March 26, 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 RELEASE: 08-090 NASA'S SHUTTLE CREW RETURNS HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space. The first landing attempt at Kennedy was bypassed due to low ...Continue Reading

March 24, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-064 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SET TO LAND WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour crew is expected to complete its 16-day flight to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, March 26. The STS-123 mission began March 11 and delivered t ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 George.H.Diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-032108 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) Location: Astrotech payload processing facility Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H Launch Pad: 17-B Launch Date: May 16, 2008 Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. EDT Twin solar arrays were attached to the GLAST spacecraft on Thursday, March 20. A solar array deployment test is under way today an ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yenbrick-1@nasa.gov Bill Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-062 NASA MOVES ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON - The news conference with the 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, originally scheduled for Monday morning, has been moved to ...Continue Reading

March 19, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Bill Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-060 NASA SETS ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON - The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 12:18 a.m. EDT Monday, March 24. Media may as ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-012 NASA AWARDS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded Rede-Critique of Metairie, La., the contract for Kennedy institutional support services. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has an estimated valued of $45 million ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 George.H.Diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-031408 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) Location: Astrotech payload processing facility Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H Launch Pad: 17-B Launch Date: May 16, 2008 Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. EDT Prelaunch preparations are under way on GLAST after the spacecraft's arrival in Florida on March 4. The flight battery has been in ...Continue Reading

March 11, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-077 NASA'S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR BEGINS MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early sunrise to the East Coast Tuesday, launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 2:28 a.m. EDT and beginning the STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. During the 16-day fligh ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-010 NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded Millennium Engineering and Integration Company of Satellite Beach, Fla., a safety and mission assurance support services contract. The cost-plus-award-fee contract is valued at approxim ...Continue Reading

March 6, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 05-08 AIRSPACE, ROAD, BRIDGE AND WATERWAY CLOSURES FOR STS-123 MISSION Launch Date: March 11, 2008 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Pad: 39A Launch Window: 2:23 - 2:33 a.m. EDT Targeted Launch Time: 2:28 a.m. EDT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AREA AVIATION RESTRICTIONS What: Cape Canaveral Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) When: From 7:23 p.m. Monday, March 10, until no later than 3:04 a.m. Tues ...Continue Reading