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NASA/Sandra Joseph - Kevin O’Connell Endeavour ends STS-134, final mission Xenon lights help lead Endeavour home on June 1. Endeavour landed for the final time on the ’s Runway 15, marking the 25th night landing of NASA’s Space Shuttle Pro- gram. Main gear touchdown was at 2:34:51 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 2:35:04 a.m., and wheelstop at 2:35:36 a.m. STS-134 was the 25th and final flight for Endeavour, which has spent 299 days in space, orbited 4,671 times and traveled 122,883,151 miles.

Clickhere to take a look at Endeavour’s Click here to find out everything you Click here to get a complete Click here to view STS-134 images, Click here to watch the YouTube video Fact Sheet, including every mission’s need to know about the legacy of STS-134 mission overview and mission watch the mission’s video and listen to of Endeavour’s final landing with com- facts and figures. Endeavour. timeline. the mission’s audio. mentary.

Optimus Prime award STS-135 Payload Final Shuttle Rollout Be prepared Inside this issue ...

Page 2 Page 3 Page 6 Page 7 Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS June 10, 2011 NASA transforms way students learn about technology By Rebecca Regan Spaceport News

ptimus Prime once said, “There’s a thin line between Obeing a hero and being a memory.” Four fifth-graders from Union Park Elementary School in Orlando, Fla., recently became more than just a memory . . . to their CLICK ON PHOTO NASA classmates they are heroes for win- The 10-pound glass 2010 NASA Optimus Prime ning an award inspired by the leader Spinoff Awards on display. For more information about the competition, or to view photos and a of the Autobots in the popular message from Optimus Prime, click on the photo. “Transformers” franchise. “Excelling in science, technol- eighth-grader from Roberto Clem- ogy, engineering and math allows ente Middle School in Germantown, you to use your imagination and to Md., took home first place in the go beyond what you see Optimus older age group. Her video was Prime doing,” said Nona Cheeks, about how a star-mapping algorithm chief of the Technology Com- CLICK ON PHOTO For NASA used on NASA’s Hubble Space mercialization Office at NASA’s Grace Romano, left and Isaliz Gonzales host a news program explaining the NASA technology that Telescope is helping scientists track Goddard Space Flight Center in protects skin against exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays. To view the “Fabrics Protect Sensitive Skin endangered animals. from UV Rays” video, click on the photo. Greenbelt, Md., during an award At the end of the Union Park ceremony at the school May 25. programs, green screens . . . and we hearing that she and her award ceremony, Peter Cullen, the Cheeks and other NASA repre- had us.” teammates will be receiving four voice of Optimus Prime, got the at- The teamwork attitude por- complementary passes each to sentatives were there to honor Isaliz tention of a couple hundred fourth- trayed in their “Fabrics Protect Sen- the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Gonzales, Juliana Sanchez, Saman- and fifth-graders by saying “Many sitive Skin from UV Rays” video Complex. tha Herrod and Grace Romano with challenges lie ahead . . . if we work is what won over the public after “I’m very impressed by your 10-pound glass trophies for the together, we can face them, and we short, creative video they produced it was posted on YouTube. Nearly group and your video . . . not only can beat them.” for the 2010 NASA Optimus Prime 70 videos were submitted by more did you grasp the concept and NASA plans to have the contest Spinoff Competition. The goal of than 170 students from 30 states explain it, but you also made it en- again this year, expanding the pool the video competition, sponsored in two age groups -- third through tertaining and that’s important,” said of contestants to ninth- through by the Innovative Partnerships fifth grade and sixth through eighth Dr. Lesley Fletcher, deputy division Program at Goddard and the action grade. A panel of NASA judges chief of Education at Kennedy. “Our 12th-graders. figure maker Hasbro, was to help reviewed and selected the winners hope is that you’ll go into science, When Klein asked the students, students understand how NASA from the top five videos in each age technology, engineering or math and “The next time I ask for volunteers “transforms” technologies to benefit group. you’ll create things that make the to do this video, I’ll get a lot more, humankind on a daily basis. “All our hard work has defi- world better for everyone.” right fourth-graders?” they all “We wanted to give you kids a nitely paid off,” Romano said after “Dahlia” Senthilnathan Huh, an yelled “yes” in unison. chance to express your creativity,” said Darryl Mitchell, a Goddard engineer. “It’s a very exciting time, our understanding of our universe and technology is evolving, and some of you may be the first to walk on Mars.” Kimberley Klein, the students’ science lab teacher, said highlight- ing clothing that helps protect skin against exposure to harmful ultra- violet rays was an easy pick because of all the time Floridians spend baking in the hot . She said that winning the award was quite a shock because the com- petition seemed pretty fierce. “We did our best and we hoped for the best,” Klein said. “It was a huge surprise because we looked CLICK ON PHOTO NASA at the other videos and they were Four fifth-grade students from Union Park Elementary in Orlando, Fla., accept their 2010 NASA Optimus Prime Spinoff Awards. To view the “How the NASA very high-tech, they used computer Star Mapping Technology Help Save Him” video, click on the photo. June 10, 2011 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 STS-135 mission to carry more payload than ever before By Linda Herridge attempt to test robotic refueling tech- Spaceport News niques for not built with on-orbit servicing in mind, and is hen Atlantis and its four expected to reduce risks and lay the veteran launch foundation for future robotic servic- Won the STS-135 mission ing missions,” Cepollina said. to the International The RRM will remain on the (ISS) in July, the shuttle’s payload station for two years and will be used bay will be filled with more hard- to demonstrate robotic refueling of ware, supplies, logistics, and spare spacecraft as well as general space parts by volume than previous space robotic repair and servicing opera- shuttle missions. Also, two of the tions. 