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12.22.06 - The Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew returned home to Kennedy Space Center Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:32 p.m. EST after a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles in space.
12.21.06 - Commander Mark Polansky and his crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will complete their 13-day mission to the International Space Station on Friday, Dec. 22.
12.21.06 - The Debris Imaging Radar System, used during the night launch of STS-116, is a new system at KSC that will now be made available to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
12.15.06 - An investigation board, named to look into the circumstances surrounding the March 17, 2006, construction worker fatality at Kennedy Space Center, has issued its final report.
12.11.06 - NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft arrived in Florida today, to begin final testing and launch preparations.
12.09.06 - Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off Saturday from Kennedy Space Center at 8:47 p.m. EST on one of the most complex missions ever to the International Space Station.
12.07.06 - Next attempt set for 8:47 p.m. EST on Dec. 9.
12.04.06 - NASA Television and the agency's home on the Internet, http://www.nasa.gov, will provide extensive prelaunch coverage of Space Shuttle Discovery's mission STS-116.
12.01.06 - NASA managers are urging all aircraft pilots and boaters to fully comply with the airspace, bridges and waterway restrictions imposed around KSC for space shuttle launches and landings.
11.30.06 - NASA will begin the countdown for Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-116 mission at 11 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 4, at the T-43 hour point.
11.30.06 - News conferences, events and operating hours for KSC's News Center are set for the Dec. 7 launch of Discovery on the STS-116 mission to the International Space Station.
11.29.06 - NASA senior managers today unanimously recommended launching the Space Shuttle Discovery on Dec. 7.
11.21.06 - NASA managers plan to hold a news conference at approximately 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 29, to discuss the status of the upcoming STS-116 mission.
11.09.06 - News media are invited to Kennedy Space Center to cover activities during the terminal countdown demonstration test for the upcoming 12-day mission, designated STS-116.
11.08.06 - The first Family Day since 2000 will allow badged space program workers to bring their families, friends and guests to tour the spaceport.
11.07.06 - NASA will visit Jean Childs-Young Middle School in Atlanta at 10 a.m. Thursday to help kick off the school's new three-year partnership with the agency.
11.01.06 - NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery completed one milestone and is nearing another as workers prepare the orbiter for a December launch to the International Space Station.
10.26.06 - On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to move from the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
10.26.06 - A groundwater treatment technology developed at the John F. Kennedy Space Center has been chosen as NASA's 2005 invention of the year award winner.
10.25.06 - NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories mission, known as STEREO, successfully launched Wednesday at 8:52 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
10.19.06 - Media accreditation is now open for the Space Shuttle Discovery's launch on the STS-116 mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for no earlier than Dec. 7.
10.17.06 - NASA will visit Charles H. Emanuel School in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 23 to help kick off the school's new three-year partnership with the agency.
10.17.06 - Launch of NASA's STEREO spacecraft is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 25, aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
10.13.06 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will hold a media opportunity on Friday, Oct. 20, to view the Port 5 truss segment, the next element to be added to the International Space Station.
10.06.06 - NASA will help kick off the Conyers, Ga., middle school's new three-year partnership with NASA.
10.06.06 - NASA awarded a grant to the University of Central Florida and the Florida Space Grant Consortium to continue operating KSC's Educator Resource Center and Exploration Station.
09.22.06 - NASA officials will be available on Sept. 27 to receive public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Mars Science Laboratory mission.
09.21.06 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are home after a 12-day journey in space. The mission, STS-115, succeeded in restarting assembly of the International Space Station.
09.20.06 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis, led by Commander Brent Jett, is scheduled to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 21, completing space shuttle mission STS-115.
09.14.06 - Kennedy Space Center will extend its Checkout, Assembly, and Payload Processing Services contract for three years with Boeing Space Operations Company of Titusville, Fla.
09.12.06 - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin today named William (Bill) W. Parsons the new director of the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., effective in January 2007.
09.09.06 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew are on their way to the International Space Station after lifting-off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 11:14:55 a.m. EDT.
09.08.06 - Sensor failure postpones Friday's attempt.
09.07.06 - Shuttle program managers made the lift-off decision after reviewing more detailed data on a problem associated with one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells.
09.06.06 - Engineers continue to analyze a problem with one of the shuttle's fuel cells.
09.06.06 - NASA has delayed Wednesday's launch of Atlantis on its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station. Shuttle Program managers made the decision early Wednesday morning.
