Aug. 1, 2012 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-143 NASA TO ANNOUNCE NEW AGREEMENTS FOR NEXT PHASE OF COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA will issue a news release to announce new agreements with industry partners for its Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative at 9 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 3. At 10 a.m. NASA will host a news briefing from Ke ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2012 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer/Catherine Segar Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318/321-449-4273 afarmer@dncinc.com / csegar@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M41-12 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY CLOSING CEREMONY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to attend the closing ceremony for the International Space University's Space Studies Program on Friday, Aug. 3, from 5-7 p.m. EDT at the Kennedy Sp ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2012 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Geoffrey Brown Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 240-228-5618 geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M40-12 NASA OFFERS NEWS MEDIA ACCESS TO TWIN RBSP SPACECRAFT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Aug. 23, will be the focus of a media opportunity at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Astrotech Space ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2012 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-141 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW THE MORPHEUS LANDER AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives are invited to view NASA's Morpheus lander at the agency's Kennedy Space Center at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 1. The vehicle arrived at Kennedy Friday to begin a series of tests during the next three months. Mor ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2012 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Tina Lange Space Florida, Cape Canaveral, Fla. 321-223-1013 tina@tntcommgroup.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-140 NASA'S CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST VISITS SPACE FLORIDA'S SPACE LIFE SCIENCES LAB MONDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will visit Space Florida's Space Life Sciences Lab, located just outside of NASA Kennedy Space Center's security ...Continue Reading

July 26, 2012 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-031 NASA SELECTS CONTRACT FOR WATER AND WASTE WATER REVITALIZATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected RTD Construction Inc. of Zephyrhills, Fla., to provide construction services for the revitalization of Kennedy Space Center's water distribution and waste water collection systems. The maximum potential value for ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2012 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Jessica Rye/Chris Chavez United Launch Alliance 321-730-5646/303-269-5550 jessica.f.rye@ulalaunch.com / chris.s.chavez@ulalaunch.com RELEASE: 12-245 NASA PARTNER UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE COMPLETES TWO ATLAS V REVIEWS CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed a review of its Atlas V rocket to assess its compli ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2012 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-029 NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR JASON-3 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Jason-3 spacecraft in December 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket from Complex 4 at Vandenberg ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2012 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-028 NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THREE MISSIONS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) and Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) spacecraft. The spacecraft will launch in July 2 ...Continue Reading

July 18, 2012 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 39-12 NASA MOURNS LOSS OF FORMER KENNEDY DIRECTOR FORREST MCCARTNEY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forrest S. McCartney, former director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, died July 17, 2012, with his family in attendance. He was 81 years old. McCartney, of Indialantic, Fla., was Kennedy's director from Sept. 1, 1987, until Dec. 21, 1991. & ...Continue Reading