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

July 9, 2010 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M39-10 EXTERNAL FUEL TANK FOR LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT TO ARRIVE AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 14 for the arrival of the last space shuttle external fuel tank scheduled to fly. ET-138 is designated for Endeavour's STS-134 mission, the last scheduled flight for the Space Shuttle Program. NASA will provide video and still im ...Continue Reading

July 1, 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 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-157 NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES FOR FINAL TWO FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is targeting approximately 4:33 p.m. EDT on Nov. 1 for the launch of space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission and 4:19 p.m. EST on Feb. 26, 2011, for the liftoff o ...Continue Reading

June 28, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-062810 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. Cable installation is being done on stages 1 and 3. On stage ...Continue Reading

June 28, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Sharon Scheidhauer U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 407-237-8837 sharon.scheidhauer@dhs.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M38-10 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HOSTS NATURALIZATION CEREMONY JULY 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will help welcome more than 100 people as new U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at Kennedy Space Center V ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Tina Lange Space Florida 321-730-5301 x225 tlange@spaceflorida.gov RELEASE: 37-10 NASA & SPACE FLORIDA BREAK GROUND ON NEXT-GEN SCI-TECH PARK CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Work on a next-generation science and technology commerce park is under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. NASA, Space Florida, and local, state and Congressional leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for Exploration Park at Kennedy's Spac ...Continue Reading

June 24, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov John Atwood Department of Commerce 202-482-4085 jatwood@eda.doc.gov RELEASE: 10-152 SPACE ECONOMIC TASK FORCE SEEKS FLORIDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WASHINGTON -- The Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development has launched an interactive Web site to encourage public comment on ways to promote economic growth and sustainability in Florid ...Continue Reading

June 22, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-036 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR OCO-2 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission. The spacecraft will fly in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califo ...Continue Reading