09.05.06 - All aircraft pilots and boaters are urged to fully comply with the airspace, bridges and waterway restrictions imposed around Kennedy prior to and during shuttle launches and landings.
09.01.06 - News conferences, events and operating hours for the NASA Kennedy Space Center News Center are set for the Sept. 6 launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-115 mission.
09.01.06 - NASA will begin the countdown once again for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 Sept. 3 at 8 a.m. EDT, at the T-43 hour point.
09.01.06 - NASA today issued a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for the selection of a master developer for a 320-acre technology and commerce park at Kennedy Space Center.
08.31.06 - After assessing conditions at Kennedy following Tropical Depression Ernesto, NASA managers set the liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis for 12:29 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6.
08.31.06 - NASA selected Lockheed Martin Corp., based in Bethesda, Md., as the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, America's spacecraft for a new generation of explorers.
08.31.06 - The Kennedy Space Center returned to normal operations today with the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto late Wednesday. No damage to hardware or facilities has been identified.
08.29.06 - Improving forecasts for Ernesto may allow for launch next week.
08.29.06 - As a result of Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching Central Florida, Kennedy Space Center will close at midnight tonight and remain closed on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
08.29.06 - NASA has decided to roll Atlantis off its launch pad and back inside the protection of the Vehicle Assembly Building, starting at approximately 10:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday.
08.28.06 - Tuesday's scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station is being postponed because of Tropical Storm Ernesto. A new launch date has not been set.
08.24.06 - For the first time, NASA is making space shuttle launch footage available to anyone who has a portable media player with video capability, for the liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
08.24.06 - NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point.
08.22.06 - NASA Television and the agency's home on the Internet, http://www.nasa.gov, will provide extensive prelaunch and launch day coverage of space shuttle mission STS-115.
08.22.06 - Aircraft pilots and boaters are urged to fully comply with the airspace, bridges and waterway restrictions imposed around KSC prior to and during shuttle launches and landings.
08.21.06 - NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy announced today that Patrick Simpkins has been appointed the director of the center's new Engineering Directorate.
08.18.06 - NASA will begin the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point.
08.18.06 - News conferences, events and operating hours for Kennedy Space Center's News Center have been set for the Aug. 27 launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115.
08.16.06 - Launch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EDT.
08.10.06 - NASA will host a news conference no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 16, following a two-day detailed assessment of the readiness of Space Shuttle Atlantis for launch.
08.07.06 - NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), set to launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket on Aug. 31, will be the focus of a media opportunity at 1 p.m. Friday.
08.02.06 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived at its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 8:54 a.m. EDT Wednesday on top of a giant vehicle known as the crawler transporter.
07.31.06 - The astronauts and ground crews for Space Shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission, STS-115, will participate in a full launch dress rehearsal Aug. 7-10 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
07.28.06 - NASA announced today the award of launch services for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. of Littleton, Colo.
07.26.06 - NASA has awarded 90-day study contracts to four space-related companies to examine long-term ground processing and infrastructure planning for the Constellation Program.
07.26.06 - NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is set to embark on a four-mile journey to Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Monday, July 31, at 12:01 a.m. EDT.
07.25.06 - NASA has formed an investigation board at Kennedy Space Center to review the circumstances surrounding the injury of a construction worker at Pad 39-A July 19.
07.20.06 - Atlantis is scheduled to be moved out of its hangar and roll to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on July 24.
07.19.06 - The launch window for the next shuttle mission, designated STS-115, opens Aug. 28. All media covering launch-related events must apply for credentials.
07.17.06 - Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew are home after a 13-day, five million-mile journey in space. Landing was Monday, July 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 9:14 a.m. EDT.
07.14.06 - Space Shuttle Discovery will complete its mission, STS-121, with a landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, set for 9:07 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 17.
07.14.06 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center is holding a media event Thursday, July 20, at 10:30 a.m. EDT to highlight the next element to be added to the International Space Station.
07.12.06 - NASA today issued a solicitation to attract offers for the development and long-term operation of Exploration Park at Kennedy Space Center and seeks comments by Aug. 17.
07.04.06 - The Space Shuttle Discovery is on its way to the International Space Station after lifting off at 2:37:55 p.m. EDT Tuesday, the first-ever space shuttle launch on Independence Day.
07.02.06 - The next launch attempt for Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-121 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for Tuesday, July 4, at 2:38 p.m. EDT.
07.01.06 - NASA's launch of Space Shuttle Discovery was scrubbed today due to the presence of anvil clouds and thunderstorms within 20 miles of the launch site at Kennedy Space Center.
