Feb. 16, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-021609 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. 24, 2009 Launch Time: 1:51:30 a.m. PST The launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory has been rescheduled by one day to Feb. 24. The spacecraft is being mated to the Taur ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 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 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-025 NASA SETS FEB. 20 NEWS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference Friday, Feb. 20, following a review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and an assessment of shuttle flow con ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena. Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-024 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING KEPLER EXOPLANET MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thur ...Continue Reading

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