Jan. 12, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-004 ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY FOREIGN MEDIA BADGING CLOSES JAN. 23 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - International journalists planning to attend the launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, at Vandenberg Air Force ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 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: M09-003 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Jan. 14, as preparations for the STS-119 mission move forward. Discovery is targeted to lift off Feb. 12 to the International Sp ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 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: M09-003 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Jan. 14, as preparations for the STS-119 mission move forward. Discovery is targeted to lift off Feb. 12 to the International Sp ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-010609 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: February 4, 2009 Launch Window: 2:22:01 - 2:32:01 a.m. PST Testing has been successfully completed on the solar array harness. Though no fault indications in the harness were found, two wires were disconnected to rem ...Continue Reading

Dec. 31, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-241 RESEND: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CELEBRATES NASA'S 50 YEARS IN 2008, EYES NEXT 50 CAPE CANAVERAL, - Fla. While employees at Kennedy Space Center celebrated the first 50 years of NASA in 2008, they also were working on missions and projects that will carry the space agency into the next five decades and beyond. NASA commemorated its 50th anniversary on Oct. 1 and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex hel ...Continue Reading

Dec. 31, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-241 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CELEBRATES NASA’S 50 YEARS IN 2008, EYES NEXT 50 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – While employees at Kennedy Space Center celebrated the first 50 years of NASA in 2008, they also were working on missions and projects that will carry the space agency into the next five decades and beyond. NASA commemorated its 50th anniversary on Oct. 1 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 23, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 32-08 SANTA INVITED TO EXPLORE NASA'S MOON AND MARS PROGRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When Santa Claus makes his routine pit stop at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility on Christmas Eve, he may do a bit more than chow down on milk and cookies. In the next few decades, humans could be living, working and playing on the moon, including millions of good little boys and girls counting on Sant ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2008 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-267 NASA TO ANNOUNCE SPACE STATION RESUPPLY SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference with Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier at 4 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 23, to discuss the contract selection for commercial cargo resupply services for the International Space Station. NA ...Continue Reading

Dec. 18, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 2008-240 NASA'S KEPLER SPACECRAFT READY TO SHIP TO FLORIDA PASADENA, Calif. - Engineers are getting ready to pack NASA's Kepler spacecraft into a container and ship it off to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air For ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-121708 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) Launch Vehicle: Taurus XL (Orbital Sciences) Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 576-E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: Feb. 23, 2009 Launch Time: 1:53 a.m. PST (tentative) Due to the availability of the Western Range, the launch of OCO is being rescheduled to Feb. 23. A new schedule of spacecr ...Continue Reading