February 28th 2014 PST
February 28, 2014 * RELEASE 08-14 * * NASA Kennedy Space Center Names Abacus Technology Small Business Prime Contractor of Year * NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected Abacus Technology Corp. as its Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year for 2013. The company serves as the center’s Information Management and Communications Support (IMCS) contractor. The award was presented to IMCS Program Manager Patty Stratton by Kennedy's director, Bob Cabana, during the space ce ...Continue Reading
February 28th 2014 PST
February 28, 2014 * RELEASE 14-066 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete Space System Milestones * NASA's aerospace industry partners continue to meet milestones under agreements with the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), as they move forward in their development of spacecraft and rockets that will transport humans to destinations in low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing Space Exploration, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and SpaceX each are developing unique transportation systems, and each faces st ...Continue Reading
February 28th 2014 PST
February 28, 2014 * RELEASE M07-14 * * NASA Kennedy Center Director Budget Media Teleconference March 4 * Robert Cabana, center director for NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will hold a teleconference with media at 3:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 4. Cabana will discuss the latest activities at Kennedy, including NASA's fiscal year 2015 budget. The briefing will not be carried on NASA Television. Media interested in participating should contact the Kennedy Press Site at 321-867-2468 prior to ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2014 PST
February 7, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-027 * * NASA Media Accreditation Open for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission Launch * Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's next commercial cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will launch its Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket at about 4:41 a.m. EDT Sunday, March 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. This will be the company's third commercial resupply miss ...Continue Reading
January 28th 2014 PST
January 28, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M06-14 * * Kennedy Space Center Observes NASA Day of Remembrance Jan. 31 * NASA Kennedy Space Center will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance on Friday, Jan. 31. At 10:30 a.m. EST, Kennedy Director Bob Cabana and Deputy Director Janet Petro will hold a wreath-laying ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial located in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Com ...Continue Reading
January 23rd 2014 PST
January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-027 * * NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Ground controllers report the satellite -- part of a network providing high-data-rate communications to the International Space Station, Hubble Spa ...Continue Reading
January 23rd 2014 PST
January 23, 2014 * RELEASE 14-030 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces New Space Plans for NASA's Kennedy Space Center * In the latest example of NASA Kennedy Space Center's transformation into a multi-user spaceport, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., announced Thursday steps it will take to prepare for a November 2016 orbital flight of its Dream Chaser spacecraft from Florida's Space Coast. The announcement included the purchase of an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Allianc ...Continue Reading
January 21st 2014 PST
January 21, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-020 * * Sierra Nevada Corporation Announces Dream Chaser Expansion Along Florida’s Space Coast * Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Sparks, Nev., will announce expansion plans for its Dream Chaser Space System program in a news conference Thursday, Jan. 23, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announcement will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website at 3 p.m. EST. SNC officials will discuss the company’s plans for e ...Continue Reading
January 17th 2014 PST
January 17, 2014 * RELEASE M05-14 * * NASA Invites Media to View Ongoing Orion and Ground Systems Work at Kennedy * Media are invited to photo and interview opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to view ongoing work related to NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Ground Systems that will support the preparations for its flight. On Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 8 a.m. EST, journalists will visit Kennedy's mobile launcher, crawler transporter-2 and Launch Pad 39 B, currently being modified by ...Continue Reading
January 17th 2014 PST
January 17, 2014 * RELEASE 14-018 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Tests Dragon Parachute System * Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, Calif., in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute system would function in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent. The test was part of an optional milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative ...Continue Reading
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