11 science experiments carried in Michael Kinslow, Boeing Space the middeck were developed in the Operations payloads flow manager, Space Life Sciences Laboratory, or said more than 60 NASA and Boeing SLSL, at Kennedy Space Center. workers performed the assembly, “This will be my first and only testing and final integration work for shuttle payload so I’m obviously the payloads. very excited,” said Spencer Wood- “Each mission is unique and has ward, who is the technical integra- routine and new payload hardware tion manager in the Engineering providers,” Kinslow said. “We’ve Directorate, “I hope to have many worked with many international more payloads on future vehicles.” customers for space station over the He helped develop the Forward years and have developed long-term Osmosis Bag (FOB), which is a relationships.” modified product designed to convert For STS-135, Kinslow said untreated water into a potable drink. there were some enhanced pumps Monica Soler, the FOB project and equipment arriving late for space engineer and a payload development station system racks, so Kennedy’s engineer with Team QNA on the cen- operations and engineering teams ter’s Engineering Services Contract, developed a late cargo stowage plan. said she feels honored to have had “It was a great team effort and such an integral role in the develop- spirit for this final shuttle mission to ment of the experiment. support the space station,” Kinslow “I have mixed emotions as said. I watch my first payload also be The science and research experi- the last science experiment to be ments will be stowed in 10 lockers in CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jack Pfaller conducted on the space shuttle to end Atlantis’ middeck July 7. According such a vital part of history,” Soler Technicians garbed in protective wear, commonly known as “bunny suits,” install cargo inside the Raf- faello multi-purpose logistics module June 3 in the Space Station Processing Facility. Commander Chris to ISS Utilization Integration Engi- said. Ferguson, Pilot and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim are targeted to neer Jennifer Wahlberg, these have Biological Research in lift off aboard space shuttle Atlantis on July 8. They will take Raffaello, packed with supplies, logistics a late stowage requirement because Canisters-Symbiotic Nodulation in and spare parts to the International Space Station. For more on STS-135, click on the photo. some of the experiment samples a Reduced Gravity Environment need to be loaded as late as possible. (BRIC SyNRGE), developed by The multi-purpose logistics the station back to Earth for investi- “On this flight, we have more Dr. Gary Stutte, with Team QNA at module Raffaello and an external gation into why it failed.” science in the middeck than on any the SLSL last year, will investigate carrier that will hold the Robotic During the mission, the RRM recent mission and it will be chal- microgravity effects associated Refueling Mission (RRM) were pro- will be transferred from Atlantis to lenging for the team,” Wahlberg said. with microbe-host interactions and cessed and prepared for flight at the the station and eventually will be “It’s nice to end the program with a cell-to-cell communication using a Space Station Processing Facility. securely mounted to the space sta- big focus on space research, but it’s plant-bacteria model system. The RRM was developed at Goddard tion’s EXPRESS Logistics Carrier-4 sad to see the end of the space shuttle Susan Manning-Roach, also Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, platform to conduct robotic refueling flights, which have accomplished so with Team QNA, is the project Md., and transported to Kennedy for and servicing technology demonstra- much.” engineer who worked with several final testing and processing. tions. Wahlberg and the rest of the other engineers and scientists to en- Joe Delai, Kennedy’s payloads Frank Cepollina, the deputy STS-135 processing team are look- sure that the BRIC hardware would mission manager for STS-135, said it associate director for NASA’s Satel- ing forward to the continuation of be compatible with the SyNRGE will be bittersweet to watch the pay- lite Servicing Capabilities Office, science research via other launch experiment. loads for the last mission installed in said the RRM is an ISS experiment vehicles. “I have sentimental feelings that Atlantis’ payload bay June 16. designed to demonstrate and test the “It’s very sad when an exciting, go all the way back to my first mis- “The external carrier also will tools, technologies and techniques program comes to an end,” Delai sion, STS-41D, in 1984, as I await hold a pump module adapter plate,” needed to robotically refuel satellites said. “But I’m also very excited the last shuttle launch,” Manning- Delai said. “It will be used to in space. about what the future holds for Roach said. transport a failed pump module from “This will be the first on-orbit NASA.” Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS June 10, 2011 June 10, 2011 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 Scenes Around Kennedy Space Center

CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann Above: Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana, right, hands a check for $1,186 to Helmut Hiller, environmental and wildlife specialist-safety manager for the SPCA of Central . Below: The winning team of the 2011 KSC All-American Picnic Chili Cook-off People’s Choice award chose the charity. The team, comprised of Boeing Co. workers, calls itself the Fire Breathers. To learn more about the SPCA, click on the photo above.

NASA/Frankie Martin 2011 Lunabotics teams earn top honors Thirty-six teams of undergraduate and graduate stu- Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. dents from around the globe tested their robot designs • Arizona Communications Efficiency Award: Lauren- in a challenge at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor tian University Complex from May 26-28. • Team Spirit Award: University of Alabama During the competition, teams remotely controlled • Slide Presentation Award: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical excavators, called lunabots, to determine which could University in Daytona Beach, Fla. collect the most simulated lunar soil during a specified • Outreach Project Award: Montana Tech, University timeframe. The first place mining competition team is of Montana Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada (above). The • Systems Engineering Paper Award: John Brown Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence winner is the Univer- University in Siloam Springs, Ark. CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann sity of North Dakota in Grand Forks (below). The competition is designed to engage and retain Space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-135 crew participates in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT, in the Space Station Processing Facility on June 6. Standing inside the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, which will be packed with Winners in other competition categories are: students in the science, technology, engineering and supplies, logistics and spare parts for their mission to the International Space Station, are Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus, left, Commander Chris Ferguson, Mission Specialist Rex Walheim and Pilot Doug Hurley. The purpose of -- On-Site Mining Award Winners: University of North mathematics disciplines critical to NASA missions. CEIT is for flight crew members to become familiar with the payload they will be working with and delivering to the station. STS-135 also will return a failed ammonia pump module on the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Dakota and West Virginia University For more information about the competition, visit: Structure Carrier, or LMC, to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135, targeted to launch July 8, will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space -- Judges Innovation Design Award: Embry-Riddle http://www.nasa.gov/lunabotics station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA’s . For more on the STS-135 crew, click on the photo.

