June 18, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-039 NASA AWARDS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide institutional services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The contract begins Oct. 1, 2008, with a five-year base period, followed by five one-year op ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-038 NASA EXTENDS EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES SUPPORT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., an option for the Expendable Launch Vehicles Integrated Support, or ELVIS, contract. This second option period award is a hybrid performance-based, cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price-award-fee, and ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Mike Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-150 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY GLIDES HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 11:15 a.m. EDT Saturday, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., completing a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles in space. The STS-124 mission was the second of three flights to launch c ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-120 NASA SETS JUNE 16 FOR MEDIA VIEWING OF KENNEDY LAUNCH PAD DAMAGE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center will be opened to journalists to allow viewing of a site damaged during the May 31 launch of space shuttle Discovery. Reporters will have the opportunity to ask questions about ongo ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2008 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Mike Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-118 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND SATURDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Discovery crew is expected to complete its 14-day flight to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:15 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 14. The STS-124 mission began May 31 and delive ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044/443-858-1779 robert.j.gutro1@nasa.gov Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-695-7140 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 08-141 NASA'S GLAST LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, o ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2008 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 scole@hq.nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-116 OSTM/JASON 2 SATELLITE READY FOR JUNE 20 LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, or OSTM/Jason 2, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled for Friday, June 20, from Vandenberg Air F ...Continue Reading

June 10, 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: M08-116 NASA TO HOST DAYTONA 500 MEDIA DAY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In honor of NASA's 50th anniversary and the 50th running of NASCAR's Daytona 500 in February, NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a media day Tuesday, June 17, starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The event will include the winner of this year's r ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-060608 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H (United Launch Alliance) Launch Pad: 17-B Launch Date: No earlier than June 11, 2008 Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. EDT NASA is targeting no earlier than June 11 for the launch of the GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. The laun ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-033 NASA AWARDS GROUND EQUIPMENT CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected contractors for a multiple award contract to provide fabrication of ground support equipment for Constellation and other space programs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multiple award, indefinite-d ...Continue Reading