April 6, 2009 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 15-09 MEDIA INVITED TO COVER ENDEAVOUR ROLLOVER ON APRIL 10 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to cover space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled move from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, April 10 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for its upcoming STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. The first motion of the shuttle out of its hangar i ...Continue Reading

April 3, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-040309 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-O) Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Launch Pad: Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Date: No earlier than April 28, 2009 Launch Window: 6:24 - 7:24 p.m. EDT A partial charging of the GOES-O spacecraft batteries has been performed and a power command functional test ...Continue Reading

April 1, 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 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 edward.s.campion@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-054 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE HOUSTON -- NASA will hold briefings Thursday, April 23, to update reporters about ...Continue Reading

April 1, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-016 NASA AWARDS INTERIM PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has awarded a contract to Space Gateway Support of Cape Canaveral, Fla., to continue providing protective services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract begins on April 1, 2009, and will pr ...Continue Reading

April 1, 2009 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 14-09 NASA BRINGS ORION SPACECRAFT MOCK-UP TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will showcase its next-generation spacecraft and water landing testing, which will return humans to the moon, during two media events in April. Media are invited to interview NASA engineers and personnel beside a full-size test mock-up of the Orion crew exploration vehicle at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 2 ...Continue Reading

March 31, 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: 09-29 NASA/NOAA MEDIA BRIEFING ON LATEST GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE GREENBELT, Md. - There will be a NASA and NOAA media teleconference on Thursday, April 2, to discuss the upcoming launch of the GOES-O sat ...Continue Reading

March 31, 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: 09-075 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS AT LAUNCH PAD FOR HUBBLE MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis now awaits liftoff for its target May 12 STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis arrived at Launch Pad 39A at approxi ...Continue Reading

March 30, 2009 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-051 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS STARTS MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD AT 4 A.M. TUESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis' rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been rescheduled to begin at 4 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 31, as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is tar ...Continue Reading

March 30, 2009 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-050 NASA UPDATES MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA is updating its media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, targeted to launch May 12. The 11-day flight will include five spacewalks to upgrade the telescope, leavin ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2009 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-072 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY GLIDES HOMES AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 3:14 p.m. EDT Saturday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles. The STS-119 flight delivered the space station's fourth a ...Continue Reading