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Shuttle Atlantis Move Photo Opportunity Reset for Feb. 2

2012-02-02T15:45:02Z

Feb. 2, 2012

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-12

SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY RESET FOR FEB. 2

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The move of space shuttle Atlantis at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., that had been postponed for Thursday, Feb. 2, now is back on for Feb. 2. The start of the move is set for noon EST.

Media need to be at Kennedy’s Press Site by 11 a.m. for transportation to the move.

Shuttle teams were able to develop a way to work around the minor issue with ground support equipment that prompted managers to call for the delay on Wednesday afternoon.

Atlantis currently is in Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle and will be moved into the building’s high bay 4 for temporary storage. Atlantis is being prepared for public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 2013.

Images of the move will be available in Kennedy's Media Gallery online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Highlights of the move will air on the NASA Television's Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the shuttles’ preparations for public display, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Delivers Flight Test Vehicle Structure

2012-02-02T13:30:02Z

Feb. 2, 2012

Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Cassie Kloberdanz
Sierra Nevada Corp.
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RELEASE: 12-XXX

NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW PARTNER SIERRA NEVADA DELIVERS FLIGHT TEST VEHICLE STRUCTURE

LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- One of NASA's industry partners, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), recently delivered the primary structure of its first Dream Chaser flight test vehicle to the company's facility in Louisville, Colo., where it will be assembled and integrated with secondary systems. This is one of 12 milestones to be completed under SNC's funded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP).

"It's rewarding to see our partner's ideas and concepts come to fruition," said CCP Program Manager Ed Mango. "The company's delivery of its flight structure will allow them to make more strides toward launching NASA astronauts on American vehicles to the International Space Station."

The Dream Chaser flight test vehicle, a full-scale prototype of the company's planned winged spacecraft, will be used to carry out several remaining NASA Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) milestones, including a captive carry flight and the first free flight of the craft.

"SNC is proud to have met its schedule and cost targets in the delivery of our first flight structure as we continue to make preparations for our vehicle's first full-scale flight," said Mark Sirangelo, head of Sierra Nevada Space Systems. "The Dream Chaser Program is making great strides toward developing a safe and cost-effective space system that will provide our country with the capability to safely transport crew and critical cargo to and from the International Space Station."

The all-composite structure was designed by the SNC team and built in conjunction with SNC Dream Chaser team organizations AdamWorks of Centennial, Colo., Applied Composite Technology of Gunnison, Utah, and Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif.

"Our team now includes more than a dozen heritage space companies and seven NASA centers whose combined strength has continued to allow us to exceed the program's expectations," said Jim Voss, SNC's vice president for Space Exploration. Voss is a former space shuttle astronaut and was a member of the second crew to live aboard the International Space Station.

Dream Chaser's CCDev2 flight tests will be conducted with the assistance of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., under a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (RSAA). During the captive carry test, a Virgin Galactic While Knight 2 carrier aircraft will drop the Dream Chaser flight test vehicle to measure its performance. SNC flight operations will be managed by the program's Director of Flight Operations Steve Lindsey, who joined the Dream Chaser team in 2011. Lindsey is a veteran of five shuttle missions and was chief of NASA's Astronaut Office from 2008 until his retirement from the agency in 2011.

All of NASA's industry partners continue to meet their established milestones in developing commercial crew transportation capabilities that will ferry U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station, reducing the amount of time America is without its own system.

For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit:

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Kennedy Space Center's "Industrial Area" Delayed Opening Feb. 2

2012-02-01T23:00:01Z

Feb. 1, 2012

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MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-12

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER'S "INDUSTRIAL AREA" DELAYED OPENING FEB. 2

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Buildings in the "industrial area" of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will have a delayed opening on Thursday, Feb. 2. Employees in that area, which includes the Operations and Checkout Building, the Space Station Processing Facility and Kennedy Headquarters Building, should expect to report to work at 10 a.m. EST.

All other areas of Kennedy remain open and are unaffected by the industrial area delayed opening, which is due to remaining effects of heavy smoke from a controlled burn. Personnel who work "second" and "third" shifts Wednesday, Feb. 1, are expected to report to work per their usual schedules.

Employees are encouraged to call in to recorded status phone lines at 321-861-7900 or 321-867-3900 for the latest opening information. Personnel on "first shift" should call a status phone line before reporting to work at 10 a.m. Thursday.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Move Photo Opportunity Postponed

2012-02-01T21:15:01Z

Feb. 1, 2012

Tracy Young
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-12

SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY POSTPONED

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The move of space shuttle Atlantis in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), which had been scheduled for Feb. 2, has been postponed due to a minor issue with ground support equipment. A new move date has not been scheduled yet.

Atlantis currently is in the VAB transfer aisle and will be moved into the building's high bay 4 for temporary storage.

Atlantis is being prepared for public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 2013.

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NASA Updates Media Two Shuttle Move Photo Opportunity

2012-01-27T17:15:12Z

Jan. 27, 2012

Tracy Young
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-12

NASA UPDATES MEDIA TWO SHUTTLE MOVE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The media photo opportunity of two space shuttles moving to different locations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which had been set for Jan. 31, now is targeted for Wednesday, Feb. 1, and Thursday, Feb. 2.

