The aqua news center at the nasa vandenberg resident office will open april 30 l2 and may be reached at 805 6053051. The flight of the ares ix rocket will provide nasa an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, models, facilities and ground. Nasa engineer marla thornton speaks in an audio clip about how rocket science really is a blast. This site is maintained by the planetary science communications team at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory and goddard space flight center for nasa s science mission directorate. Note that the press kits are pdf files, and you will need to have adobe acrobat reader installed on your computer to read the file. Orion flight test exploration flight test1 press kit december 2014. Responsible for monitoring orions light performance, overseeing its realtime operations and sending commands to the spacecraft, the flight control team, located at nasa s johnson space center, will be led by nasa flight director mike sarain. United space alliance suit technician andre denard assists kelly. Use of nasa logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per u. Launch complex 39a at nasa s kennedy space center has a long and storied history dating back to the early 1960s. Humans have been studying it for hundreds of years, yet still many basic questions about the gas world remain. The cnes spacecraft will also carry four miniature landers called netlanders. Nasa produced mission press kits for all shuttle flights except those. Recorded status reports will be available beginning l2 at 805 7342693.
Additionally, the reader may be freely distributed on cdrom. Lro educator resource kit lunar reconnaissance orbiter. The ninth cargo resupply mission by spacex for nasa will see the companys falcon 9 rocket lift a dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying about 5,000 pounds of supplies, equipment and experiments along with international docking adapter2. Audio status reports are available by calling 800 3916654 or 818 3544210. Spacex crs6 is the sixth of at least 12 missions to the international space station that spacex will fly for nasa under the crs contract. Apollo 11 prelaunch mission operations report m9326911, 19690708. One of its jobs was to drop a probe into jupiters atmosphere. Nasa archives program gemini program subject files collection. Note that the press kit is a pdf file, and you will need to have adobe acrobat reader 3.
Mars surveyor 98 press kit nasas mars exploration program. Catch up on all the details of the crs9 mission in the press kit for the mission. These include the oral history project, reference requests, print and multimedia products, preservation of historical audio and data, and providing many nasa history resources publicly available through its portal. This includes the space shuttle program and the american portions of the international space station. Spacex page 28 all the news about nasas missions using. Total solar eclipse 2017 on monday, august 21, 2017, all of north america will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. The files listed on this page utilize the adobe acrobat reader. Nasa s next mission to mars insight will launch from.
As currently envisioned, nasa s strategy will be to continue to collect samples and place them in mars orbit for later retrieval. Expedition 3536 press kit 15 mb pdf spacex crs1 mission press kit 3. These studies will be part of a broader examination of past and present. Nasa television is broadcast on the satellite ge2, transponder 9c, c band, 85 degrees west longitude, frequency 3880. The documents have been exported to individual adobe acrobat pdf files for easy.
A press kit is a presentation of your companys products and services in a hard copy or electronic format. Internet information information on the aqua mission, including an electronic copy of this press kit, press releases. The apollo 11 flight journal mission documents nasa history. If you choose to create an electronic press kit, please keep all information including brochures and data sheets in a word document format versus a hard copy pdf so it is easier for a journalist or. Mar 23, 2014 the hubble telescope spots something violating one of the universes most fundamental laws. The tentative schedule for television transmissions for mars odyssey arrival is described below. The adobe acrobat reader is free, and you can download it from this site. Adobe makes the reader freely available on the web and permits free distribution by other web sites. In 1995, nasa s galileo mission made the voyage to jupiter.
Jupiter is by far the largest planet in the solar system. Ascent abort2 press kit july 2019 1 overview the orion spacecraft is part of nasa s backbone for deep space exploration that will land the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024, along with space launch system rocket and the lunar gateway. Mars insight launch press kit nasas mars exploration. Mars science laboratory landing nasa jet propulsion. The 5x5x8inch medical accessory kit i s stowed in a com. Status reports on mission activities for the 1998 mars missions will be issued by the jet propulsion laboratorys media relations office.
Originally built to support the apollo program, lc39a supported the first saturn v launch apollo 4 and many subsequent apollo missions, including apollo 11 in july 1969. Launch complex 39a at nasas kennedy space center has a long. Mars insight launch press kit nasas mars exploration program. Mars science laboratory landing 8 press kit mars science laboratory investigations mars science laboratory investigations nasa s mars science laboratory mission will study whether the gale crater area of mars has evidence of past and present habitable environments.
Online and pdf versions of this press kit are available at. In december 2008, nasa announced that spacexs falcon 9 launch vehicle and dragon spacecraft had. Nasa astronaut mark kelly, sts4 commander, dons a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session in the fixedbase shuttle mission simulator in the jake garn simulation and training facility at nasa s johnson space center. Hubble spots thousands of objects traveling faster than light. The only missions excluded were those carried out on behalf of the department of defense dod that were fully classified. Space shuttle press kits nasa produced mission press kits for all shuttle flights except those dedicated to the department of defense flights.
Orion flight test exploration flight test1 press kitdecember 2014. These kits serve as the foundation for the materials in this section. A news conference presenting an overview of the mission will take place at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory in. Press kits are available in pdf format for many nasa missions.
Jsc history office the history office shares and preserves the rich heritage of nasa s houston center through various avenues. Nasa national aeronautics and space administration \ press kit 251hanniversary october 1983 19581983 our first quarter century of achievement. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of natures most awe inspiring sights a total solar eclipse. Download here if you do not have this browser plugin installed. Mars global surveyor press kit pdf 388 kb get the free adobe acrobat reader to view pdf files. In addition, nasaand cnes may collaborate on two micromissions. Nasa s ulysses mission, launched in 1990 to fly around the suns poles, observed that during periods of minimum solar activity, the slow solar wind is confined to the suns equatorright where parker solar probe will fly.
Space shuttle mission press kits all kits available for free download all officially released through the national aeronautics and space administration nasa. Lro kit standards updated 22015 lro kit teacher implementation guide updated 22015 cratercosmic ray telescope. This test, which does not have nasa astronauts onboard the spacecraft, is intended to demonstrate crew dragons ability to reliably carry crew to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency on ascent. National aeronautics and space administration mars climate. Mars science laboratory launch 8 press kit mars science laboratory investigations mars science laboratory investigations nasa s mars science laboratory mission will study whether the gale crater area of mars has evidence of past and present habitable environments. The laser geodynamic satellite lageos is scheduled for launch aboard a delta rocket from the western test range in. Gemini program subject files collection, nasa headquarters historical reference collection. With its technology testing objectives almost fully accomplished, nasa s deep space 1 mission is about to undergo its most comprehensive challenge. The adobe acrobat reader is free, and you can download it. Internet information information about nasa s phoenix mars lander mission, including an electronic copy of this press kit, press releases, fact sheets, status reports, briefing schedule and images, is available. Lro educator resource kit educational product for teachers and students, grades 68 all files below are in pdf format full resource kit. Nasas prior approach for obtaining crew transportation systems since the mercury program in the early 1960s, nasa has used an almost identical operating model to achieve its goals of human spaceflight. Deep space 1 asteroid flyby jet propulsion laboratory. Detailed background information on the mission is available from the dawn project home page at dawn.
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