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August 2008 Press Releases
NASA's Kennedy Space Center Closes For Tropical Storm Fay (Aug. 19, 2008)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- 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.
Kennedy managers are scheduled to meet again at 5 p.m. EDT to
reevaluate t...click for complete press release
NASA To Announce New Name For Glast, First Light Findings (Aug. 19, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug.
26, at 2 p.m. EDT, to announce the first results from NASA's
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope and the observatory's new name.
The telecon also will include the Large Area Telescope's first light
results, and a presentation of gamma-ray bursts that the GLAST Burst
Monitor has seen since it went into operation.
Briefi...click for complete press release
NASA Seeks Input For Commercial Lunar Communications & Navigation (Aug. 19, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- NASA issued a Request for Information, or RFI, on Monday
to gauge interest and solicit ideas from private companies in
providing communications and navigation services that would support
the development of exploration, scientific and commercial
capabilities on the moon over the next 25 years.
NASA plans to establish science stations on the lunar surface
beginning as early a...click for complete press release
NASA To Brief Media About Ares I Thrust Oscillation Plans (Aug. 18, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug.
19, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, to discuss results and recommendations from
the Ares I thrust oscillation focus team. The team has been studying
possible solutions to concerns raised about the early designs of the
new crew launch vehicle that NASA's Constellation Program is building
to return humans to the moon by 2020.
The brie...click for complete press release
NASA Engineers Complete Engine Test Series For Ares I Rocket (Aug. 18, 2008)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
in Huntsville, Ala., have completed a series of tests on a key
component of the J-2X engine. The J-2X powers the upper stage of the
Ares I rocket, which will launch human explorers to the International
Space Station and to the moon.
The test on Aug. 15 was the last of 20 in this series, concluding the
second of four pla...click for complete press release
NASA Kennedy Space Center Awards Custodial Services Contract (Aug. 15, 2008)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Brevard Achievement Center
Inc., of Rockledge, Fla., to provide custodial services at NASA's
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
The new firm-fixed price contract begins on Oct. 1, 2008. It has a
one-year base period and four, one-year option periods. The maximum
value of the contract is approximately $41 million.
Brevard Achievement Center will provide...click for complete press release
NASA To Take Corrective Action In Spacesuit Contract Protest (Aug. 15, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- NASA has concluded that corrective action is appropriate
in the Government Accountability Office bid protest of Exploration
Systems & Technology, Inc. NASA determined that a compliance
issue requires the termination of the contract for the Constellation
Space Suit System with Oceaneering International, Inc. of Houston for
the convenience of the government.
NASA anticipa...click for complete press release
NASA Astronaut Ready To Answer Your Questions From Space (Aug. 13, 2008)
HOUSTON -- Flying 220 miles above the Earth aboard the International
Space Station, NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff is ready to take your
questions.
The public can now submit inquiries to Chamitoff and get answers
direct from space on NASA's Web site. To submit a question, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ask
Mission Control will transmit the questions to Chamitoff weekly. He
will answe...click for complete press release
Prizes Awarded At NASA's General Aviation Technology Challenge (Aug. 12, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- NASA awarded a total of $97,000 in prizes at the 2008
General Aviation Technology Challenge. The challenge asked
competitors to demonstrate innovations that would lead to aircraft
that are safer, more affordable, easier to fly and also have less of
a negative impact on the environment and on the communities that
surround airports.
The challenge was managed by the Comparativ...click for complete press release
NASA To Brief Reporters About Constellation Program (Aug. 11, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- 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.
NASA managers will discuss evaluations being made as part of an annual
budget planning cycle that considers program design and development
activities in relation to available funds.
Teleconferenc...click for complete press release
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report (Aug. 11, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has
released its 2007 Annual Report. The report examines NASA's safety
performance and advises the agency on ways to better that
performance.
"While there are still opportunities for improvement, the panel's
finding concluded that NASA is making significant progress in
improving safety issues during the past year," said ASAP Cha...click for complete press release
NASA 'inspire' Interns Work To Become Future Explorers And Innovators (Aug. 11, 2008)
In the coming weeks, high school and college students across the
country will soon be heading back to school. A fortunate few will
share some unique experiences. They will tell how they were at NASA
for two months conducting cutting-edge research and working to send
American astronauts to the moon and beyond.
