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

Dec. 12, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rob Navias Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rob.navias-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-257 NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK HOUSTON - NASA will hold a media briefing Dec. 18 to discuss an upcoming International Space Station spacewalk. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Dec. 22 sp ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2008 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-256 NASA TO UPDATE REPORTERS ABOUT CONSTELLATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. EST, to brief reporters about recent developments and ongoing progress in NASA's Constellation Program. Constellation will build the sp ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-260 SPACE SHUTTLE FERRY FLIGHT ARRIVAL ON NASA TV'S PUBLIC CHANNEL WASHINGTON - Today's arrival of space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be seen only on NASA Television's Public Channel (101). System maintenance is being performed on the media (103) and education (102) channels. Mounted atop a ...Continue Reading

Dec. 9, 2008 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-247 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Feb. 12 at 7:28 a.m. EST on the STS-119 mission to the station. The seven-member c ...Continue Reading