August 1, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-034 * * NASA Awards Contract for Gaseous Nitrogen Supply * NASA has awarded a contract to Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP of Houston to supply gaseous nitrogen to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This will include the continued operations and maintenance of the Kennedy pipel ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-231 * * Tenth Parachute Test for NASA's Orion Adds 10,000 Feet of Success * WASHINGTON -- A complicated, high-altitude test Wednesday demonstrated NASA's new Orion spacecraft could land safely even if one of its parachutes fail ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468tracy.g.young@nasa.gov * RELEASE 17-13 * * NASA Signs Agreement with BRS Aerospace for Use of Unique Facility * CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has signed a new partnership agreement with Ballistic Recovery Systems Inc., or BRS Aerospace, of Miami, Fla., for use of the Parachute Refurbishment Facility, or PRF.  The PRF previously was used during NASA’s Space Shuttle Program to manufacture and ref ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2013 Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7401gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Kelly George The Boeing Co., Houston 281-226-4367kelly.george@boeing.com * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-112 * * NASA Partner Boeing Invites Media to View CST-100 Spacecraft Mockup * HOUSTON -- The Boeing Company of Houston is inviting media to view a full-size test version of its CST-100 spacecraft as NASA astronauts c ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2013 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111josh.byerly@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-113 * * NASA TV to Air Briefing Today on Early End to Spacewalk * WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will air a news conference today at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss this morning's spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The news con ...Continue Reading

July 11, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov Stephanie L. Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-5464slsmith@jpl.nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-214 * * NASA's OPALS To Beam Data From Space Via Laser * PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington  202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-194 * * NASA Announces Space Station Research and Development Conference * WASHINGTON -- The American Astronautical Society, in cooperation with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), will conduct the second ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington  202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-194 * * NASA Announces Space Station Research and Development Conference * WASHINGTON -- The American Astronautical Society, in cooperation with NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), will conduct the second ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2013 Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7401 gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington        202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Christina Ra SpaceX 310-363-6447 christina.ra@spacex.com * RELEASE 13-201 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews * HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., recently completed two miles ...Continue Reading

June 28, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov David Weaver/Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-199 NASA AND SPACE FLORIDA BEGIN PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSIONS Space Florida Proposes to Operate Shuttle Landing Facility WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Space Florida, the aerospace economic development agency for the state of Florida, for negotiations toward a partnership agreement to maintain and operat ...Continue Reading