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09.11.08 - Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Sept. 18, in preparation for shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
09.11.08 - NASA's Johnson Space Center will close at noon CDT Thursday and remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Ike has passed. Ike, a Category 2 hurricane, is expected to cross the Texas coast early Saturday as a Category 3 storm.
09.08.08 - A new space experiment rack under development by NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and Space Florida will undergo initial tests this week.
09.05.08 - The hardware that will be flown aboard space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, or HST, will be available for media viewing at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
09.05.08 - NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for the two remaining space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted for Oct. 10, while Endeavour's STS-126 supply mission to the International Space Station has moved to Nov. 12.
09.03.08 - Space shuttle Atlantis is tentatively scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10 a.m. EDT, on Thursday, Sept. 4.
09.02.08 - NASA has selected S.C. Jones Services, Inc., of Dillwyn, Va., to provide grounds maintenance and pest control services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
09.02.08 - Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will closely follow Tropical Storm Hanna to determine when would be the best time this week to move space shuttle Atlantis to its launch pad.
08.28.08 - Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
08.25.08 - Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30.
08.21.08 - Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., plan to reopen the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first shift. A slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay has kept Kennedy closed since Tuesday.
08.21.08 - Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are delaying reopening the center for mission essential personnel Thursday morning because of slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay.
08.20.08 - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will reopen Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT for "mission essential" personnel.
08.20.08 - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will remain closed Wednesday because of the potential wind threat to workers from Tropical Storm Fay.
08.19.08 - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will remain closed at least through noon EDT Wednesday because of the potential threat to workers from Tropical Storm Fay.
08.19.08 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 19, because of the potential threat from Tropical Storm Fay. Current plans call for the center to be closed for 24 hours, starting with workers' first-shift Tuesday morning. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex also is closed Tuesday.
08.15.08 - NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will open its new badging office Monday, Aug. 18. The new office is on State Road 405, just west of Gate 3.
08.15.08 - NASA has selected Brevard Achievement Center Inc., of Rockledge, Fla., to provide custodial services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
08.15.08 - After thoroughly reviewing an option to accelerate the upcoming launch dates of space shuttle Atlantis and Endeavour by a few days, shuttle program managers decided Thursday to keep the current target launch dates.
08.13.08 - Flying 220 miles above the Earth aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff is ready to take your questions.
08.11.08 - NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 11, at 3 p.m. EDT, to brief reporters about ongoing assessments regarding the budget and schedule for the Constellation Program.
08.07.08 - NASA Television will air interviews with each of the seven astronauts who will fly to the Hubble Space Telescope beginning at 8 a.m. EDT, on Monday, Aug. 11.
08.04.08 - NASA has selected Innovative Health Applications, LLC , or IHA, of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to provide medical and environmental services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
07.28.08 - High school students from 35 Florida schools recently experienced what it might be like to land a rocket on the moon or excavate the lunar surface.
07.28.08 - NASA will hold a series of news media briefings Sept. 8 - 9 to preview the space shuttle's fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
07.21.08 - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to return to the Hubble Space Telescope, targeted to launch Oct. 8.
07.16.08 - NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. The flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station.
07.16.08 - The first major flight hardware for the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is starting to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin preparations for its targeted October launch.
07.07.08 - Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010.
07.02.08 - Two International Space Station residents will conduct a pair of spacewalks outside the Russian segment of the complex July 10 and 15, with coverage of both planned for NASA Television.
07.01.08 - NASA will hold a media briefing Wednesday, July 30, at 1 p.m. CDT, with the next resident crew of the International Space Station and an American spaceflight participant.
06.26.08 - NASA has selected Abacus Technology Corporation of Chevy Chase, Md., to provide information management and communications support at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
06.25.08 - NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss repair plans for damage to Launch Pad 39A with Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon, Space Shuttle Processing Manager Rita Willcoxon and Engineering Investigation Team Lead Perry Becker at 3 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 26.
06.25.08 - NASA and Florida Power & Light (FPL) are teaming up to provide Florida residents and America’s space program with new sources of "green power."
06.20.08 - NASA celebrates this years 50th anniversary with the creation of an educational card game, "You've Been Sentenced! - NASA 50th Anniversary Special Edition." NASA and McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds formed a partnership in April of 2008 to create the game, which bears a few similarities to Scrabble.
06.20.08 - A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue charting sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change.