06.27.06 - The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Playalinda Beach will be closed to the public from June 28 through July 1 for the STS-121 Space Shuttle Discovery launch.
06.27.06 - News conferences, events and operating hours for Kennedy Space Center's News Center have been set for the July 1 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121.
06.26.06 - For the STS-121 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, all aircraft pilots and boaters are urged to comply with the airspace, bridges and waterway restrictions imposed around KSC.
06.26.06 - News media covering the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-121 will have an opportunity to tour the weather forecast facility at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 28.
06.23.06 - NASA Television and the agency's home on the Internet, http://www.nasa.gov, will provide extensive pre-launch and launch day coverage of Discovery's mission STS-121.
06.23.06 - NASA will begin the countdown for the launch of Discovery at 5 p.m. EDT June 28, at the T-43 hour point, leading to a preferred launch time at about 3:49 p.m. EDT on July 1.
06.20.06 - The STS-121 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on July 1 will mark the first use of a newly renovated firing room, Firing Room 4, for a space shuttle launch countdown.
06.17.06 - NASA senior managers on Saturday cleared the Space Shuttle Discovery for a July 1 flight.
06.13.06 - NASA officials will host a news conference on Saturday, June 17, following a two-day detailed assessment of the readiness of Space Shuttle Discovery for launch.
06.02.06 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to deliver an Atlas V rocket for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
06.02.06 - NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Scott Horowitz and Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley will brief the media Monday, June 5.
06.02.06 - NASA is celebrating the arrival of an important component to the International Space Station, the Columbus research laboratory, a contribution of the European Space Agency.
06.02.06 - The astronauts and ground crews for Shuttle Discovery's upcoming mission, STS-121, will go through a full launch dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center on June 12-15.
05.25.06 - NASA managers will brief media about the status of the Space Shuttle Program and the next shuttle mission, designated STS-121, at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 31.
05.24.06 - The European Space Agency's research laboratory, Columbus, will arrive at KSC on May 30 where it will be prepared for delivery to the International Space Station.
05.18.06 - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) to be launched into orbit for NASA will be the focus of a prelaunch press conference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 23.
05.18.06 - NASA recently selected 26 new schools in the Explorer Schools program, including three schools from KSC's district area in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
05.17.06 - The payloads that will launch aboard the next space shuttle mission, STS-121, arrived Wednesday at Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
05.16.06 - News media planning to cover NASA's next space shuttle mission must apply for Kennedy Space Center credentials by June 1. Requests may be submitted online.
05.15.06 - News media are invited to attend the rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Friday, May 19.
05.09.06 - The 2006 annual Community Leaders Briefing, which will focus on many of the space industry's most important aspects, is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. May 12 at the KSC Visitor Complex.
05.08.06 - Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy announced the creation of a new organization called the Engineering Directorate with Stephen J. Altemus as its director.
05.08.06 - Center Director Jim Kennedy announced that Tracy Anania has been appointed director of Human Resources for NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
05.05.06 - The European Space Agency's Columbus module, a laboratory facility destined for the International Space Station, is set to arrive at Kennedy Space Center on May 30.
05.03.06 - NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft arrived today at Astrotech, a payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
05.01.06 - News media are invited to Kennedy Space Center Friday, May 12, as Space Shuttle Discovery is moved from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
05.01.06 - James W. Kennedy, the eighth director in the history of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, announced his intention to retire in January 2007 after 35 years of government service.
04.27.06 - NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base is now set for Friday, April 28.
04.26.06 - NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base was scrubbed again Wednesday.
04.25.06 - NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base was scrubbed Tuesday.
04.23.06 - The launch of NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) satellites is rescheduled for Tuesday, April 25.
04.21.06 - The launch of NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) satellites is rescheduled for Saturday, April 22.
04.17.06 - Kennedy Space Center and Brevard County are set to take a major step in preserving the Clifton School, a 116-year-old schoolhouse used by the children of early black homesteaders.
04.13.06 - The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, or COSMIC, is set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:10 p.m. PDT Friday, April 14.
04.12.06 - NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and CloudSat satellites are set to launch aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket on Friday, April 21.
04.06.06 - To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center's firing room 1 is being named for the crew, Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen.
04.06.06 - Private-sector partners are being sought to help NASA develop a space technology and commerce park to be named "Exploration Park at John F. Kennedy Space Center."
04.06.06 - NASA today launches a series of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight on April 12, 1981, aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.
