Feb. 11, 2009 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.Hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-030 NASA LUNAR SPACECRAFT SHIPS SOUTH IN PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft was loaded on a truck Wednesday to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Cen ...Continue Reading

Feb. 9, 2009 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-004 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES FOR NUSTAR MISSION TO ORBITAL SCIENCES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp., of Dulles, Va., to launch the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, high energy X-ray telescope. The spacecraft will fly in 2011 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from t ...Continue Reading

Feb. 9, 2009 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 08-09 NASA TO ANNOUNCE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER "DREAM EXPERIENCE" WINNERS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA astronaut Daniel Tani will announce the winners of Kennedy Space Center's "Your NASA Dream Experience" contest at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 12, at Lake Mills High School, Lake Mills, Wis. The nationwide contest, announced in Seventeen magazine, gave teams consisting of a teacher and two students th ...Continue Reading

Feb. 6, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-020609 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: NOAA-N Prime Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: Feb. 6, 2009 Launch Time: 2:22 a.m. PST The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the NOAA-N Prime weather satellite launched at 2:22 a.m. PST after two consecutive days of launch scrubs. The satellite succ ...Continue Reading

Feb. 6, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service 301-713-2087 john.leslie@noaa.gov RELEASE: 09-13 NOAA-N PRIME ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A new environmental satellite that will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events arou ...Continue Reading

Feb. 5, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-09 NOAA-N PRIME SATELLITE LAUNCH RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 6 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The next launch attempt for the NOAA-N Prime weather satellite for NASA and NOAA aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 6. The launch time remains 2:22 a.m. PST. Managers decided on Friday's launch attempt based on the acceptable hydrocarbon sample results o ...Continue Reading

Feb. 4, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-09 NOAA-N PRIME SATELLITE LAUNCH RESET FOR FEB. 5 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The next launch attempt for the NOAA-N Prime weather satellite for NASA and NOAA aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 5. The launch time again is 2:22 a.m. PST. The problem with the launch pad gaseous nitrogen pressurization system which caused the first launch attem ...Continue Reading

Feb. 4, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 05-09 NOAA-N PRIME SATELLITE LAUNCH DELAYED AT LEAST 24 HOURS VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The launch of the NOAA-N Prime polar-orbiting weather satellite was scrubbed at 2 a.m. PST Wednesday when a launch pad gaseous nitrogen pressurization system failed. This system maintains pressurization and purges to various systems of the Delta II rocket prior to launch. Immediate repair to this system ...Continue Reading

Feb. 3, 2009 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: 09-25 SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH NOW NO EARLIER THAN FEB. 19 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight, NASA managers decided Tuesday to plan a launch no earlier than Feb. 19. The new planning date is pending additional analysis and particle impact testing associated with a flow control ...Continue Reading

Jan. 30, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-013009 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: NOAA-N Prime Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: Feb. 4, 2009 Launch Window: 2:22:01 - 2:32:01 a.m. PST The Flight Readiness Review for the Delta II and NOAA-N Prime was successfully completed Jan. 29. There are no issues or concerns toward completing final launch ...Continue Reading