NASA NASA employees Stephenie Hadaway, left, and Lien Moore show some of the mango trees sold by the Asian-Pacific American Connection (APAC) to celebrate CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jack Pfaller Asian-Pacific Islander Heritage Month. APAC transported 107 “Miracle Mango” An adult osprey keeps an eye on its young from a pole near the Press Site parking lot. The trees from a nursery in Lake Worth, Fla., to the Space Coast Nursery on Merritt Press Site is at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39, making it an ideal osprey nesting NASA/Gina Mitchell-Ryall Island, Fla. The name miracle is based on the cultivar’s ability to consistently place. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, located inside Kennedy Space Center’s The Kennedy Space Center Fire Rescue Team was among those who received a Gold Dollar award from Kennedy Center Director produce two crops of fruit a year. The trees, in three-gallon pots, will be offered bounderies, provides a habitat for many types of wildlife, including the osprey, and 330 Bob Cabana on May 12. The Gold Dollar award, which was started by fomer center director Roy Bridges in 1997, is for model behav- again soon. To learn more about the “Miracle Mango” trees, contact Bob Moore at species of birds. For information on the refuge, click on the photo. ior -- either intervening to stop an unsafe condition or satisfying the customer. 867-4462 or robert.e.moore@.gov. Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS June 10, 2011 Atlantis provides majestic final rollout

We asked several people attending space “This just makes me shuttle Atlantis’s move to Kennedy’s Launch Pad “A true, modern-day feel so proud. I can masterpiece. She say that I am a part of 39A for its STS-135 mission what was going wears her history this forever.” very well. It is great to through their minds during the Space Shuttle be a part of this epic Sharon McDougle Program’s final scheduled rollout. evening.” with United Space Alliance at Johnson Clifford Howes Space Center of Melbourne Beach, Fla.

“I was fortunate to see “It is so beautiful to the first rollout and see this majestic bird now I’ve seen the last crawl to her nest for one. It sure has been one final launch. I am great to be part of so proud to be a part history.” of the Space Shuttle Program.” Sean Slater of Cocoa Beach, Fla. Brent Lohaus of Merritt Island, Fla.

“It’s awesome. Not “Looking at it makes only is it beautiful, me feel very proud but it really makes me that I can say my wonder how we were dad was a part of able to put all these the Space Shuttle parts together in one Program and Apollo.” piece.” Susan Jeter Bonni Heffelfinger of Cocoa, Fla. of Cocoa, Fla.

“Looking at space shuttle Atlantis “It sure is an awesome reminds me that some sight to see. Not only of our real heroes are is it history in the astronuts. It truly is making, but it is the America at its best.” first step to what lies ahead.” Scott Van Leeuwen of Salt Lake City Brian Simms of Orlando, Fla.

Others said . . .

