July 27, 2007 Vol. 46, No. 15 Spaceport News John F. Kennedy Space Center - America’s gateway to the universe

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/snews/spnews_toc.html STS-118 crew members ready for August launch

he STS-118 crew members Like all shuttle missions, STS- completed a full dress 118 is about the future: putting the Trehearsal July 17-19 for International Space Station a step their upcoming launch aboard closer to completion and gathering Space Shuttle Endeavour, cur- experience that will help people rently targeted to launch Aug. 7. return to the moon and go on to The simulated countdown at Mars. But this mission also will see Launch Pad 39A concluded the a two-decade-old dream realized terminal countdown demonstration and a vision of inspiration test, a standard part of prelaunch completed. training which allows the astro- Twenty-two years after being nauts to try on their launch-and- selected as Christa McAuliffe’s entry suits, learn emergency backup in the Teacher in Space procedures at the launch pad, and Project, Barbara R. Morgan will take part in familiarization strap into Endeavour as a fully activities and briefings. trained astronaut. She is one of five With the test now successfully mission specialists in the seven- behind them, the seven astronauts member crew. will continue training at the During the mission, a new truss Johnson Space Center in Houston. segment known as S5 will be Endeavour has been in place at installed on the station. The the launch pad since July 11, and segment is relatively small and the STS-118 payload — including weighs about 5,000 pounds. The the S5 truss, SPACEHAB module piece provides clearance between and external stowage platform 3 — sets of solar arrays on the truss THE STS-118 crew poses in front of the hatch opening on Space Shuttle is secured inside the orbiter’s structure. Endeavour during the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT. payload bay. Mission managers That doesn’t mean, however, Standing at left is Mission Specialist Dave Williams. Standing in the back will determine if the Aug. 7 launch that installing it will be easy. are Commander Scott Kelly (left) and Mission Specialist Alvin Drew; date is achievable during the flight Every crew member will play a seated in the middle are Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell (left) and readiness review held July 25-26. part. Barbara R. Morgan; kneeling in front are Pilot Charlie Hobaugh (left) and (See TCDT, Page 4) Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio. NASA’s Phoenix to investigate icy regions of Mars By Linda Herridge During a mission overview at IN THE Payload Staff Writer Kennedy Space Center, Phoenix Hazardous project manager Barry Goldstein of Servicing he first of NASA’s Mars the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Facility, workers guide the heat “Scout” missions, the California said gamma-ray shield onto the TPhoenix Project is sched- spectrometer results from the Mars Phoenix Mars uled to launch August 3 on a Delta Odyssey spacecraft in 2003 Lander II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air revealed near-surface polar ice in spacecraft. Force Station. the northern hemisphere of the Targeted for On a mission more than four planet. NASA selected the Phoenix launch from years in the making, Phoenix will Project to be the agency’s first Cape Canaveral make a dramatic landing in the icy scout mission to investigate this Air Force Station region near the north polar discovery. Spacecraft and mission on Aug. 3, Phoenix will permanent ice cap of Mars in May planning began in 2004. land in icy soils 2008 and spend 90 days exploring “NASA’s Scout missions are near the north the history of the icy water in the projects that respond quickly to polar ice cap of soil and monitoring the polar Mars. climate. (See PHOENIX, Page 2) Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS July 27, 2007 STS-117 astronauts share mission highlights By Jennifer Wolfinger Staff Writer

