December 9, 2013 * RELEASE 13-367 * * NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is in a temporary home at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida waiting to be attached to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will take it into Earth orbit Thursday, Jan. 23. The TDRS-L spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Friday, Dec. 6. After being unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft, it was unpacked and inspected ...Continue Reading

December 4, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-361 * * Heat Shield for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center * NASA's Orion spacecraft is just about ready to turn up the heat. The spacecraft's heat shield arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...Continue Reading

December 3, 2013 Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Gwen Griffin/Brooke Crawford Griffin Communications Group 281-335-0200gwen@griffincg.com / brooke@griffincg.com * RELEASE 13-353 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner Blue Origin Test-Fires New Rocket Engine * NASA commercial crew partner Blue Origin of Kent, Wash., announced it has tested a new, hydrogen- and oxy ...Continue Reading

December 2, 2013 Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-188 * * NASA Invites Media to View Orion Heat Shield Send-Off and Delivery * The heat shield that will protect NASA's Orion spacecraft during its first test mission next year is complete and ready to ship from Manchester, N.H., to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on NASA's Super Guppy aircraf ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-344 * * NASA Advances Effort to Launch Astronauts Again from U.S. Soil to Space Station * Commercial Crew Request for Proposals Finalizes Development and Certification Process NASA took another step Tuesday to restore an American capability to launch astronauts from U.S. soil to the International Sp ...Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-181 * * Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana Available for Interviews * Robert Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and veteran space shuttle astronaut, will be available for interviews from 6-8 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 20. This month marks the 15th anniversary of the first module of t ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468george.h.diller@nasa.gov Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-342 * * NASA Launches Mission to Study Upper Atmosphere of Mars * A NASA mission that will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and abundant liquid water launched into space at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday from Cape ...Continue Reading

November 15, 2013 Stephanie Covey Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468stephanie.a.covey@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Emily Shanklin SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif. 310-363-6733media@spacex.com * RELEASE 13-337 * * NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Milestone in Safety Review * Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) met in late October to review the safety of the Dragon sp ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Gregory B. Harland Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7401gregory.b.harland@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100jbuck@nasa.gov   * CONTRACT RELEASE C13-050 * * NASA Awards Ground Systems Development and Operations Support Contract * NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Company of Satellite Beach, Fla., to provide support to the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Cente ...Continue Reading

November 14, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468michael.curie@nasa.gov David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600david.s.weaver@nasa.gov * MEDIA ADVISORY M13-177 * * NASA Administrator to View Orion Spacecraft and MAVEN Launch Preparations * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will view the latest progress on NASA's Orion spacecraft and launch preparations for the next Mars mission at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Nov. 17. Media are in ...Continue Reading