June 25, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: M13-102 LAUNCH OF NASA'S NEW SOLAR MISSION RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 27 WASHINGTON -- The launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is being delayed one day to 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT) Thursday, June 27, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Live NASA Television launch coverage begins at 6 p.m. PDT. B ...Continue Reading

June 24, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: M16-13 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO STATUS UPDATES ON FUTURE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAMS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives are invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, June 27, for updates about the agency’s human spaceflight programs. Journalists will visit the Operations and Checkout Building at 11 a.m. EDT for a status briefing on NASA’s Orion, Space Launch System and ...Continue Reading

June 24, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: M16-13 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO STATUS UPDATES ON FUTURE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAMS WASHINGTON -- Two companies that share a commitment to teamwork, technical and managerial excellence, safety, and customer service have been selected to receive NASA's premier honor for quality and performance, the George M. Low Award. NASA recognizes URS Federal Technical Services Inc. of Germantown, Md., in the large business awar ...Continue Reading

June 21, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-185 NASA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2012 GEORGE M. LOW AWARD FOR QUALITY WASHINGTON -- Two companies that share a commitment to teamwork, technical and managerial excellence, safety, and customer service have been selected to receive NASA's premier honor for quality and performance, the George M. Low Award. NASA recognizes URS Federal Technical ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-930-6149 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M15-13 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS MEDIA EVENTS FOR IRIS LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is scheduled to launch Wednesday, June 26, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-174 NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT PROVES SOUND UNDER PRESSURE WASHINGTON -- After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on Wednesday. W ...Continue Reading

June 4, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-171 NASA PREPARES FOR LAUNCH OF NEXT SOLAR SATELLITE WASHINGTON -- NASA's next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission will observe how solar material moves, gathers en ...Continue Reading

May 31, 2013 George Diller/Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov / tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M14-13 NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT LIGHTFOOT VISITS SPACE COAST AND MEETS WITH MEDIA JUNE 3-4 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot will visit Florida's Space Coast on Monday, June 3, and Tuesday, June 4. He will be available to meet with news media in Cape Canaveral and NASA's Kennedy Space Center to discuss the agency's new init ...Continue Reading

May 31, 2013 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Kelly George The Boeing Company Space Exploration, Houston 256-226-4367 kelly.george@boeing.com RELEASE: 13-166 NASA COMMERCIAL CREW PARTNER BOEING COMPLETES NEW SPACECRAFT, ROCKET MILESTONES HOUSTON -- The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, recently performed wind tunnel testing of its CST-100 spacec ...Continue Reading

May 30, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kate Ramsayer NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1742 kate.d.ramsayer@nasa.gov Jon Campbell U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. 571-230-6831 joncampbell@usgs.gov RELEASE: 13-160 LANDSAT 8 SATELLITE BEGINS WATCH WASHINGTON -- NASA transferred operational control Thursday of the Landsat 8 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey ...Continue Reading