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

Unsubscribe Automatically: May 29, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-087 NASA HOSTS JUNE 4 MEDIA BRIEFING ON NEXT SOLAR MISSION LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing at 1 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 4, about the upcoming launch of the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission. The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washin ...Continue Reading

May 23, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-154 NASA EDUCATION OFFERS SUMMER OF INNOVATION 'MINI-AWARDS' WASHINGTON -- NASA's Summer of Innovation project is accepting proposals through Monday, June 10, from organizations that want to offer students science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) educational experiences this summer. NASA will grant "mini-awards ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Mike Gold Bigelow Aerospace, Washington 240-235-6016 mgold@bigelowaerospace.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-084 NASA, BIGELOW TO DISCUSS PRIVATE SECTOR HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas are holding a media availability at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23, to discuss the agency's Space Act Agreement ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-13 NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH UNITED PARADYNE FOR USE OF FACILITY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has signed a new partnership agreement with United Paradyne Corporation of Santa Maria, Calif., for use of the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility, or HMF. The HMF previously was used during NASA's Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. Because of NASA's transition from the shuttle to future ...Continue Reading

May 17, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-146 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT LAUNCH PAD 39A WASHINGTON -- NASA released a synopsis Friday announcing plans to issue an announcement for proposals for the commercial use of Launch Pad 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announcement is expected next week. Use of the launch pad by industry is de ...Continue Reading

May 15, 2013 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Krystal Scordo Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems, Louisville, Colo. 720-407-3192 krystal.scordo@sncorp.com RELEASE: 13-143 SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION DREAM CHASER TESTING BEGINS AT NASA DRYDEN, LANGLEY EDWARDS, Calif. -- Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Cen ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2013 Mike Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-075 NASA SETS TV BRIEFING TODAY TO DISCUSS SPACE STATION STATUS HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss the status of the International Space Station, including the latest on an external cooling loop leak that developed Thursday, during a televised briefing to ...Continue Reading