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June 26, 2009 Vol. 49, No. 13 Spaceport News John F. - America’s gateway to the universe

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INSIDE . . . Mission targets uncharted ‘’ New facility By Steven Siceloff struments to try to find proof coming soon Spaceport News of ice or water vapor before it too slams into the lunar pair of spacecraft is surface to kick up a second heading to the plume. to gather informa- A “You see there’s this tion about potential landing strong interplay between sites and to find out whether science and exploration,” water exists on or near the said Mike Wargo, chief lunar surface. The missions lunar scientist for NASA’s are NASA’s first to the Page 2 Exploration Science Mis- moon in 10 years, and come sion Directorate. “We’re go- 40 years after ing to have a really compre- Crews work on first walked there. leak hensive set of data sets that The Lunar Reconnais- NASA needs to return to the sance Orbiter, LRO, and moon.” Lunar Crater Observation The missions build on and Sensing Satellite, or past research of the moon, LCROSS, lifted off together including signs of ice picked atop an rocket from up by the Lunar Prospec- Cape Canaveral Air Force tor spacecraft in 1999. Station on June 18 at LCROSS managers intend 5:32 p.m. to crash the spacecraft into Page 3 Although both space- the moon at one of the craft are headed to the Ares I-X update points where the Prospec- moon, their missions are tor saw the best chance for using far different methods water. to study ’s closest The places thought to neighbor. have water are at the moon’s LRO entered lunar poles, not the middle orbit Tuesday morning, four regions where the Apollo days after launch. Each of astronauts landed. Those ar- its instruments will survey eas get a lot of sunlight that the surface on their own, would boil any water away. producing a complete map But there are large craters at of the moon’s temperature Page 6 the poles where sun either scales, radiation levels and doesn’t shine much, or the precise elevations. Together, Heritage: crater walls create a large the information should give SSPF dedicated shadow over the floor that mission planners on Earth could protect water. in 1994 what they need to pick out Some of the craters do the best place for a lunar not climb above -200 de- outpost in the future. grees Celsius, said LCROSS The LCROSS mission Project Scientist Tony calls for the satellite to steer Colaprete. the empty 5,000-pound LCROSS has nine upper stage from instruments on board, NASA/Sandra Joseph -Tony Gray the Atlas V into the moon to including spectrometers and An Atlas V rocket carrying the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater blast up a plume of material. several specialized cameras. Observation and Sensing Satellite launches from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Page 7 Canaveral Air Force Station on June 18 at 5:32 p.m. LRO and LCROSS are the LCROSS will fly through first missions in NASA’s plan to return humans to the moon and begin establishing the plume with its own in- See WATER, Page 2 a lunar outpost by 2020. Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS June 26, 2009 Propellants North Facility to break ground By Linda Herridge Spaceport News

ennedy Space Cen- ter soon will break Kground on a new Propellants North Facility in the Launch Complex 39 area that will qualify for the U.S. Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Platinum designation. It is the highest designation a LEED facility can achieve, and will be the first for the center. According to Center Operations LEED Specialist Frank Kline, the new facility will feature a high- efficiency roof and walls, air conditioning with energy recovery technology; ef- ficient variable frequency motors, variable air volume boxes; high-efficiency light-

ing fixtures; smart lighting NASA image controls with step dimming An artist’s rendition shows the proposed Propellants North Facility in Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39 area, which will qualify for the U.S. Green Building and occupancy sensors; Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Platinum designation. Energy Star appliances; water-conserving bathroom customers,” Kline said. “The ates, Inc. of Titusville, Fla., claimed and processed waste current ASHRAE (American fixtures; and high-velocity construction of this new and Green Building Services concrete from Kennedy’s Society of Heating, Refrig- hand dryers. facility reflects our dedica- of Orlando, Fla., completed demolition projects for facil- erating and Air-Conditioning The facility also will tion to the environment and the design in 2008. ity foundation and paving Engineers) standards,” Kline have natural daylight using the tax payer.” The construction con- subbase materials. said. high windows and correct Kline said currently tract was awarded to HW The roof will be con- The green facility will By Steven Siceloff solar orientation; high-ef- there are only 145 Plati- Davis Construction Inc. of structed of recycled metal house up to 64 managers, Spaceport News ficiency windows; and num-rated facilities in the Orlando. That company’s covered with a rainwater mechanics and technicians sustainable flooring using U.S. and only one other in most recent local project was harvesting system that will who fuel spacecraft at Ken- polished concrete and lami- Florida. the Shuttle Launch Experi- supply restroom fixtures. nedy. An 1,800-square-foot, nated bamboo. “NASA is next,” Kline ence at the Kennedy Space Xeriscape landscaping single-story shop will be set “Center Operations said. Center Visitor Complex. will use native species and aside for cryogenic transfer continually strives for The 10,730-square- The company will recycled crushed crawler- equipment storage. excellence as we develop foot facility will replace old reuse deconstructed Launch way rock for mulch. The new facility is first-rate facilities to support facilities built in the 1960s. Control Center firing room “The building will be 52 scheduled to be complete in our mission programs and Edmunds and Associ- glazing and frames, and re- percent more efficient than late 2010.

