Jan. 31, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-018 NASA ANNOUNCES TWO NEWS CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS THE 2011 BUDGET AND A BOLD NEW APPROACH TO EXPLORATION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new developments in the nation's civil space effort. On Monday, NA ...Continue Reading

Jan. 29, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-012910 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: Feb. 9, 2010 Launch Window: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. EST The SDO spacecraft rolled out of the Astrotech payload processing facility at 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 26. It arrived at Launch Complex 41 at 5 a.m., and was hoisted ...Continue Reading

Jan. 29, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Michael Cabbage/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 mcabbage@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-017 NASA ANNOUNCES INNOVATION INITIATIVES WITH FISCAL YEAR 2011 BUDGET WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memori ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 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: M10-016 NASA SETS SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle's STS-130 mission to the International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

Jan. 27, 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: 10-026 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR FEB. 7 AS FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE NIGHT LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned for 4:39 a.m. EST, making this the final scheduled space shuttle ...Continue Reading

Jan. 26, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-023 NASA CUES UP UNIVERSITY CUBESATS FOR GLORY LAUNCH THIS FALL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA will launch small research satellites for several universities as part of the agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission. The satellites are manifested as an auxiliary payload on the Taurus XL launch vehicle ...Continue Reading

Jan. 26, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-10 NASA DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JAN. 29 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance observance on Friday, Jan. 29. Media and the general public are invited to a wreath-laying at 11 a.m. EST at the Space Mirror ...Continue Reading

Jan. 22, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-012210 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: Feb. 9, 2010 Launch Window: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. EST At Launch Complex 41, integrated testing of the Atlas and Centaur stages of the Atlas V is continuing. On the morning of Jan. 20, the launch vehicle was transp ...Continue Reading

Jan. 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-009 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 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 Review, a me ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Don Savage Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-8982 donald.savage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-008 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ON ADVANCED MISSION TO STUDY OUR SUN WASHINGTON - NASA is scheduled to host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST, on Thursday, Jan. 21, to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an unprecedented mission to study ...Continue Reading