standing-room-onlyAwards crowd was treated to an inside Alook at the STS-117 mission by the crew members on July 18 at the Kennedy Space Center Operations Support Building II. Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Lee Archambault and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, Jim Reilly, Steven Swanson and John “Danny” Olivas narrated videos of their mission’s highlights while sitting in the first row of the audience. Sunita Williams, who made her way back to Earth after more than 188 days in space, was not present. During the mission, the team continued the important task of completing construction of the International Space Station by participating in spacewalks and delivering solar arrays, batteries STS-117 COMMANDER Rick Sturckow talks to members of the KSC work force on the fifth floor of the Operations Support Building II while STS-117 crew members look on (at right). and the S3/S4 integrated truss segment. Expedition 15 crew inclement weather in Florida. After solar arrays and securing an other to create an “eyeball in member Clayton Anderson also a 5.8-million-mile mission, the insulation blanket that had come space.” traveled to the station to assume crew members safely landed loose. The presentation also The crew members also shared flight engineer responsibilities. June 22. showed the astronauts exercising, some of the ongoing station The crew, which launched They presented footage of the transferring cargo, and having fun traditions, such as permanently June 8, had to land at Edwards Air mission’s four spacewalks, which by making a water bubble and adding their mission patch sticker Force Base in California due to included deploying and retracting piece of red candy float into each to an existing patch collection on a station wall, and affixing their PHOENIX . . . Surveyor Program. chemistry conductivity analyzer, patch on the outside of the hatch Phoenix imaging systems or MECA, and the thermal with Velcro. As they drifted away (Continued from Page 1) include a Mars descent imager, an evolved gas analyzer, or TEGA. from the space station, they took a picture of the orbiting outpost to scientific discoveries of the atomic force microscope, a MECA, which is equipped with a show how it now mirrors the agency’s Mars program,” surface stereo imager, an optical filter, will analyze the content of station on the mission patch. Goldstein said. “In doing this, we microscope and a robotic arm the soil, while TEGA, which is Employees asked questions have an opportunity to make camera. equipped with a mass spectrom- about how they performed every- breakthroughs in our understand- The robotic arm measures 7.5 eter, will heat the soil up to 1,832 day tasks such as shaving and ing of the planet.” feet in length when fully ex- degrees Fahrenheit to determine bathing, the conditions onboard, The mission’s purpose is to tended. Goldstein said the arm the organic or chemical elements. sleeping in space and how they study how water is stored and was baked at high temperatures to Goldstein said the spacecraft combated disorientation. released from the planet’s polar kill all Earth organisms. will contain 48.5 pounds of “Johnson Space Center’s region and determine the recent Phoenix is equipped with an instruments, compared to 17.5 on mock-ups of the station are very history of the subsurface ice and icy soil acquisition device with a each of the Mars Exploration accurate. On Earth, you know if polar region processes. Phoenix commercial tungsten carbide bit. Rovers. your feet are down and your head will also help to determine the A digging tool will be used to Mission participants include is up. On orbit, it’s easy to move habitability of the ice-soil reach icy soil about 1.6 feet the University of Arizona, JPL, and not know it, so we’d find a boundary and search for organic below the surface. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, landmark to focus on,” explained molecules. Goldstein said excavation of KSC and the Canadian Space Forrester. The spacecraft contains a the site will be challenging. The Agency. Others are the Langley, Center Director Bill Parsons diverse combination of imaging, team will select areas to dig after Ames and Dryden Flight Research concluded the event by presenting robotic arm and chemistry reviewing images of the terrain Centers, Johnson Space Center the crew with a KSC coin, then instruments developed for sent back by the spacecraft. and the University of Neuchatel invited employees to a gathering previous missions, including the Chemistry lab instruments in Switzerland. at KARS Park II. Mars Polar Lander and Mars include the microscopy, electro- July 27, 2007 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 NASA’s cutting crew shapes foam shuttle parts By Steven Siceloff Working in a stark white shop Staff Writer in the Space Station Processing Facility, five United Space reg Dorsey and Steve Page Alliance technicians carve more stand behind a panel of than 100 pieces of foam for each Gglass looking over a shuttle mission. It can take up to computer readout. In the next four hours to detail a piece of the room, a router carves a perfect material for use. channel just like the one the “I don’t think we’ve had operators prescribed on the anything fly that’s been damaged computer. on any flight,” Dorsey said. The two technicians could be The workers cut holders for mistaken for woodworkers machin- equipment flying on several ing elaborate designs into a different spacecraft. cabinet or dining table, and that “These guys are cutting the would be partially correct. They foam for (station cargo modules), are carving elaborate designs. SPACEHAB missions, as well as But their chosen medium is a items that fly on the middeck, that STEVE PAGE operates a router that cuts precise shapes in dense foam. dense foam called minicell, and fly on the shuttle,” said Lori The technicians program the router