From WATER, Page 1 if astronauts can count on water stellation Program has identified 50 to map the moon completely. The already waiting at the moon, then potential landing sites that will be readings will be compared through- All will look at the flash and plume they may be able to use it to fuel intensively surveyed by LRO, said out at least a year of observations to from the Centaur’s impact and relay their engines for the return trip Rich Vondrak, project scientist for see how radiation, temperature and the information quickly before the to Earth instead of having to take the mission. sunlight change. spacecraft impacts as well. all their propellants with them at LRO also will be able to tell With all the new information The LRO spacecraft, NASA’s the start. The water also could be which parts of the moon see near- at hand, mission managers and and Earth- broken down and used as air for the continuous sunlight, another ele- astronauts expect to go much more based observatories will watch astronauts. ment crucial for astronauts hoping safely to the moon than previous debris clouds erupt and search them LRO’s work using seven to deploy solar arrays to power their space crews and go to different for signs of chemicals and water. instruments also is crucial to future lunar systems. places that have never been studied It’s an important study because missions by astronauts. The Con- It will take a month for LRO by astronauts before. June 26, 2009 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 Confident crews work to repair GUCP hydrogen leak By Linda Herridge and we’re confident we have Spaceport News a solution that’s going to work and allow us to go fly or the second time safely, then we’ll proceed in less than a week, forward,” Cain said. launch teams scrubbed F While teams at Kennedy ’s work tirelessly to find the STS-127 mission because solution, the STS-127 astro- of a hydrogen gas leak at nauts are back in Houston the Ground Umbilical Car- continuing to train for their rier Plate, or GUCP, during tanking at Kennedy Space 16-day mission to the Inter- Center. national Space Station. Fueling of Endeavour’s The crew is set to deliver external fuel tank with more the final two segments of the than 500,000 gallons of su- Japan Aerospace Exploration per cold liquid hydrogen and Agency’s Kibo laboratory. liquid oxygen stopped at During five spacewalks, as- 1:02 a.m. June 17, while the tronauts will use the shuttle, station and Kibo robotic launch team evaluated the NASA/Tim Jacobs arms to attach platforms to situation. A vent valve was Workers check out and remove the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate, or GUCP on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. opened and closed several A hydrogen leak during tanking June 12 and again on June 17, pushed the STS-127 mission launch to no earlier than July 11. the Japanese module that times and a fast flow of liq- will allow experiments to be uid hydrogen was restarted. be solved. GH2, flow control valves are The leak was is in a exposed to space. “It was a chal- Endeavour’s launch was part of the propulsion location where similar leaks STS-127 Commander lenging day,” said LeRoy officially scrubbed at system on the space shuttle. resulted in a scrub on Mark Polansky, also known Cain, deputy Space Shuttle 1:55 a.m. by STS-127 There are three valves within June 13 and another during as Astro_127 on the social- Program manager, during a Shuttle Launch Director Pete the system, one dedicated Discovery’s STS-119 tanking networking site Twitter, post-scrub briefing. “This is Nickolenko. to each of the shuttle’s main in May. posted this about the scrub: a team that will be relentless. “The leak is about the engines. The valves regu- The leaks will be evalu- “I’m sure you all know that We recover from these things size of the head of a pin late the main engines to the ated in order to determine we postponed again. It’s a and it makes us stronger.” around the 7-inch quick dis- external fuel tank so the tank the cause. Cain said data reminder that spaceflight is Vent valve trouble- connect,” Nickolenko said. maintains structural integrity collected during fueling is NOT routine.” shooting took place for about “It’s a small area, but we’re and delivers liquid hydrogen expected to help the trouble- Endeavour’s next launch an hour before it became dealing with hydrogen.” to the engines at the correct shooting effort. attempt is targeted for clear the problem could not Gaseous hydrogen, or pressure. “Once we get it fixed July 11 at 7:39 p.m.

