDATED MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NASA/SPACEX LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is updating media accreditation deadlines for the agency's second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight launch. A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to launc ...Continue Reading

March 16, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-045 LAUNCH OF NASA'S NUSTAR MISSION POSTPONED WASHINGTON -- The planned launch of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has been postponed after a March 15 launch status meeting. The launch wi ...Continue Reading

March 13, 2012 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Susan Wells The Boeing Co. 321-264-8580 susan.h.wells@boeing.com Erin Dick/Carri Karuhn Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne 818-586-4977/818-586-4963 erin.dick@pwr.utc.com/ erin.dick@pwr.utc.com RELEASE: 12-083 NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW PARTNER HOT-FIRES LAUNCH ABORT ENGINE CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, which is suppor ...Continue Reading

March 12, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-042 NASA MARCH 13 NUSTAR MEDIA BRIEFING POSTPONED WASHINGTON -- The Tuesday, March 13, media briefing to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has been postponed. The spacecraft will lift off on an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket, which will be released from an aircraft ...Continue Reading