Oct. 6, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-193 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD, PRACTICE LIFTOFF SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' move to the launch pad on Oct. 13 and the STS-129 mission crew's dress rehearsal activities Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis is tar ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2009 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 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-191 NASA UPDATES TUESDAY SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE TIME HOUSTON -- The nine residents of the International Space Station will hold a news conference Tuesday at 9:55 a.m. EDT, 15 minutes earlier than previously announced. Aboard the stat ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M49-09 NASA KENNEDY'S COVERAGE OF LCROSS LUNAR IMPACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will provide an interview opportunity and a potentially unique view of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and Centaur rocket's impact on the moon Oct. 9. On Friday, Oct. 9, at approximately 7:30 a.m., the LCROSS spacecraft and Centaur rocket will impact the moon's so ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2009 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-227 NASA SPONSORS STUDENT WATER RECYCLING COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge. Participants in the competition will design and test water recycling systems that could be used for future explo ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Duncan Wardle Walt Disney World Public Relations, Orlando, Fla. 407-566-6397 duncan.wardle@disney.com RELEASE: 09-229 NASA LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES WITH DISNEY'S BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WASHINGTON -- NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage stud ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-100209 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Pad: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: No earlier than Dec. 7, 2009 Launch Window: 6:10 - 6:23 a.m. PST At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, WISE spacecraft processing is going well and continues on schedule. Th ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C48-09 NASA MODIFIES LIFE SCIENCES SERVICES CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is extending the Life Science Services contract at Kennedy Space Center held by Dynamac Corporation of Rockville, Md., for an additional one year, three months and increasing its value. The potential estimated increase value of the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is $9.7 and begins Oct. 1. The base extension value is $8.1 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2009 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ARES-I-X-093009 ARES I-X STATUS REPORT Launch Vehicle: Ares I-X Launch Date: Oct. 27 Launch Pad: 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Upcoming key milestones: - Oct. 9 – Launch Readiness Review at Kennedy - Oct. 15 – Launch Pad 39B modifications media event at 10 a.m. EDT - Oct. 19 – Rollout to Launch Pad 39B targ ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 47-09 DELTA II NASA LAUNCH FOR MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY SUCCESSFUL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta II rocket managed by NASA's Launch Services Program lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday with two spacecraft for the United States Missile Defense Agency. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstrator mission, or STSS Demo, lifted off from Pad B at Launch Complex 17 at 8:20 a.m. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 46-09 STSS DEMO LAUNCH POSTPOSNED UNTIL NO EARLIER THAN SEPT. 25 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The launch of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration mission, or STSS Demo, is postponed until no earlier than Friday, Sept. 25. Teams are working to correct a technical issue with some ground equipment on the pad at Space Launch Comple ...Continue Reading