05.16.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-3749 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-087 NASA ANNOUNCES ACCREDITATION DEADLINE FOR NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT News media planning to cover NASA's next space shuttle mission must apply for Kennedy Space Center credentials by June 1. U.S. and international journalists may submit accreditation requests online at: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov/ NASA is targeting July for Space Shuttle Discovery's mission, STS-121 ...Continue Reading

05.15.06 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-4769 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-086 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD News media are invited to attend the rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Friday, May 19. First motion of Discovery out of the Vehicle Assembly Building is targeted for 2 a.m. EDT with arrival at the pad around 8 a.m. NASA TV will provide live coverage beginnin ...Continue Reading

05.12.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-3749 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-051206 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT NASA's space shuttle fleet is housed and processed at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Mission: STS-121 - 18th International Space Station Flight (ULF1.1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103) Location: Vehicle Assembly Building Launch Date: Launch Processing Window July 1-19, 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Cr ...Continue Reading

05.12.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-3749 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-051206 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Launch Site: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: July 22, 2006 Launch Time: 3:11 - 3:13 p.m. and 4:19 - 4:34 p.m. EDT Technicians completed state-of-health testing of the two STEREO spacecraft this week, fol ...Continue Reading

05.09.06 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: 33-06 COMMUNITY LEADERS BRIEFING TO DISCUSS SPACE EXPLORATION ON MAY 12 The 2006 annual Community Leaders Briefing, which will focus on many of the space industry's most important aspects, is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. May 12 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. KSC Director Jim Kennedy will meet with various leaders from throughout Florida to discuss a variety of KSC and NASA activities. Topics will include updates on ...Continue Reading

05.08.06 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 RELEASE: 32-06 STEPHEN J. ALTEMUS TO LEAD NEW KSC ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy announced today the center is standing up a new organization called the Engineering Directorate with Stephen J. Altemus as its director. The new 800-person Engineering Directorate is being created to centralize the center's engineering activities, processes and personnel into one organization that will have an independent repo ...Continue Reading

05.08.06 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 RELEASE: 31-06 TRACY ANANIA NAMED DIRECTOR OF KSC HUMAN RESOURCES Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy announced today Tracy Anania has been appointed the center's director of Human Resources. In this position, Anania will oversee the center's civil service staffing requirements, manage employee classifications and compensation, and build training and leadership development programs. Anania currently serves as the director of Human Resour ...Continue Reading

05.05.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-3749 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-082 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MODULE TO ARRIVE IN FLORIDA THIS MONTH Columbus is embarking on a new journey to the United States. The European Space Agency's Columbus module, a laboratory facility destined for the International Space Station, is set to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., from Bremen, Germany, on May 30. NASA will welcome Columbus during a cere ...Continue Reading

05.05.06 Joe Pally Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-7239 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-050506 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT NASA's space shuttle fleet is housed and processed at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Mission: STS-121 - 18th International Space Station Flight (ULF1.1) - Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Vehicle: Discovery (OV-103) Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 Launch Date: Launch Processing Window July 1-19, 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Cre ...Continue Reading

05.03.06 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 Rachel Weintraub Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. (301) 286-0918 RELEASE: 30-06 STEREO ARRIVES IN FLORIDA TO BEGIN LAUNCH PREPARATIONS NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft arrived today at Astrotech, a payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to begin preparations and final testing for launch. Liftoff will occur aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Launch Complex 17 on Cape Canaveral Air Forc ...Continue Reading