04.06.06 - With the launch of the next space shuttle mission, designated STS-121, now targeted for July, NASA is adjusting the deadlines for media accreditation to cover the flight.
04.04.06 - NASA and Zero Gravity Corp. announced today the company -- known as ZERO-G -- will begin to regularly use the space shuttle's runway and landing facility.
03.29.06 - NASA and HDNet have joined together to provide high definition TV coverage of space shuttle liftoffs and landings at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida through 2010.
03.28.06 - For access to the CALIPSO/CloudSat launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., international media must apply for accreditation by April 8.
03.23.06 - NASA has formed an investigation board at Kennedy Space Center to review the circumstances surrounding the death of a construction worker who fell off a building at the center.
03.21.06 - The second launch attempt of NASA's Space Technology 5 spacecraft is scheduled for Wednesday, March 22, at 9:02 a.m. EST. NASA TV begins live coverage at 7:30 a.m. EST.
03.20.06 - Kennedy Space Center management and local industry officials will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Operations Support Building II on Friday, March 24, at 9:30 a.m.
03.17.06 - NASA has formed a board at the agency's Kennedy Space Center to investigate the March 4 incident that damaged Space Shuttle Discovery's remote manipulator system (shuttle arm).
03.15.06 - The launch of NASA's ST5 spacecraft was called off today when a locking pin in the Pegasus XL rocket's flight control service mechanism did not retract just prior to launch.
03.14.06 - NASA announced today July 1 to 19, 2006, is the new launch planning window for Space Shuttle Discovery's mission (STS-121).
03.13.06 - The launch of NASA's ST5 spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket has been postponed 24 hours to March 15 due to predicted launch weather conditions.
03.06.06 - NASA has set the media events to support the Space Technology 5 mission, set for launch from an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL vehicle at 6:02 a.m. PST (9:02 EST) on March 14.
02.28.06 - The redesigned external fuel tank that will launch the Space Shuttle Discovery on the next shuttle mission is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
02.27.06 - Reporters at participating NASA centers will be able to ask questions of the NASA Administrator and his counterparts from the International Space Station partnership on Thursday.
02.23.06 - The Federally Employed Women (FEW) Space Coast Chapter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center recently voted to contribute $6,000 in educational scholarship funds for 2006 to the Brevard Community College WENDI program.
02.15.06 - The six American crew members of the next shuttle mission, STS-121, will meet with the media at 9:30 a.m. EST Friday, not 8 a.m. EST as originally announced.
02.15.06 - Astronaut Roger Crouch and Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy will help NASA kick off a new Explorer Schools partnership with South Plantation High School on Feb. 21.
02.13.06 - The crew of the next space shuttle mission, designated STS-121, will take questions from the media Friday, Feb. 17 at 8 a.m. EST at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
02.09.06 - Teachers from Oscar Patterson Middle School in Panama City, Fla., are taking their experiments out of the classroom and into NASA’s "Weightless Wonder," a flying microgravity laboratory.
02.08.06 - The Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft took off today from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Fla., at 7:22 a.m. EST.
02.07.06 - NASA media accreditation is open for the Space Shuttle Discovery mission (STS-121).
01.24.06 - William (Bill) W. Parsons has been named the new deputy director of the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., effective in mid-February.
01.23.06 - The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer aircraft is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., completing final preparations before taking off on its record-setting flight.
01.20.06 - Visitors to the Thomas Alva Edison Kiwanis Science and Engineering Fair in Fort Myers, Fla., will travel millions of miles without ever leaving the city via a NASA exhibit.
01.19.06 - The first mission to distant planet Pluto is under way after the successful launch today of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
01.18.06 - NASA will kick off a new Explorer Schools partnership with Warrington Middle School in Pensacola, Fla., at 9:30 a.m. EST Monday, Jan. 23.
01.12.06 - NASA Direct, Kennedy Space Center's Internet broadcasting network, is featuring a prelaunch webcast of the New Horizons mission. Launch is set for 1:24 p.m. EST Jan. 17.
01.11.06 - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will meet with media covering the New Horizons launch at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 17.
01.09.06 - The arrival of the Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is set for Jan. 12 at 4 p.m.
01.06.06 - The launch of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, bound for the planet Pluto, is currently targeted for Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 1:24 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
01.04.06 - Virgin Atlantic Airways postponed the arrival of their GlobalFlyer aircraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. It was due to arrive Friday.
01.04.06 - Media are invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 13 to mark the 40th anniversary of the use of crawler transporters in advancing space flight.