Sept. 3, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-169 NASA SETS SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD THURSDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis is tentatively scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10 a.m. EDT, on Thursday, Sept. 4. Managers will meet at 5:30 a.m. Thursday to confirm that weather conditions c ...Continue Reading

Sept. 2, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 23-08 NASA AWARDS LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE, PEST CONTROL CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has selected S.C. Jones Services, Inc., of Dillwyn, Va., to provide grounds maintenance and pest control services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The new firm-fixed price contract begins on Oct. 1, 2008. It has a one-year base period and four, one-year option periods. The maximum value of the contract i ...Continue Reading

Sept. 2, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 22-08 SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' MOVE TO PAD ON STANDBY FOR HANNA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will closely follow Tropical Storm Hanna to determine when would be the best time this week to move space shuttle Atlantis to its launch pad. Currently, the earliest Atlantis will be rolled out from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A is Thursday, Sept. 4, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 29, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-082908 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL (Orbital Sciences) Launch Facility: Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Pacific Atoll Launch Date: Oct. 5, 2008 Launch Window: 12:42 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. EDT (04:42 a.m. - 04:45 a.m. local Kwajalein time) At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, final spin-balance testing of the integ ...Continue Reading

Aug. 28, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.thomas@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-160 NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD TUESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 on an 11-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescop ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.thomas@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: M08-159 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD SATURDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The first motion of the shuttle out of ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov RELEASE: 21-08 NASA KENNEDY TO REOPEN FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS FRIDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., plan to reopen the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first shift. A slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay has kept Kennedy closed since Tuesday. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex also wi ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 19-08 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PARTLY REOPENS THURSDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will reopen Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT for "mission essential" personnel. Kennedy has been closed since Tuesday because of Tropical Storm Fay, which is continuing to bring heavy rain and wind to the region. Individual center supervisors will define which workers are considered "mission e ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 18-08 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER REMAINS CLOSED WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will remain closed Wednesday because of the potential wind threat to workers from Tropical Storm Fay. Center managers decided Wednesday morning to keep Kennedy closed another day to general personnel through at least workers’ second shift, wh ...Continue Reading

Aug. 19, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 17-08 NASA KENNEDY CLOSED THROUGH AT LEAST NOON WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will remain closed at least through noon EDT Wednesday because of the potential threat to workers from Tropical Storm Fay. Kennedy managers will reevaluate the situation Wednesday morning and update employees at 6 a.m. So far, there are no reports of any injuries or damage ass ...Continue Reading