On Feb. 1, shuttle Endeavour will move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to its processing hangar, Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2). First motion of Endeavour is set for about 8 a.m. EST. Media must arrive at Kennedy's Press Site by 7 a.m. for transportation to the event.

On Feb. 2, shuttle Atlantis will be moved from the VAB transfer aisle into the building's high bay 4. The start of Atlantis' move currently is under review.

Updates on the moves will be available at 321-867-2525.

Journalists without NASA Kennedy accreditation need to apply for credentials now by noon Jan. 31. International media accreditation for this event is closed. Badges can be picked up at the Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405. Media must apply for credentials online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

In OPF-2, Endeavour will undergo preparations for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles in the second half of this year. Atlantis will remain temporarily stored in the VAB.

Highlights of the move will air on the NASA Television's Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

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NASA Invites Media To Two Shuttle Move Photo Opportunity On Jan. 31

2012-01-26T18:15:01Z

Jan. 26, 2012

Tracy Young
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-12

NASA INVITES MEDIA TO TWO SHUTTLE MOVE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY ON JAN. 31

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo opportunity of two space shuttles moving to different locations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

First, shuttle Endeavour will move from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to its processing hangar, Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2). Following Endeavour's move shuttle Atlantis will be moved from the VAB transfer aisle and take Endeavour's place in the building's high bay 4.

First motion of Endeavour is set for about 8 a.m. EST. Media must arrive at Kennedy's Press Site by 7 a.m. for transportation to the event.

Journalists without NASA Kennedy accreditation need to apply for credentials by noon Jan. 30. International media accreditation for this event is closed. Badges can be picked up at the Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405. Media must apply for credentials online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Any updates on the move will be available at 321-867-2525.

In OPF-2, Endeavour will undergo preparations for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles in the second half of this year. Atlantis will remain temporarily stored in the VAB.

Highlights of the move will air on NASA Television's Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

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NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg for March 14 Launch

2012-01-26T04:30:02Z

Jan. 25, 2012

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Whitney Clavin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673
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Trent J. Perrotto
NASA Headquarters, Washington
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RELEASE: 04-12

NASA'S NUSTAR SHIPS TO VANDENBERG FOR MARCH 14 LAUNCH

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday, to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle. The observatory will detect X-rays from objects ranging from our sun to giant black holes billions of light-years away. It is scheduled to launch March 14 from an aircraft operating out of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

"The NuSTAR mission is unique because it will be the first NASA mission to focus X-rays in the high-energy range, creating the most detailed images ever taken in this slice of the electromagnetic spectrum," said Fiona Harrison, the mission's principal investigator at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif.

The observatory shipped from Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Va., where the spacecraft and science instrument were integrated. It is scheduled to arrive at Vandenberg on Jan. 27, where it will be mated to the Pegasus, also built by Orbital, on Feb. 17.

The mission will be launched from the L-1011 "Stargazer" aircraft, which will take off near the equator from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. NuSTAR and its Pegasus will fly from Vandenberg to Kwajalein attached to the underside of the L-1011, and are scheduled to arrive on March 7.

On launch day, after the airplane arrives at the planned drop site over the ocean, the Pegaus will drop from the L-1011 and carry NuSTAR to an orbit around Earth.

"NuSTAR is an engineering achievement, incorporating state-of-the-art high-energy X-ray mirrors and detectors that will enable years of astronomical discovery," said Yunjin Kim, the mission's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

NuSTAR's advanced telescope consists of two sets of 133 concentric shells of mirrors, which were shaped from flexible glass similar to that found in laptop screens. Because X-rays require large focusing distances, or focal lengths, the telescope has a lengthy 33-foot (10-meter) mast, which will unfold a week after launch.

These and other advances in technology will enable NuSTAR to explore the cosmic world of high-energy X-rays with much improved sensitivity and resolution over previous missions. During its two-year primary mission, NuSTAR will map the celestial sky in X-rays, surveying black holes, mapping supernova remnants, and studying particle jets travelling away from black holes near the speed of light.

NuSTAR also will probe the sun, looking for microflares theorized to be on the surface that could explain how the sun's million-degree corona, or atmosphere, is heated. It will even test a theory of dark matter, the mysterious substance making up about one-quarter of our universe, by searching the sun for evidence of a hypothesized dark matter particle.

"NuSTAR will provide an unprecedented capability to discover and study some of the most exotic objects in the universe, from the corpses of exploded stars in the Milky Way to supermassive black holes residing in the hearts of distant galaxies," said Lou Kaluzienski, NuSTAR program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

NuSTAR is a small-explorer mission managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The spacecraft was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Its instrument was built by a consortium including Caltech, JPL, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the Danish Technical University in Denmark, the University of California, Berkeley, and ATK-Goleta. NuSTAR will be operated by U.C. Berkeley, with the Italian Space Agency providing its equatorial ground station located at Malindi, Kenya. NASA's Explorer Program is managed by Goddard. JPL is managed by Caltech for NASA.

For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar and http://www.nustar.caltech.edu.

