Aug. 3, 2010 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-109 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW SPACE STATION CARGO FOR STS-133 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a media event at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 12, to highlight the next hardware that will fly to the International Space Station. The permanent multi-purpose module, or PMM, will fly ab ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-106 NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW UPDATED SPACE STATION SPACEWALK PLAN HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss updated plans for two International Space Station spacewalks during a news briefing at 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 2. The briefing rep ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-073010 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Glory Launch Vehicle: Taurus XL 3110 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: Nov. 22, 2010 Launch Time: 2:09 a.m. PST Altitude/Inclination: 440 miles/98.2 degrees The Taurus rocket is in Orbital Sciences Hangar 1555 located on north Vandenberg Air Force Base where integration of the vehicle's flight hardware components ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-103 NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station during a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3. Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wh ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M41-10 MEDIA INVITED TO NASA'S ANNUAL COMMUNITY LEADERS BREAKFAST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is inviting media to the annual Kennedy Space Center Community Leaders Breakfast on July 29 at 9 a.m. EDT. The event will take place in the Debus Conference Facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Several hund ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-072310 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Glory Launch Vehicle: Taurus XL 3110 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: Nov. 22, 2010 Launch Time: 2:09 a.m. PST Altitude/Inclination: 440 miles/98.2 degrees The Taurus rocket is in Orbital Sciences Hangar 1555 located on north Vandenberg Air Force Base where integration of the vehicle's flight hardware components ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Pat Behnke Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 850-251-2130 pat.behnke@myfwc.com RELEASE: 10-166 NASA SUPPORTING GULF OIL SPILL WILDLIFE RECOVER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center is helping with the unprecedented effort to save wildlife from the effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mex ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-071410 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Glory Launch Vehicle: Taurus XL 3110 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: Nov. 22, 2010 Launch Time: 2:09 a.m. PST Altitude/Inclination: 440 miles/98.2 degrees The Taurus rocket is in Orbital Sciences Hangar 1555 located on north Vandenberg Air Force Base. Prelaunch processing of the vehicle is going well. On stage ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 40-10 GOOD INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SIGHTING OPPORTUNITY ON JULY 15 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Central Florida will have a good opportunity to see the International Space Station pass overhead on Thursday, July 15, at about 9:27 p.m. EDT, weather permitting. The station with its six-person Expedition 24 crew, including NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Shannon Walker and Doug Wheelock, is about 225 m ...Continue Reading

July 9, 2010 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-158 NASA AWARDS SPACE GRANT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The National Space Grant Foundation is the recipient of NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Space Grant Cooperative Agreement. The agreement began July 1, 2010 and runs until June 30, 2013. The $1.8 million award will be used for ESMD Space Grant internships, senior design projects, faculty fellowships, faculty workshop ...Continue Reading