“I’ve been waiting a long time to see this and knowing that this is the final time . . . it really makes this special.” CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jack Pfaller “It’s somewhat bitter- Chandresh Borsadia Bright xenon lights greet space shuttle Atlantis as the sapcecraft makes its final move sweet. It’s angelic as of Rajkot, India from Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building. “Rollout,” as it’s called, to Launch Pad 39A it moves to the pad at Kennedy Space Center began at 8:42 p.m. EDT on May 31. It took the crawler- . . . like an ethereal transporter about seven hours to carry the shuttle, attached to its external fuel tank and “It ‘s been an honor to work on this team. We creature.” solid rocket boosters atop a , to its seaside launch pad. The really made something of ourselves.” milestone move paves the way for the launch of the STS-135 mission to the Internation- Brandon Fibbs al Space Station, targeted for July 8. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight ofAtlantis, the 37th of Los Angeles John Reali shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space of Cape Canaveral, Fla. Shuttle Program. For more information on Atlantis, click the photo. June 10, 2011 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 Meeting of the minds kicks off hurricane season preps By Rebecca Regan Service Forecast Office in Spaceport News Melbourne, Fla., was the Stay Informed meeting’s guest speaker. t’s been several years Hagemeyer said he and his since a tropical storm or Stay storm savvy at work colleagues fear that many by visiting Kennedy’s Emer- hurricane ravaged the I people are in a current state gency Operations website at Space Coast, so Kennedy of “hurricane denial.” http://eoc.ksc.nasa.gov. Space Center’s Emergency “The truth is, very few For valuable information Operations Center, or EOC, families a have complete, on family disaster planning, is warning against the kind check out www.ready.gov . well-thought-out hurricane of complacency that typi- CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/NOAA In the event of an emer- plan,” said Hagemeyer. “Al- cally sets in as experiences The GOES-13 satellite follows two low- systems on June 3, during what gency, NASA TV will provide most all of our staff has to fade into memory. is expected to be an active 2011 Hurricane Season. To follow storms with NASA, information to employees on be on duty and they need to click on the photo. The best thing for these channels. make sure their family is safe Kennedy’s Internal Cable: people to do, emergency prepares for disasters year- of the storm will determine so they can focus on their Channel 46 management officials say, is round by testing communica- how many members remain important mission. So this Brighthouse Networks: come up with a plan for fam- tions, backing up systems, on center,” said Kee. “If it’s a choice of mission or family Channel 144 ily members. If a threatening performing radio checks and Category 4 or 5, we tell most is what we want to avoid.” Direct TV: Channel 376 storm develops, the hard de- simulating ride-out forma- of our team to button down Information also can be To avoid that difficult cision will already have been tions. There are about 120 their homes and evacuate the obtained by calling these choice, Hagemeyer’s staff members on the ride-out made. And if no storms come area.” phone numbers. is required to have personal team, including mostly con- up, the plan can be dusted off The 2011 Atlantic Kennedy: 321-861-7900 plan of action. That’s a rule tractor employees supporting during the next season. Toll Free: 866-572-4877 Kennedy’s EOC is urging each directorate, along with Hurricane Season runs United Space Alliance: About 150 hurricane employees to emulate this the senior leader, incident through November 30 and 321-867-3900 coordinators and ride-out hurricane season. commander/NASA Emer- the National Oceanic and Report Damage: team members gathered in According to Wayne gency Management officer Atmospheric Administration, 321-867-1084 or Kennedy’s Training Audito- Kee, senior leader of Ken- and a NASA test director. or NOAA, is predicting 12 to 321-867-1506 rium on June 1 to brush up nedy’s EOC, his team “The size and intensity 18 named storms. on their own storm-related planning, preparedness, communication and response skills. Lightning season strikes Space Coast Russell Romanella, as- in Melbourne, Fla., at Only do this if there is no sociate director for Engineer- www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb . alternative. Avoid elevated ing and Technical Operations Know the local weather or wide-open areas. Do at Kennedy, kicked off the patterns. The National not go under trees to keep Weather Service Graphical dry. Avoid swimming, meeting by talking about Hazardous Weather Out- boating and fishing. Small the Labor Day hurricane look is issued each morn- open structures provide no that hit the Florida Keys in ing and includes a map lightning protection. 1935. It was the first of three indicating where lightning Level 4: First aid. All Category 5 hurricanes the most likely will occur dur- lightning deaths are from cardiac arrest or stopped United States endured during ing the next 24 hours. Level 2: Know breathing. Use CPR or res- the 20th Century. when and where to go for cue breathing, as needed. “People caught in lightning safety. Watch the Have someone call 911. If the open were blasted by NASA skies for signs of approach- available, use an Auto- ing or locally developing mated External Defibrilla- sand with such force that it The new comprehensive weather instrumentation system on Kennedy Space tor (AED). If the cardiac stripped away their clothing, Center’s Launch Pad 39B captures a lightning strike on May 27. thunderstorms. If you hear thunder, the storm is get- arrest is due to fibrillation, children were ripped from nown as “Light- expected within about ting close enough to be a the AED works better than their parents’ arms by the ning Alley,” six miles of the specified danger. A safe place from CPR. If it is not fibrillation, intense wind and families locations and is issued up then the AED won’t fire Central Florida lightning is a large fully and CPR should resume. K to 30 minutes before the enclosed building with were washed out to sea by an encounters an astronomi- For more information, lightning is predicted. wiring and plumbing. A 18- to 20-foot storm surge,” cal number of high-power, Phase 2 Lightning visit www.lightningsafety. vehicle with a solid metal noaa.gov . Romanella said. “That’s an high-heat and high-speed Warning: Lightning is roof and solid metal sides example of the strength that imminent or occurring For lightning safety lightning bolts from May also offers good protection. training, contact the 45th a storm has, what it can do, through September. To within about six miles of When indoors, stay away Weather Squadron at the specified locations. why we need to prepare for stay safe on the job and at from conducting paths to william.roeder@patrick. it, and that’s why we’re here Level 1: Schedule the outside. af.mil or 321-853-8410. home, listen for watches outdoor activities to avoid Level 3: Risk reduc- today.” and warnings. the lightning hazard. Use tion. If you must be outside William P. Roeder of Bart Hagemeyer, the Phase 1 Lightning the local forecasts from the with thunderstorms in the the 45th Weather Squadron meteorologist-in-charge Watch: Lightning is National Weather Service area, you are in danger. contributed to this report. of the National Weather Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS June 10, 2011