through several techniques. the delicately formed and carefully Hillenbrand, the Lockheed Martin cut designs are not for looks. The senior systems engineer. would fail if a critical element themselves making exact replicas cutouts will hold equipment vital The work often starts on a came apart in flight. of equipment out of foam, includ- for space shuttle missions and digitizer, which is connected to a The three different kinds of ing large pieces such as full-size flights to the International Space computer. A designer traces the foam they use is not like the stuff models of the control moment Station. stylus on the digitizer over the part packing stores place in shipping gyros used on the space station. The piece they are working on to tell the computer what it looks boxes. For one thing, the foam for The models are exact enough this time will cradle a light like. space missions doesn’t fleck to use for tests such as making sure destined for the space station. Then the workers can outline a easily. fabric covering designed for the Without the right packaging, the tray for the router to cut that will Nor will the foam burn, real things will fit right. light would almost certainly fit the part perfectly but still allow although it will melt. For extra The workshop has several such shatter just from the vibration of an astronaut to pull the item out of protection, the workers sew Nomex mock-ups on hand that give launch. the tray. fabric around some of the foam astronauts a good feel for what The foam pieces also keep It may seem like a lot of work, pieces that will stay inside the they will find once in orbit. parts and equipment from floating but much of the equipment is International Space Station after “They’re very impressed and out of place in microgravity, or specialized for use in space or to the orbiter has left. very satisfied with the work the perhaps bumping into other parts. be used with an experiment that The workers also often find team does,” Hillenbrand said. Lohning enjoys bonds with astronauts while on Closeout Crew By Jennifer Wolfinger “I get to do a little bit of before each mission. Staff Writer everything. It’s not the same thing Lohning’s favorite memories or same routine. That’s what makes include developing bonds with ASA Quality Assurance my job fun. I still feel the same astronauts years before their Specialist Greg Lohning excitement I felt during my first missions and later being part of Nhas spent the last 18 years launch,” said Lohning, who was a their Closeout Crew. His experi- working to keep the agency’s U.S. Air Force Reserve aircraft ences with Eileen Collins are astronauts, space shuttles and mechanic. particularly memorable since she missions safe. Lohning also is one of seven was the first astronaut with whom To accomplish this, he be- people who comprise the Shuttle he developed a friendship, and her comes entrenched in all aspects of Closeout Crew and one of only 25 STS-93 mission as the first female a space shuttle mission, whether NASA inspectors to ever hold the commander was also his first as a it’s installing the seats and position. The most visible aspect Closeout Crew member. experiments, the crew of this high-stakes role involves “We get to know the astronauts compartment’s black box, making getting the astronauts suited up for on a personal level. It doesn’t get GREG LOHNING, a NASA quality sure the proper tools and hardware a mission and positioned in the any better than that,” he said. assurance specialist, has spent are used, or assisting in the mating orbiter. Lohning, who will retire Jan. 3, 10 years on the Closeout Crew. of the orbiter, external tank and Lohning regularly participates served as a Closeout Crew member solid rocket boosters. in rigorous training and studies to for eight space shuttle missions. commitment and dedication to the The 30 days before a mission be prepared for any emergency. The STS-117 mission was his last astronauts and Closeout Crew. are filled with intense inspections Although he’s been a crew member assignment as a member. Astronaut Lohning and his wife, Pam, for Lohning and his 10 to 12 for 10 years, he still reviews Alan Poindexter’s prelaunch have a daughter, Teri, and served quality assurance teammates. contingency procedures for weeks commentary noted Lohning’s as foster parents to 19 children. Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS July 27, 2007 Endeavour, STS-118 astronauts comple TCDT . . . This will be the last dedicated shuttle mission providing a cargo (Continued from Page 1) supply to the station for 12 to 15 Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and months. space station Flight Engineer Clay Russian Progress vehicles and Anderson will operate the station the European Space Agency’s robotic arm that moves the Automated Transfer Vehicle will segment into place, while space- bring cargo to the station in the walkers David Williams and Rick interim. So Endeavour will carry Mastracchio provide guidance enough supplies to last the station from the outside and finish the residents for quite awhile. installation. “I think right now the manifest Commander Scott Kelly and has us bringing up about 5,000 Mission Specialists Tracy pounds and then bringing down Caldwell and Alvin Drew will help about 5,000 pounds,” Kelly said. out inside. Morgan will operate the “So it’s a lot of spare parts, food, shuttle robotic arm to provide clothing, scientific experiments. television views of the operation. We’ll unload that and then reload “It’s less than 2 inches from it with stuff that needs to come some critical electronic compo- home: garbage, spare parts that are nents that we want to make sure we no longer needed on the station.” don’t come in contact with,” Kelly Visit www.nasa.gov for the said. “So that’s a very tight latest information on the mission. clearance.” STS-118 MISSION Sp with the fit of her laun countdown demonstr Operations and Chec