06.18.08 - NASA has selected EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide institutional services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
06.16.08 - NASA has awarded Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., an option for the Expendable Launch Vehicles Integrated Support, or ELVIS, contract.
06.14.08 - Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 11:15 a.m. EDT Saturday, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., completing a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles in space.
06.12.08 - Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center will be opened to journalists to allow viewing of a site damaged during the May 31 launch of space shuttle Discovery.
06.12.08 - The space shuttle Discovery crew is expected to complete its 14-day flight to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:15 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 14.
06.11.08 - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:05 p.m. EDT today.
06.11.08 - The launch of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, or OSTM/Jason 2, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled for Friday, June 20, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
06.10.08 - In honor of NASA's 50th anniversary and the 50th running of NASCAR's Daytona 500 in February, NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a media day Tuesday, June 17, starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
06.06.08 - NASA has selected contractors for a multiple award contract to provide fabrication of ground support equipment for Constellation and other space programs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
06.05.08 - NASA has set June 11 as the new no earlier than target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.
06.05.08 - The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 5:02 p.m. EDT, Monday, June 9.
06.02.08 - Aerospace Engineer Robert F. Speece had even more to celebrate on the completion of the space shuttle's 25th successful mission to the International Space Station.
06.02.08 - NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7.
05.31.08 - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:02 p.m. EDT Saturday to deliver and install a Japanese laboratory on the International Space Station.
05.29.08 - The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7.
05.28.08 - NASA will hold a briefing at 11 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 30, to discuss new opportunities to use the International Space Station's unique research environment.
05.23.08 - Beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, and continuing through launch, a general exclusion zone will be in effect three miles offshore from the Haulover Canal, near the north end of Kennedy, and southward to Port Canaveral.
05.23.08 - Launch of NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is targeted for Tuesday, June 3, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
05.22.08 - News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery.
05.19.08 - NASA senior managers completed a review Monday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected May 31 as the official launch date for the STS-124 mission.
05.12.08 - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, soon to be launched aboard a Delta II rocket, will be the focus of a media opportunity on Thursday, May 15.
05.12.08 - NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 19, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.
05.08.08 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program.
05.03.08 - After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission.
05.01.08 - International news media should apply now for accreditation to cover the launch of the Jason-2 satellite on the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
04.30.08 - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2008 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, May 3, at 3 p.m. EDT. The ceremony will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
04.29.08 - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, May 3, as preparations for the STS-124 mission move forward.
04.28.08 - NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson of Iowa, who returned to Earth April 19 after approximately six months on the International Space Station, will be available for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 2.
04.18.08 - NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist discussed Friday how space exploration gives Floridians a more competitive economy and better quality of life during a NASA Future Forum at the University of Miami.
04.17.08 - Since humans first flew in space, nothing has captivated astronauts more than the view of home out the window of their spacecraft. In honor of Earth Day, April 22, NASA will make those views available.
04.11.08 - On Friday, April 18, NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will present the keynote address to launch a daylong event at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center celebrating the space agency's 50th birthday.
04.10.08 - The astronauts, cosmonauts and spaceflight participant aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news conference from orbit at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 15.
04.04.08 - Media are invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Monday, April 7, to talk with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels about their involvement in the second annual Space & Air Show at Kennedy Space Center.
04.02.08 - NASA will hold a series of news media briefings May 1 to discuss the upcoming space shuttle Discovery mission, STS-124. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefings from the Johnson Space Center, beginning at 9 a.m. EDT.
04.01.08 - The launch of NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. To meet Air Force requirements, international media must submit accreditation requests for the GLAST launch before April 14.
03.31.08 - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission, targeted to launch May 31. The 13-day flight to the International Space Station will include three spacewalks to continue assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory.
03.31.08 - NASA is targeting May 31 as the launch date for shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission to deliver the large Japanese Kibo Pressurized Module to the International Space Station. The liftoff time is approximately 5:01 p.m. EDT.
03.31.08 - Bill Parsons, center director for NASA's Kennedy Space Center, will hold a media roundtable at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April 1 at Kennedy's News Center television auditorium.
03.31.08 - NASA will hold a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, April 1, to discuss a report to Congress on the agency's workforce strategy while transitioning from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program.
03.28.08 - NASA has awarded a cooperative agreement education grant to Oklahoma State University, supporting implementation of the Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, also known as INSPIRE.