Music, military memorabilia ready for trip to space By Steven Siceloff High School in San Antonio, his Navy Underwater Demolition Team dallion from his high school, McCal- Spaceport News wife’s hometown. – SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, lum High School in Austin, Texas. Dave Wolf first flew in 1993 and Fla., plus medallions and patches Endeavour also is packed with rom medallions and patches served on the Russian space station representing SEAL units across the hundreds of items commemorating to a NASCAR team hat, the Mir for 128 days. His hometown nation. something not intended to make varied paths of the seven F of Indianapolis is represented by Fellow first-time flier Doug the trip back – the Exposed Facility astronauts of STS-127 are reflected in the commemorative items they are numerous articles, including an Hurley is taking a hat from the NAS- of Japan’s Kibo laboratory for the bringing along. airplane paperweight. CAR team Joe Gibbs Racing, along International Space Station. Each crew member is allowed A piece of sheet music is mak- with a T-shirt from his alma mater The exposed facility is a plat- to pack a few things into the shuttle ing the trip into space to commemo- Owego Free Academy in Owego, form that attaches to one end of the for the trip, although there are some rate Julie Payette’s work with the N.Y. Kibo section on the space station. limits, including size and weight. Montreal Symphony Orchestra. The Tom Marshburn is bringing a The platform will hold experiments Three of the astronauts have Canadian is an accom- pin from Statesville, N.C., his home- designed to study the vacuum of flown before, but that didn’t dimin- plished singer and pianist. town, along with a pewter coaster space outside the station’s protective ish their desire to celebrate their Christopher Cassidy, making from the University of Virginia’s confines. latest flight into orbit. his first flight into space, reflects engineering department. That’s the The Japan Aerospace Explora- Commander Mark Polansky his previous career with a host of school he graduated from. tion Agency, or JAXA, will celebrate flew on STS-98 and STS-116. This commemoratives from the U.S. Tim Kopra piloted helicopters in the achievement of the lab and the time up, his commemorative choices Navy’s elite SEAL teams. He’s car- the U.S. Army before joining NASA. mission in part with the patches, pins include a banner from East Central rying a medallion from the National He is taking with him a copper me- and flags flying on Endeavour. Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS June 26, 2009 June 26, 2009 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 Scenes Around Kennedy Space Center

Eighth annual Kennedy Space Center BEST BBQ a finger-lickin’ good time

Above, hundreds of Dessert Contest. Kennedy Space Center Carolyn Burnham workers, interns and of United Space friends attended the Alliance took home eighth annual Kennedy the top prize with her Space Center BEST delicious carrot cake. BBQ on June 12 at Along with the NASA/Jim Grossmann Kars Park 1. dessert contest, NASA/Jim Grossmann At right, interns took attendees also Col. Jeffrey Macrander, commander with the 920th Rescue Wing, signs copies of his part in a scavenger were able to enter a book June 19 at the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. Macrander shared Space Florida Academy alumni gather at the countdown clock during a recent visit to Kennedy Space Center. Back row, from left, are, Kevin LaMott of Science Applications International Corp., Denisse Aranda of SAIC, Emma Rader of Space Florida, hunt. spades tournament his experiences in support of special-operations forces and rescue-recovery opera- Michelle Gilmore of United Space Alliance, Tony Gannon of Space Florida, Charles Payne of Lockheed Martin, Michael Green of Kennedy, James Humphries of , and Hills Inc., Aaron Liebold of Kennedy, and Gerard Newsham of Below, judges look and interns took on tions from coast to coast, as well as overseas. Dynamac. Front row, from left, are, Adam Copley of USA, Lukas Lance of Kennedy, and Zach Lance of Kennedy. over the many entries employees in tug- in the Homemade of-war.