STS-118 COMMANDER Scott Kelly suits up for landing practice in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. Kelly’s brother Mike was the pilot for the STS-121 mission last July.

USING THE camera and telephoto lens to photograph the external tank/solid rocket booster stack on Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-118 Mission Specialist Dave Williams practices with the equipment for the mission. Williams will IN THE White Roo take photos of the tank after separation from Endeavour STS-118 Mission S after launch. SPACE SHUTTLE Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, sits on enters Space Shut Launch Pad 39A. STS-118 will be the first flight since 2002 for Endeavour, launch countdown which has undergone extensive modifications, including the addition of countdown demon safety upgrades already added to orbiters Discovery and Atlantis. July 27, 2007 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 plete training for August launch

Specialist Barbara R. Morgan gets help unch-and-entry suit during a terminal stration test. The astronauts suit up in the eckout Building. STS-118 MISSION Specialist Tracy Caldwell suits up for the simulated launch countdown STS-118 MISSION Specialist Alvin Drew (left) and Pilot Charlie that concludes the terminal countdown Hobaugh look at the payloads installed in Space Shuttle demonstration test, or TCDT. Endeavour while at Launch Pad 39A.

oom on Launch Pad 39A, n Specialist Rick Mastracchio MEMBERS OF the STS-118 crew enjoy breakfast together before the next event in their terminal countdown demonstration test, uttle Endeavour for a simulated a dress rehearsal for launch. Following the meal, the crew donned their flight suits and boarded Space Shuttle Endeavour for a n, the culmination of terminal simulated countdown. From left are Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and the Canadian Space Agency’s Dave Williams, Pilot onstration test activities. Charlie Hobaugh, Commander Scott Kelly, and Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio and teacher-turned- astronaut Barbara R. Morgan. Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS July 27, 2007 Center evaluates BMW hydrogen-fueled vehicles By Linda Herridge fueled combustion engine. The Staff Writer Hydrogen 7 has a range of about 150 miles using liquid hydrogen utting-edge technology in and 310 miles using gasoline. hydrogen-fueled vehicles In addition to many standard Chas arrived at Kennedy safety features, the vehicle has an Space Center in the form of array of hydrogen safety sensors BMW’s new Hydrogen 7. Through and controls to use liquid hydro- a Space Act Agreement with the gen fuel safely. The luxury automaker, KSC is test driving the performance vehicle can reach vehicles for six weeks. speeds of 140 mph and shifts “We are pleased to partner with flawlessly from gasoline to BMW to test their vehicles and hydrogen fuel. explore alternative fuel sources,” Pitney praised the determina- KSC Director Bill Parsons said. tion and success of KSC’s work “This is using tomorrow’s technol- force. ogy today.” “You all dare to dream and KSC is one of the first organi- BILL PARSONS, center director, is briefed on the features of the BMW constantly challenge yourself,” zations to test drive the vehicle in Hydrogen 7. The center is one of the first companies in the U.S. to test Pitney said. “It is remarkable and drive the alternative fuel source vehicle. the U.S. The agreement recently inspiring and you embody the was signed by Parsons; Deputy ence in Montreal in 2002, accord- and state initiatives, KSC leads the American spirit of adventure.” Center Director Janet Petro; Jack ing to H.T. Everett, NASA fluids agency in the use of available Ziwica said BMW has a long Pitney, BMW vice president of manager for the Propellants and alternative fuel vehicles, Everett history of developing hydrogen- marketing and development; and Life Support Branch in the Center said. fueled vehicles. BMW is also Karl-Heinz Ziwica, BMW vice Operations directorate. He said the demonstration of providing a mobile refueling president of engineering for the Everett said it is important for hydrogen-fueled vehicles can station and technicians on site for U.S. KSC to demonstrate how related contribute to solving some ground the length of the agreement. The seeds for a Space Act aerospace technologies can be transportation challenges of the Space Gateway Support, Wyle Agreement with BMW were applied to new technologies to future. Labs and United Paradyne operate planted during networking support a cleaner and more Similar in many ways to shuttle the government-owned liquid sessions at National Hydrogen sustainable environment. launch technology, the innovative hydrogen tanker as part of the Association conferences and the In addition to simply respond- Hydrogen 7 uses a liquid hydrogen refueling operations performed at World Hydrogen Energy Confer- ing to executive orders and federal storage tank and a hydrogen- KSC. Logistics engineer Speed earns ‘Toastmaster of Year’ award

