09.28.06 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-092806 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 Stat ...Continue Reading

09.27.06 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-092706 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: No earlier than Oct. 25, 2006 Launch Time: TBD After an assessment of all engineering data, engineers have determined that the Delta II second stage tank for STEREO is ready for processing to continue. A final determination of ...Continue Reading

09.22.06 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: 61-06 NASA TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR PROPOSED MARS MISSION NASA officials will be available on Sept. 27, 2006, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Florida Solar Energy Center, 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, Fla., to exchange information and receive public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) recently released for the proposed Mars Science Laboratory that would launch in 2009. The public meetin ...Continue Reading

09.21.06 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-321 NASA WELCOMES SPACE SHUTTLE CREW BACK TO EARTH The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are home after a 12-day journey of more than 4.9 million miles in space. The mission, STS-115, succeeded in restarting assembly of the International Space Station. The crew delivered and installed the massive P3/P4 truss, an integral part of the station's backbone, and two sets of solar arrays t ...Continue Reading

09.20.06 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-319 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS SET FOR THURSDAY LANDING The Space Shuttle Atlantis, led by Commander Brent Jett, is scheduled to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 21, completing space shuttle mission STS-115. Touchdown is expected at about 6:21 a.m. EDT at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis began its mission of nearly 12 days to the Internationa ...Continue Reading

09.15.06 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-091506 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: No earlier than Oct. 25, 2006 Launch Time: TBD At Pad 17-B, the Delta II second stage was destacked on Sept. 6 for further testing to determine the thickness of the tank in identified areas. The initial test procedures are com ...Continue Reading

09.14.06 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-046 NASA EXERCISES PAYLOAD PROCESSING SERVICES CONTRACT OPTION NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will extend its Checkout, Assembly, and Payload Processing Services contract for three years with Boeing Space Operations Company of Titusville, Fla., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Chicago. The contract extension and modification, valued at $278.5 million, cove ...Continue Reading

09.12.06 Dean Acosta/David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1730 RELEASE: 06-314 NASA NAMES PARSONS NEW KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR NASA Administrator Michael Griffin today named William (Bill) W. Parsons the new director of the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., effective in January 2007. Parsons succeeds James W. Kennedy, who is retiring. Parsons currently serves as deputy director of NASA Kennedy Space Center, a position he has held since February. As space shuttle program manager, Parso ...Continue Reading

09.09.06 Tracy Young/Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-402 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BEGINS MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew are on their way to the International Space Station after lifting-off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 11:14:55 a.m. EDT Saturday. "It's been almost four years, two Return to Flight missions, a tremendous amount of work by thousands of individuals to get the shuttle program back to where we are ri ...Continue Reading

09.06.06 Tracy Young/Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-311 NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH NASA has delayed Wednesday's launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station. Shuttle Program managers made the decision early Wednesday morning due to a problem that occurred during the activation of one of the shuttle's three electricity-producing fuel cells. Teams are evaluating data on what might have caused a voltage spike in th ...Continue Reading