02.01.07 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-016 NASA TO HIGHLIGHT NEXT SPACE STATION COMPONENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 10:30 a.m. EST, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will showcase the next element to be added to the International Space Station. The starboard 3/4 truss segment will launch aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-117, targeted for March 15. The element will be added to the ...Continue Reading

01.26.07 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: 05-07 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO THUNDERBIRD 8 ARRIVAL AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Media are invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 31 to view the landing of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16D aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The pilot, Tad Clark, will formally announce that Kennedy will host the inaugural World Space Expo from Nov. 3 to 11, featuring an aerial salute from the Thunderbirds on its opening weekend. Once the ...Continue Reading

01.26.07 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-012607 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: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Date: Feb. 15, 2007 Launch Time: 6:08 - 6:27 p.m. EST At the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA Kennedy Space Center, engineers and technicians are preparing the THEMIS spacec ...Continue Reading

01.26.07 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-012607 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

01.24.07 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: 04-07 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO CEREMONY MARKING TRANSITION TO CONSTELLATION Cape Canaveral, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 30 to commemorate the transition of the historic Operations and Checkout Building high bay for use by the Constellation Program. Originally built to process space vehicles in the Apollo era, the building will serve as the final assembly facility for the Orion crew explorat ...Continue Reading

01.19.07 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-011907 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

01.19.07 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-011907 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: United Launch Alliance 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, engineers and technicians successfully completed spin-ba ...Continue Reading

01.12.07 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: S-011207 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

01.12.07 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-011207 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: United Launch Alliance 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, engineers finished installing the five THEMIS probes ont ...Continue Reading

01.09.07 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Cynthia O'Caroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 MEDIA ADVISORY: 03-07 NASA OFFERS MEDIA ACCESS TO THEMIS SPACECRAFT JAN. 12 NASA's "THEMIS" spacecraft, set to launch aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 15, will be the focus of a media opportunity at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla. The event is an opportunity to photograph THEMIS and interview project and launch program officials about the ...Continue Reading