This summer, more than 150 students from 23 states and Puerto Rico
took part i...click for complete press release
Space Station Invaded By Students From Outer Space Base (Aug. 08, 2008)
HOUSTON -- Arizona Kids and teens are set to blast their local
libraries into orbit after completing Outer Space Base, a library
series of space science programs in Tucson. Nine- to
thirteen-year-olds will participate in a live educational downlink
with Expedition 17 astronaut Greg Chamitoff aboard the International
Space Station on Friday, Aug. 15, from 1:10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CDT.
The P...click for complete press release
NASA Tv To Air Interviews With Hubble Servicing Astronauts (Aug. 07, 2008)
HOUSTON -- 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.
The crew includes Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory C. Johnson,
and mission specialists Michael Good, Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld,
Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel.
Media also may obtain copies of the interviews ...click for complete press release
NASA Awards Global Hawk Support Contract To Northrop Grumman (Aug. 07, 2008)
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
has awarded a multi-year contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation's
Integrated Systems Division of San Diego for engineering and
technical services in support of the center's planned operation of
two Global Hawk aircraft.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, sole-source contract is
for a five-year period with...click for complete press release
NASA Awards Glenn Research Center Support Services Contract (Aug. 06, 2008)
CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center has awarded a follow-on
contract to DB Consulting Group Inc. of Silver Spring, Md., for a
variety of tasks including work involved in computer science,
computer and software engineering, security, networking, application
development and Web services at the center.
The total value of the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity
contract, including...click for complete press release
NASA To Broadcast Historical Highlights In High Definition (Aug. 05, 2008)
WASHINGTON - NASA Television will broadcast a special high definition
(HDTV) feed of two hours of highlights from America's human
spaceflight history as the agency celebrates its 50th anniversary.
The NASA HD highlights will be broadcast on Friday, Aug. 8, Monday,
Aug. 11, and Tuesday, Aug. 12, from 9 to 11 a.m. EDT on a special
feed from NASA TV. The highlights also will be broadcast on s...click for complete press release
NASA's Johnson Space Center To Reopen Wednesday (Aug. 05, 2008)
HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center, closed Monday afternoon and
Tuesday because of tropical storm Edouard, will reopen for normal
operations Wednesday.
Flight control of the International Space Station continued from
Johnson's Mission Control Center throughout the storm.
NASA has a public Web site to convey important information for NASA
employees and contractors impacted by Edouard a...click for complete press release
NASA's Johnson Space Center Closed For Edouard (Aug. 04, 2008)
HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center closed at 12 p.m. CDT Monday
and will remain closed through Tuesday because of the threat of
tropical storm Edouard. Plans call for the center to reopen
Wednesday.
Edouard is predicted to cross the Texas coast early Tuesday.
Flight control of the International Space Station will continue from
Houston, and the Space Station Mission Control Center at J...click for complete press release
NASA Names Irvine Deputy Associate Administrator For Aeronautics (Aug. 04, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research
Jaiwon Shin on Monday announced that Thomas B. Irvine will be the
deputy associate administrator for the agency's Aeronautics Research
Mission Directorate, effective immediately.
Since May 2005, Irvine has been the director of the Mission Support
Office for the directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. In his
new po...click for complete press release
NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data (Aug. 04, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples
delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and
mineralogy.
Within the last month, two samples have been analyzed by the Wet
Chemistry Lab of the spacecraft's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and
Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA, suggesting one o...click for complete press release
NASA Awards Medical And Environmental Support Contract (Aug. 04, 2008)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- 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.
The contract begins on Oct. 1, with a five-year base period, followed
by two one-year options. It is a cost plus award fee contract. The
maximum potential value of this contract is approximate...click for complete press release
Take An Interactive Journey Through NASA's First Fifty Years Of Exploration (Aug. 01, 2008)
WASHINGTON -- This week marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of
the space act that created NASA. To commemorate NASA's beginning, the
agency has released an immersive multimedia experience that takes
visitors on an interactive tour of its first five decades of
exploration.
Combining current and historic video with state-of-the-art computer
animation, the virtual exhibit takes a World...click for complete press release
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