Photos by NASA/Ben Cooper

NASA/Jim Grossmann NASA/ Tom Farrar From left, Rep. Steve Crisafulli, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and Sen. Mike Haridopolos share a The Kennedy Space Center Education Office, along with the University of Central Florida, hosted 18 education majors in the Pre-Service Teacher Institute Program from June 1-12. Pre-service teachers, along with Lisa conversation at the National Space Club’s June luncheon on June 9 in Cocoa Beach, Fla. The topic of the luncheon was Valencia of Kennedy’s Education Office, far left, and Linda Scauzillo of UCF, far right, took a photo in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building during a recent tour of Kennedy. The two-week residential workshop increas- “Space in the 2010 Legislative Session.” es students’ skills in teaching mathematics and science, while incorporating technology in their curriculum. The students prepared and presented lesson plans to Gardendale Elementary students on Merritt Island, Fla. Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS June 26, 2009 Ares I-X rocket heating up for summer launch

By Elaine M. Marconi eral parts of the new Spaceport News Ares launch vehicle have their origins in the Space t was an exhilarating Shuttle Program. The aft time at Kennedy Space skirt, which is still used ICenter and throughout at the bottom of shuttle’s NASA as a procession of solid rocket boosters, went Ares I-X launch vehicle through a modification hardware rolled into the process for Ares I-X. Vehicle Assembly Build- Technicians soon will ing, or VAB, on June 11. begin stacking the hardware Members of the media, sections to prepare for the program managers and first Ares flight test sched- more than 300 Kennedy uled for late summer right employees gathered to here at Kennedy. watch as new sections of “The commitment, the ’s dedication of everybody Ares I-X traveled from here -- I’m proud to be the center’s Assembly and a part of this team and Refurbishment Facility to now we can start putting the VAB for processing and our rocket together,” said assembly. NASA Ares I-X mission “We are going to build manager Bob Ess. “We’ve this rocket, we’re going to been looking forward to fly it this year and people this day for two years now are going to see that we at and the fact that we finally Kennedy Space Center can got to this milestone is a pull things together and testament to you all work- get the job done,” center ing so hard.” director Bob Cabana said. Once stacking opera- “Thanks to all of you for tions begin, it will be the your hard work and dedica- first time a new vehicle has tion.” been stacked on NASA’s The Ares I-X rocket Mobile Launcher Platform- will combine existing and 1 in more than 25 years. simulated hardware to The launcher was resemble the Ares I crew turned over from the Space launch vehicle in size, Shuttle Program to the shape and weight. With Constellation Program in this combination, engineers March, and holds a rich his- expect to generate valuable tory from both shuttle and flight data to determine the Apollo launches. final design of Ares I -- the “Ares I-X is a key part vehicle that will launch of the Ares program,” said the crew exploration Joe Oliva, first stage pro- vehicle. gram manager for the Ares The forward assem- I-X at ATK Space Systems bly, which consists of the in Salt Lake City. “This test forward skirt, forward skirt flight will be a key proof extension and the frustum, of concept that allows us to connects the 12-foot diam- have lots of confidence that eter first-stage motor to the this vehicle will work as 18-foot diameter upper- designed.” stage simulator. The flight test of Ares Weighing more than I-X will bring NASA one 40,000 pounds, the as- step closer to its explora- sembly also houses three tion goals of returning NASA/Kim Shiflett newly designed descent humans to the moon for The Ares I-X fifth segment simulator assembly joins other segments in High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, parachutes for first-stage long-duration exploration at Kennedy Space Center. The hardware rolled into the VAB on June 11 for processing and assembly. The Ares I-X flight test will allow NASA to gather critical data during ascent of the integrated Orion spacecraft and the Ares I rocket. The data will recovery. of the lunar surface and ensure the entire vehicle system is safe and fully operational before astronauts begin traveling to orbit. Ares I-X is targeted to Interestingly, sev- beyond. liftoff from Launch Pad 39B in late August. June 26, 2009 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 Remembering Our Heritage Space Station Processing Facility dedicated 15 years ago By Kay Grinter Reference Librarian ifteen years have passed since the Fdedication of the Space Station Processing Facility, or SSPF, the largest processing facility built at Kennedy Space Center since the Apollo era. The ceremo- nial ribbon was cut June 23, 1994. Groundbreaking for the crucial facility -- in NASA file/1998 The Space Station Processing Facility, which serves as the central preflight checkout and processing point for elements of the International Space Station, was Kennedy’s Industrial Area, dedicated June 23, 1994 . Construction of the 457,000-square-foot facility began in April 1991. It includes clean rooms for processing station elements with supporting next to the Operations and control rooms and