04.25.06 Erica Hupp/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1237/0668 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 Alan Buis (CloudSat) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (818) 354-0474 Chris Rink (CALIPSO) Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. (757) 864-6786 MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-074 NASA'S CLOUDSAT AND CALIPSO LAUNCH SCRUBBED NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., was scrubbed ...Continue Reading

2005 Report #41 8:30 a.m. CDT, Friday, Aug. 26, 2005 Mission Control Center, Houston The residents of the International Space Station this week unloaded cargo delivered to them last month by DiscoveryÂ’s astronauts, prepared for the arrival of more supplies and repaired a key component of the outpostÂ’s environmental control system. In the fifth month of their six-month mission, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Flight Engineer and Science Officer John Phillips completed the unpacking of ...Continue Reading

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington August 26, 2005 (Phone: 202/358-3749) James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 281/483-5111) INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS05-040 The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) unloaded cargo delivered last month on the Space Shuttle Discovery. They also prepared for the arrival of more supplies and repaired a key component of the environmental control system. In the fifth month of their six-month mission, Expedition 11 Commander Serge ...Continue Reading

Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington August 26, 2005 (Phone: 202/358-1272) George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-009 Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation and CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat) Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta 7420 w/Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC2), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Date: NET, September 29, 2005 The ...Continue Reading

Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1272) Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) STATUS REPORT: S05-035 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT Note: NASA's Kennedy Space Center issues Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports each week, and is the source for information regarding processing activities associated with the vehicles and payloads. This report does not necessarily reflect the chronological order of future Space Shuttle missions. If you are a member of the ...Continue Reading

Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington August 26, 2005 (Phone: 202/358-1272) Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT: S05-027 NASA's Space Shuttle fleet is housed and processed at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Discovery (OV-103) Mission: STS-121 - 18th ISS Flight (ULF1) Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Location: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 Launch Date: NET March 2006 Launch Pad: 39B Crew: Lindsey, Kelly, Sellers, Foss ...Continue Reading

STS-114 Report #27 Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 – 7 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery’s seven astronauts will spend another day in space after weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center landing site prevented a return to Earth today. Discovery’s two landing opportunities to Florida were waved off this morning due to unpredictable cloud cover at the landing site. All three primary Shuttle landing sites will be activated on Tuesday. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Flori ...Continue Reading

STS-114 Report #26 Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 -- 8:30 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas DiscoveryÂ’s Return to Flight mission is scheduled to conclude with a landing at NASAÂ’s Kennedy Space Center early Monday morning. Discovery has two opportunities to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The first begins with a 3 minute, 7 second deorbit burn of the Orbital Maneuvering System engines at 2:40 a.m., followed by landing at 3:47 a.m. CDT. In the event weather prevents landing on that fi ...Continue Reading

STS-114 Report #25 Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005 – noon CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery’s crew is spending what should be its last night in space, with an early morning landing planned Monday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, concluding a voyage of 5.35 million miles. In preparation for tomorrow’s 3:47 a.m. CDT landing, Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and Mission Specialist Steve Robinson activated one of three hydraulic systems on Discovery and tested al ...Continue Reading

STS-114 Report #24 Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005 – 8:30 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery’s astronauts will begin turning their attention toward coming back to Earth Monday by stowing equipment and verifying operation of the orbiter’s flight control surfaces and system. The crew was awakened at 7:39 p.m. CDT by “The One and Only Flower in the World” sung by the Japanese group SMAP. It was played for Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Explor ...Continue Reading