May 13, 2010 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Jillian McRae Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4273 jmcrae@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M27-10 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO INAUGURAL LUNABOTICS COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Media are invited to cover the Lunabotics Mining Competition, May 27-28 at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Twenty-three teams of undergraduate and graduate students from throughout the country w ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2010 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-110 NASA ENABLES STUDENTS TO LAUNCH VIRTUAL SPACE SHUTTLE WASHINGTON - As NASA prepares to launch a space shuttle on Friday, May 14, the agency is offering the ABCs of 3,2,1 liftoff to students and educators throughout the nation. A new computer simulation program will allow them to take on the roles of NASA engineers and launch the ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M26-10 AIRSPACE, ROAD, BRIDGE AND WATERWAY CLOSURES FOR STS-132 Launch Date: May 14, 2010 Launch Vehicle: Space shuttle Atlantis Launch Pad: 39A Launch Window: 2:15 - 2:26 p.m. EDT Targeted Launch Time: 2:20:07 p.m. EDT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AREA AVIATION FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS What: Cape Canaveral Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) When: Friday, May 14 from 7:15 a.m. EDT until no later than 2:56 p.m. ...Continue Reading

May 6, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-070 NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has set the schedule for news conferences, events and operating hours at the Kennedy Space Center press site for space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming launch. Atlantis' STS-132 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off a ...Continue Reading

April 29, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-103 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers will hold a news conference on Wednesday, May 5, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the Flight Readiness R ...Continue Reading

April 28, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.thomas@nasa.gov Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 amiko.kauderer-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-067 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH AND TWEETUPS WASHINGTON - At the next space shuttle launch, NASA will host 150 people from around the world and provide them with a behind-the-scenes perspective to share ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M25-10 GOOD INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SIGHTING OPPORTUNITY ON APRIL 28 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Central Florida will have a good opportunity to see the International Space Station pass overhead Wednesday, April 28, at 8:45 p.m. EDT, weather permitting. The space station, with its six-person Expedition 23 crew aboard, is about 220 miles up. It will travel almost directly overhead during a four-minute pas ...Continue Reading

April 20, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-090 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CREW RETURNS TO EARTH AFTER FORTIFYING INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SCIENCE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 15-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT landing Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-131 mission t ...Continue Reading

April 16, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-059 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD, LIFTOFF PRACTICE SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Journalists are invited to cover the STS-132 space shuttle crew's Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a practice countdown and related training, April 20-23 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Reporters also may cover ...Continue Reading

April 14, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 amiko.kauderer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-088 NASA HOSTS LAUNCH AND MISSION TWEETUPS FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - During the next space shuttle mission, NASA will host two Tweetups to give the public an insider's look at the nation's space program. For a second time, NASA T ...Continue Reading