03.27.08 - NASA will hold a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 2, to preview the activities of the next residents of the International Space Station and to look back at the accomplishments of the current station crew.
03.27.08 - NASA has awarded Air Liquide Large Industries of Houston the Kennedy Space Center - Cape Canaveral Air Force Station gaseous nitrogen supply and services contract.
03.26.08 - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space.
03.24.08 - The space shuttle Endeavour crew is expected to complete its 16-day flight to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, March 26.
03.21.08 - The news conference with the 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, originally scheduled for Monday morning, has been moved to an hour earlier, and will begin at 11:18 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 23.
03.19.08 - The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 12:18 a.m. EDT Monday, March 24.
03.14.08 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded Rede-Critique of Metairie, La., the contract for Kennedy institutional support services.
03.11.08 - Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early sunrise to the East Coast Tuesday, launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 2:28 a.m. EDT and beginning the STS-123 mission to the International Space Station.
03.07.08 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded Millennium Engineering and Integration Company of Satellite Beach, Fla., a safety and mission assurance support services contract.
03.06.08 - Beginning at 2:23 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, and continuing through launch, a general exclusion zone will be in effect three miles offshore from the Haulover Canal, near the north end of Kennedy, and southward to Port Canaveral.
03.05.08 - A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos will highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission to the International Space Station.
03.05.08 - During Endeavour's STS-123 mission, NASA's Johnson Space Center will operate a phone bridge for media briefings that occur outside of the normal business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday.
03.04.08 - News conferences, events and operating hours for NASA's Kennedy Space Center News Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
03.04.08 - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center.
02.29.08 - NASA senior managers completed a review of Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected March 11 as the official launch date for the STS-123 mission.
02.24.08 - John J. "Tip" Talone Jr. was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Service Medal during the STS-122 space shuttle launch activities by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.
02.22.08 - NASA announced the selection of N. Wayne Hale, Jr. as NASA's deputy associate administrator for strategic partnerships on Friday. John Shannon, a Mission Management Team chairman and Hale's deputy since November 2005, will succeed him as the Space Shuttle Program manager.
02.22.08 - NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., no earlier than 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Feb. 29, to discuss the status of the upcoming space shuttle mission.
02.21.08 - NASA is updating television coverage and media access information for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test of the next space shuttle flight, STS-123.
02.20.08 - NASA is targeting May 25 at 7:26 p.m. EDT for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
02.20.08 - Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew landed at 9:07 a.m. EST Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 13-day journey of nearly 5.3 million miles in space.
02.18.08 - After safely reaching its launch pad Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-123 mission.
02.18.08 - The space shuttle Atlantis crew is expected to complete a 13-day mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
02.15.08 - The 10 crew members flying aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:40 a.m. CST on Saturday, Feb. 16.
02.14.08 - NASA officials have revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the second half of 2008. The space shuttle and International Space Station programs agreed to the changes.
02.12.08 - Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 18, as preparations move forward for the STS-123 mission.
02.07.08 - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew lifted off at 2:45 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 7 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to begin the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station.
02.06.08 - NASA has selected South Plantation High School of Plantation, Fla., to fly a student-designed experiment aboard the agency's reduced-gravity aircraft, the "Weightless Wonder."
02.01.08 - News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis.
02.01.08 - NASA managers are urging all aircraft pilots and boaters to fully comply with the airspace, bridges and waterway restrictions imposed around Kennedy Space Center.
01.30.08 - NASA senior managers completed a review of Atlantis' readiness for flight. Pending closure of an issue with a shuttle radiator hose, the STS-122 mission will launch Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. EST.
01.28.08 - NASA will discuss upcoming space shuttle mission STS-123 during a daylong series of media briefings from the Johnson Space Center beginning at 9 a.m. EST on Feb. 29.
01.28.08 - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission, targeted to launch March 11.
01.24.08 - NASA and the U.S. State Department will welcome ambassadors from more than 45 countries to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on January 31.
01.15.08 - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's remembrance service honoring space shuttle Columbia's STS-107 crew.
01.11.08 - NASA Friday announced Feb. 7 as the target launch date for shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station and mid-March for the launch of Endeavour on STS-123.
01.04.08 - Astronaut Andrew Feustel will participate in NASCAR's Preseason Thunder Fan Fest at Daytona International Speedway, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
01.02.08 - NASA will host a media teleconference with Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale Thursday, Jan. 3, to discuss the status of ongoing work to prepare Atlantis for its launch.