By Linda Herridge organization at KSC for seven Staff Writer years. He served as the club president, an area governor and a elmon Speed, a NASA mentor to other club members. logistics engineer in the Speed earned his Advanced WInternational Space Toastmaster Bronze designation in Station and Spacecraft Processing 2006. directorate, recently received the The engineer organized and “Toastmaster of the Year” award implemented a Toastmasters eight- from Toastmaster Club 3695 at week “Speechcraft” program for Kennedy Space Center. NASA shuttle project managers Speed was recognized for his and engineers last fall, and will tireless devotion to the club and serve as co-chairman for a second his efforts on its behalf throughout session this summer. He said the the area, said Frank Merceret, the popular Toastmasters program club’s vice president of education helps to improve speaking abilities and director of research for the and build confidence. KSC Weather Office. “(Speed) inspires all of us with WELMON SPEED (right), a NASA logistics engineer, receives the “Toastmaster of the Year” award from the group’s Frank Merceret. “I was really surprised,” Speed his dedication, leadership and hard said. “I was also very honored to work,” said Merceret, who also is encourages.” Speed still finds time to enjoy receive this award from my peers.” chief of the Applied Meteorology Speed is married to his wife of scuba diving. Speed started with NASA as a Unit in the Applied Technology 17 years, Jerinae. He has a son, There are several Toastmasters “pre-co-op” just out of high school directorate. “He exemplifies the Willie, 23, and daughter, Simaya, clubs at KSC. For more informa- 29 years ago. He has been a proactive, nurturing attitude that 11. While KSC and the Toastmas- tion, visit http:// member of the Toastmasters the Toastmasters organization ters organization keep him busy, ksc.freetoasthost.info. July 27, 2007 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 Remembering Our Heritage

40 years ago: Kennedy team manages launch for fourth Orbiting

Geophysical Observatory THE FOURTH Orbiting Geophysical Observatory was By Kay Grinter Arizona and New Hampshire to launched July 28, 1967. The Reference Librarian Iowa, as well as Stanford, mission was managed by Dartmouth, Rice, CalTech and Kennedy’s Unmanned Launch n July 28, 1967, Kennedy Flinders in Southern Australia. Operations team. Space Center’s Unmanned There were government and OLaunch Operations — the corporate participants, too. ULO team — chalked up another Some members of Kennedy’s success. Orbiting Geophysical ULO team lived in California year- Observatory-4, also called OGO-4, round. launched from Vandenberg Air One of them was Bud Thacker Force Base into a near-polar orbit in the Pacific Launch Operations aboard a Thrust-Augmented Thor- Office, NASA’s interface with the Agena rocket. Pacific Missile Range, managed by McDonnell Douglas was the the U.S. Navy. From his home in prime contractor for the Thor first Tampa, he recalled: “When I stage; Lockheed manufactured the joined NASA in 1962, the office Agena second stage. was located at Point Mugu. This was the fourth of six OGO “After the Air Force took over launches, the first of which was in management, the range was September 1964 from Cape renamed the ‘Western Test Range’ Canaveral. The first four missions provided more than 450,000 Some members of Kennedy’s experiment hours of data on ULO team lived in California Earth’s environment. year-round. “We provided The TRW-built OGO-4 vehicle support for all NASA spacecraft carried 20 experiments launches from the West designed to study the relationship Coast,” Thacker said. between the sun and Earth’s environment during a period of to mirror the name of the ‘Eastern increased solar activity. Particular Test Range’ along the Atlantic, ULO team was Wendell Cortright, “At the time I retired, I was emphasis was placed on particle and the office moved to point man on the West Coast for working on the shuttle program at activity, aurora and airglow, the Vandenberg. the Agena launches. From his Vandenberg. NASA had a plan to geomagnetic field, the neutral and “We provided spacecraft and home in Clinton, Ark., he recalled: develop a launch capability for ionized composition of the vehicle support for all NASA “I always lived in Lompoc. When shuttle missions from Space atmosphere, and the electromag- launches from the West Coast.” there was an Agena being readied Launch Complex-6 on the base.” netic energy sources contributing Thacker relocated to Brevard for launch, I had daily telecoms On Oct. 23, 1969, OGO-4 was to ionization and atmospheric County as manager of ULO’s Delta with management at the Cape, and turned off but was briefly reacti- heating. launch operations division in I traveled to Kennedy about twice vated in 1970 to make some Experimenters included 1977. a year to attend meetings. additional observations. universities from Michigan to Another Californian on the July NASA employees of the month he July NASA employees of the month include, from left, Caley Burke, Launch Services Program; Danny TZeno, Launch Vehicle Processing; Frank Kline, Center Operations; and Rebecca Sharek, Office of the Chief Engineer. Not pictured are Phil Gvozd, Information Technology and Communications Services; Nancy Zeitlin, Applied Technology; Kirk Logsdon, Constellation Project Office; Clara Zapata, Engineering; Glenn Seaton, Engineering; Tammy Burlein, Procurement Office; Sam Rogers, Safety and Mission Assurance; Joseph Delai, International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing; and Layla Higgins, External Relations. Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS July 27, 2007 Foreign object debris removal crucial to safety