NASA Employees of the Month: June Kennedy Space Center Activities 2011 KSC Spring Flag Football League Championship Game (June 8)

ROWDIES 31, ISLAUGHTER 14

If you’re interested in playing flag football in the fall, contact Matt Jimeniz at 321-867-4509 or [email protected] or Dustin Dyer at 321-861.6160 or [email protected]. Games are played Wednesdays at KARS Park I.

2011 KSC Tennis League Rankings, Leaders and Upcoming Schedule NASA/Carl Winebarger Employees for the month of June are, from left, Robert Van Arsdalen, Engineering Directorate; Fernan Singles Rodriguez, ; Keith Meholic, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate; Duc Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 June 9 Schedule Ngo, Information Technology and Communications Services; Michelle Edelman, Chief Financial Office; Rankings Rankings Rankings Rankings Hosan vs. Young Daniel Keenan, Engineering Directorate; Melissa Jones, Launch Vehicle Processing Directorate; Anja- Norm Hosan Billy Specht Miguel Rodriguez Sergio Briceno Staubus vs. Wheeler Specht vs. Ingham nette Wicks, Center Operations; Dunamis Pedraza, Procurement Office. Not pictured is, Jim Medina, Ken Young Bob Ingham James Hudleston Kate Liu DeWitt vs. Panik Constellation Project Office. Calvert Staubus Scott DeWitt Ed Bertot Lashelle McCoy Rodriguez vs. Hudleston Alan Wheeler Kevin Panik Joe Zeppuhar Laura Scott Bertot vs. Zeppuhar Briceno vs. Liu Kennedy Space Center Calendar McCoy vs. Scott * All times are Eastern The league seeks new players and is open to all Kennedy civil service and contractor personnel and dependents. Matches are played Thursdays at KARS Park I and II. June 15 Sharon Wong, guest speaker, “Diversity, Leadership, For more information, contact Alan Wheeler at 321-867-3565 or [email protected]. Empowerment and Beyond” in honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month; Operations and Checkout Doubles Building, Mission Briefing Room; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. COURT LEADERS FROM JUNE 7 Court 9 - Chip Hooper Court 7 - Rod Downing Court 4 - Kate Liu June 16 Bonnie St. John, guest speaker, “Perseverance = Success” Court 8 - Ron Feile Court 6 - Jeff Andress Court 3 - Debbie dela Fuente Spring 2011 Diversity Event; Training Auditorium; 10 a.m. COURT GROUPS FOR JUNE 14 June 17 KSC B.EST BBQ; KARS I Clubhouse (Area No. 2); Court 9 Court 8 Court 7 Court 6 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Chip Hooper Miguel Rodriguez Andy Maffe Alan Wheeler Art Shutt Dave Davies Scott Schilling Teresa Bollig Brian Klein Andy Maffe Jay Hebert Norm Ring Ron Feile Rod Downing Tom Li Amy Lombardo

Court 4 Court 3 Court 2 Court 1 Looking up and ahead . . . Jeff Andress Laura Rochester TBD TBD * All times are Eastern Laura Scott Ted Moore Kate Liu Debbie dela Fuente Scheduled for June 10 Launch/VAFB: Delta II, Aquarius / SAC-D Satellite; 10:20 a.m. The league seeks new players and is open to all Kennedy civil service and contractor personnel and dependents. Matches are played Tuesdays at KARS Park I and II. Targeted for July 8 Launch/KSC: Atlantis, STS-135; 11:26 a.m. For more information, contact Teresa Bollig at 321-264-8575 or [email protected]. Planned for July 20 Landing/KSC: Atlantis, STS-135; 7:06 a.m. If you’d like your Kennedy Space Center athletic activity to be published in No Earlier Than July 14 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, GPS IIF-2; 2:51 p.m. Spaceport News, send an e-mail to [email protected]

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