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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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