ennedy Space Center personnel, meets monthly to Director of Safety and exchange ideas on FOD prevention KMission Assurance and to discuss efforts to maintain Shannon Bartell and the KSC awareness. It also presents awards Foreign Object Debris Steering to groups exhibiting superior FOD Committee recently presented a prevention practices. Silver Dollar Award to United In keeping with the NASA core Space Alliance’s Launch Pad 39A values, safety continues to be a Reactivation Refurbishment Team. high priority not only during The award recognizes the spaceflight operations, but also tremendous effort to remove during day-to-day activities. potential foreign object debris, or FOD jeopardizes the safety of FOD, from the pad following a the work force and presents a major refurbishment period. costly consequence in the form of The team accomplished the repairs to ground support equip- huge task of cleaning the entire ment and flight hardware. Pad A complex from the perimeter All of KSC’s processing areas SHANNON BARTELL, director of Safety and Mission Assurance, presents fence inward. Through multiple must be continually inspected and members of the Launch Pad 39A refurbishment team a Silver Dollar walkdowns, the team removed cleaned. Debris generated during Award for removing potential foreign object debris from the pad. hundreds of pounds of trash and the execution of work tasks must The Steering Committee is tions. construction waste. be disposed of properly and FOD calling on everyone to continue to Anyone who sees debris that The FOD Steering Committee findings documented. do their part in the area of FOD doesn’t belong in an area is asked works to keep debris prevention on Personnel processing flight prevention. In particular, senior to pick it up. the minds of everyone in the work hardware conduct hundreds of managers are asked to lead by For information about how to force. The committee, made up of thousands of FOD walkdowns example by participating in FOD keep the center FOD free, contact civil service and contractor annually. walkdowns and award presenta- [email protected]. Education resources available at Center for Space Education eachers and students can nautics and space sciences. They THE CENTER launch experimental rockets communicate NASA activities to for Space powered by water or air, and kindergarten through 12th-grade Education at the T Visitor Complex enjoy many other hands-on students using a variety of hands- includes the educational activities at the Center on activities and can be booked by Educator for Space Education, adjacent to calling (321) 867-2959. Resource the Kennedy Space Center Visitor The educator workshops offer Center and the Complex. in-depth instruction to help Exploration In the Educator Resource teachers bring NASA resources Station Center and the Exploration into their classrooms to comple- (pictured). Station, teachers and students learn ment their own instruction. NASA aerospace concepts and receive education materials and presenta- free NASA educational resources. tions are correlated to national and The Educator Resource Center state standards. offers services to educators, such as Last year, more than 8,000 NASA education guides, video and educators, approximately 17,000 slide duplication services, and students and 8,000 members of the John F. Kennedy Space Center educator professional development public took part in these programs. workshops. The Educator Resource Center Spaceport News The Exploration Station is can be contacted at (321) 867- staffed by education specialists 4090 to find out about NASA who are knowledgeable in aero- education resources for educators. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by External Relations in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees. Bruce Willis at Visitor Complex Aug. 2 Contributions are welcome and should be submitted two weeks before he Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Netflix will host publication to the Media Services Branch, IDI-011. E-mail submissions can be sent to [email protected]. a concert Aug. 2 featuring the Bruce Willis Blues Band, fol- lowed by a special outdoor showing of the movie “Armaged- Managing editor...... Amber Philman T Editor...... Jeff Stuckey don” in the Rocket Garden. The concert begins at 7 p.m., followed by Copy editor ...... Corey Schubert the movie at 9 p.m. A limited amount of free limited-admission tickets were available for badged KSC and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Editorial support provided by InDyne, Inc. Writers Group. employees, along with an opportunity to purchase additional tickets at NASA at KSC is located on the Internet at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy $12 each (with a limit of five per employee), beginning July 23 at the USGPO: 733-049/600138 Exchange Stores on a first-come, first-served basis.