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NASA Invites Media To Shuttle Atlantis' Move To VAB

2012-01-14T08:30:03Z

Jan. 13, 2012

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MEDIA ADVISORY: M02-12

NASA INVITES MEDIA TO SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' MOVE TO VAB

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo opportunity as shuttle Atlantis moves from its processing hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on Friday, Jan. 20, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Atlantis is scheduled to move at about 8 a.m. EST. Media must arrive at Kennedy's Press Site by 7 a.m. for transportation to the operation.

Journalists without NASA Kennedy accreditation need to apply for credentials by noon Jan. 19. International media accreditation for this event is closed. Badges can be picked up at the Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405. Media must apply for credentials online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Any updates on the move will be available at 321-867-2525.

Inside the VAB, Atlantis will be temporarily stored while shuttle Endeavour undergoes transition and retirement processing. Atlantis is being prepared for public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 2013.

Highlights of the move will air on the NASA Television's Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

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NASA Moves Shuttle Engines From Kennedy To Stennis

2012-01-13T10:45:02Z

Jan. 12, 2012

Amber Philman
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
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Jennifer Stanfield
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RELEASE: 12-018

NASA MOVES SHUTTLE ENGINES FROM KENNEDY TO STENNIS

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is under way. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA's Space Launch System, are being moved to NASA's Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi.

The Space Launch System (SLS) is a new heavy-lift launch vehicle that will expand human presence beyond low Earth orbit and enable new missions of exploration across the solar system. The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., is leading the design and development of the SLS for NASA, including the engine testing program. SLS will carry the Orion spacecraft, its crew, cargo, equipment and science experiments to destinations in deep space.

"The relocation of RS-25D engine assets represents a significant cost savings to the SLS Program by consolidating SLS engine assembly and test operations at a single facility," said William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

The RS-25Ds -- to be used for the SLS core stage -- will be stored at Stennis until testing begins at a future date. Testing is already under way on the J-2X engine, which is planned for use in the SLS upper stage. Using the same fuel system -- liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen -- for both core and upper stages reduces costs by leveraging the existing knowledge base, skills, infrastructure and personnel.

"This enables the sharing of personnel, resources and practices across all engine projects, allows flexibility and responsiveness to the SLS program, and it is more affordable," said Johnny Heflin, RS-25D core stage engine lead in the SLS Liquid Engines Office at Marshall. "It also frees up the space, allowing Kennedy to move forward relative to commercial customers."

The 15 RS-25D engines at Kennedy are being transported on the 700-mile journey using existing transportation and processing procedures that were used to move engines between Kennedy and Stennis during the Space Shuttle Program. They will be relocated one at time by truck.

Built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif., the RS-25D engine powered NASA's Space Shuttle Program with 100 percent mission success.

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NASA Awards Launch Services Program Support Contract

2012-01-11T10:15:02Z

Jan. 10, 2012

George H. Diller
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Joshua Buck
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CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-001

NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM SUPPORT CONTRACT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected a.i. solutions Inc. of Lanham, Md., to receive a contract award that will enable the agency's Launch Services Program (LSP) to provide integrated services for the preparation and launch of NASA's next generation of scientific and exploration spacecraft.

The Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support 2 (ELVIS 2) contract has a potential maximum value of $138.1 million. This new contract resulted from a competitive, small business set-aside.

The contract has a two-month phase-in period that begins February 2012, followed by a one-and-a-half-year base period extending from April 1, 2012, through Sept. 30, 2013. Two option periods are available that would bring the total period of performance to five years.

The ELVIS 2 contract supports LSP and LSP-sponsored missions, activities and strategic initiatives for multiple NASA programs, the Defense Department, and other government agencies and commercial launch activities. The contract will provide LSP with program management support; vehicle engineering and analysis; launch site support engineering; communications and telemetry; technical integration services; LSP programmatic safety, reliability and quality support; support at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; information technology support; and special studies.

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NASA Invites Media to Space Shuttle Main Engine Photo Opportunity

2012-01-10T06:45:02Z

Jan. 9, 2012

Tracy Young/Amber Philman
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov/amber.n.philman@nasa.govMEDIA ADVISORY: M12-001

NASA INVITES MEDIA TO SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to a photo opportunity Thursday, Jan. 12, at 9 a.m. EST at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., as one of the space shuttle main engine’s is being prepared for shipping to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Media should arrive at Kennedy's Press Site by 8:15 a.m. for transportation.

Media will have an opportunity to photograph the engine and interview NASA officials at Kennedy's Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facility.

The engines are being transported to Stennis where they will be stored for future use on NASA's new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System. It will carry NASA's new Orion spacecraft, cargo, equipment and science experiments to space, providing a safe, affordable and sustainable means of reaching asteroids and other destinations in the solar system.

Journalists without NASA Kennedy accreditation need to apply for credentials by noon Jan. 11. International media accreditation for this event is closed. Badges can be picked up at the Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405. Media must apply for credentials online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Any updates on the move will be available at 321-867-2525.

Video b-roll of the move will air on the NASA TV's Video File. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about SLS, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/sls

For more information about NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy

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