May 20, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-13 NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH UNITED PARADYNE FOR USE OF FACILITY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has signed a new partnership agreement with United Paradyne Corporation of Santa Maria, Calif., for use of the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility, or HMF. The HMF previously was used during NASA's Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. Because of NASA's transition from the shuttle to future ...Continue Reading

May 17, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-146 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT LAUNCH PAD 39A WASHINGTON -- NASA released a synopsis Friday announcing plans to issue an announcement for proposals for the commercial use of Launch Pad 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announcement is expected next week. Use of the launch pad by industry is de ...Continue Reading

May 15, 2013 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Krystal Scordo Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems, Louisville, Colo. 720-407-3192 krystal.scordo@sncorp.com RELEASE: 13-143 SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION DREAM CHASER TESTING BEGINS AT NASA DRYDEN, LANGLEY EDWARDS, Calif. -- Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Cen ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2013 Mike Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-075 NASA SETS TV BRIEFING TODAY TO DISCUSS SPACE STATION STATUS HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss the status of the International Space Station, including the latest on an external cooling loop leak that developed Thursday, during a televised briefing to ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-073 MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR LAUNCH OF NASA'S NEXT MISSION TO MARS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- International and U.S. media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. Liftoff is sch ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2013 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Krystal Scordo Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems, Louisville, Colo. 720-407-3192 krystal.scordo@sncorp.com RELEASE: 13-135 NASA COMMERCIAL PARTNER SIERRA NEVADA COMPLETES SAFETY REVIEW WASHINGTON -- Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser S ...Continue Reading

May 8, 2013 Mike Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1101 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-023 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO MODIFY MOBILE LAUNCHER WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge, Fla., to modify the mobile launcher that will enable the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send humans to an asteroid, Mars and other new destinations in the solar syste ...Continue Reading

May 6, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer/Catherine Segar Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318/321-449-4273 afarmer@dncinc.com / csegar@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-069 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ANNUAL LUNABOTICS MINING COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Fifty teams of undergraduate and graduate students from around the world will demonstrate their lunar e ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2013 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-13 SPACE STATION SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Central Florida residents will have several opportunities to see the International Space Station pass overhead this week and next, weather permitting. The station, with its six-member Expedition 35 crew, is about 260 miles above Earth and will celebrate its 13th anniversary of continuous occupancy in November. Commander ...Continue Reading

April 23, 2013 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-13 IRIS MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOW OPEN VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- News media who would like to cover the launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission on June 26 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California should apply for accreditation by June 18. IRIS is a NASA Small Expl ...Continue Reading