01.05.07 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-010507 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports periodically and is the source for information regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and payloads. If you are a member of the media and would like further information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html Mission: STS-117 - 21st International Space Stat ...Continue Reading

01.05.07 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-010507 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms) Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: Feb. 15, 2007 Launch Time: 6:07:37 - 6:26:37 p.m. EST At the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center, fueling of the THEMIS spacecraft is under way this week. The probes wil ...Continue Reading

01.04.07 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 07-01 PARSONS ASSUMES ROLE AS NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida gets new leadership today as William W. Parsons assumes the role as the facility's ninth director, succeeding James W. Kennedy, who is retiring from the agency. "I've known and worked with Jim Kennedy for well over a decade, and I believe that no better appoi ...Continue Reading

12.22.06 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Jessica Rye/Katherine Trinidad Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-375 NASA WELCOMES DISCOVERY CREW HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew returned home Friday after a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles in space. Discovery's STS-116 mission successfully reconfigured the International Space Station's power and cooling systems from a temporary setup to a permanent mode and add ...Continue Reading

12.22.06 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-122206 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms) Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: Feb. 15, 2007 Launch Time: 6:07:37 - 6:26:37 p.m. EST At the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center, THEMIS state-of-health checks and an electrical system checkout have be ...Continue Reading

12.21.06 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 74-06 NASA'S KSC PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SANTA ON CHRISTMAS EVE The Debris Imaging Radar System, used during the night launch of NASA's space shuttle mission STS-116, is a new system at Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will now be made available to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Based on its success in identifying even the smallest amount of debris coming off the orbiter or the external tank, NASA has strong confidence the system will ...Continue Reading

12.21.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-191 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND FRIDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Commander Mark Polansky and his crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will complete their 13-day mission to the International Space Station Friday, Dec. 22. NASA will choose one of three potential landing sites based on weather conditions. The different shuttle landing opportunities are (all times ...Continue Reading

12.15.06 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 73-06 NASA INVESTIGATION BOARD ISSUES FINAL REPORT An investigation board, named to look into the circumstances surrounding the March 17, 2006, construction worker fatality at Kennedy Space Center, has issued its final report. The board was chaired by John Casper, manager of the Space Shuttle Management Integration and Planning Office at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. The five-member investigation team examined the facts surroun ...Continue Reading

12.12.06 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-121206 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports periodically and is the source for information regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and payloads. If you are a member of the media and would like further information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/index.html Mission: STS-116 - 20th International Space Stati ...Continue Reading

12.11.06 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 202-358-1237/1726 Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 Bruce Buckingham/George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Robert Sanders UC Berkeley, Calif. 510-643-6998 RELEASE: 72-06 THEMIS ARRIVES IN FLORIDA FOR LAUNCH PREPARATIONS NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft arrived in Florida today, to begin final testing and launch preparations. THEMIS is sch ...Continue Reading