laboratories, logistics staging areas, operational control rooms, a cafeteria for employees and office space to accommodate more than 1,000 workers. Checkout Building -- was in March 1991. The facility was opment of the GSE. honors went to the Russian- hardware -- trusses, logis- “Many of us who destined to accomplish a big “Building that facility built spacecraft docking tics modules, solar arrays worked on the development job: to serve as the central was a kind of funny situa- module that enabled space and pressurized modules. of the SSPF are working preflight checkout and pro- tion,” Perez-Morales said. shuttle Atlantis to join up Unlike a shuttle bay, which together again on the devel- cessing point for elements of “The station program went with the orbiting Russian is designed to support one opment of the new ground the Space Station Freedom, through many redesigns dur- space station Mir on the vehicle, the SSPF high bay systems for Constellation as the International Space ing the design of the build- STS-74 mission. Then, the can be reconfigured. The -- an enormous task that Station was called then. ing, but there was a big push facility lay idle, awaiting the high bay floor was kept eventually will transform the The 456,000-square- to have the facility ready by arrival of the first hardware free of fixed structures, and Kennedy Space Center back foot, three-story building en- a certain date.” slated for the International typical utilities and services to the moonport,” Gardner compasses communications Tommy Mack, NASA’s Space Station. that run in tunnels under- said. and electrical control areas, construction manager for the Today, Perez-Morales is neath the bay, such as power, Russell Romanella, laboratories, logistics staging SSPF, agreed. the senior project manager high-pressure gas lines and Kennedy’s director of areas, operational control “We had to mitigate an for the redesign of the launch communication lines. All Space Station Processing, rooms, office areas and a impact to the scrub jay habi- pads on Launch Complex of the work stands can be welcomed the latest station cafeteria. A high bay and an tat before we could begin,” 39 in support of the Constel- moved with air-bearing element -- the Node 3 named intermediate bay provide Mack said. “As construction lation Program. Mack is pallets. Through the years, Tranquility -- to the SSPF. 63,000 square feet for space progressed, we negotiated division chief for Planning, the configuration of the high “In June 1997, I was station hardware process- many contract changes with Operations and Partnerships bay has changed hundreds of here when the first U.S. ing. Adjacent to the primary the prime contractor and in the Applied Technology times. element arrived -- Node 1, processing area is a 5,000- their subcontractors. The Directorate. “We’ve had so many Unity,” he said. “Since then, square foot airlock. Both the contract changes were driven During construction payloads stuffed in there at I have seen wave after wave airlock and processing area by design changes, customer of the SSPF, NASA’s Ruth times that every square foot of space station elements are 100,000-parts-per-mil- requirements and the con- Gardner became the opera- was covered with flight hard- come through this facility. lion-rated clean rooms. Glass struction schedule.” tions and maintenance lead ware,” Gardner said. windows overlooking the Perez-Morales recalled representing the Payloads Gardner was appointed Construction of the high bay provide a public one particular example, “The Processing Directorate soon the first facility manager for station now is 81 percent viewing area for the ongoing Test Control and Monitoring after the groundbreaking. the SSPF after it was opera- complete and is the length of work on the floor below. System, or TCMS, software She worked closely with the tional in 1994. the high bay from its far west Jacobs Engineering team needed to have access Design Engineering organi- Today, she is NASA’s to its far east ends. Group Inc. of Lakeland, Fla., to their space on the second zation to ensure the facil- Ground Systems Develop- “Over the next year, we designed the facility, and floor long before the facility ity would meet the station ment Project Office manager are going to fill up this high Metric Constructors Inc. of would be finished. We sched- program’s needs once it was for the Constellation Ground bay once again -- and for the Tampa, Fla., built it. The cost uled the work so TCMS operational. Operations Project at Ken- last time -- as we complete of the SSPF was $72 million. could have early occupancy. “The SSPF is a very nedy. Gardner is responsible the International Space Sta- Jose Perez-Morales With all the station’s funding well-thought-out facility,” for the development of all tion,” Romanella said. “It was NASA’s lead design issues and redesigns, the Gardner said. “Lessons ground systems for handling, means we are approaching engineer for the building and facility was done a couple of learned from other process- processing and launching the the end of this amazing jour- its ground support equip- years before it was needed.” ing facilities were incorpo- Constellation launch vehicles ney we’ve been on --building ment, or GSE, and later was The first flight hardware rated into the design.” and spacecraft, as well as one of the most ambitious the project manager for the was processed through the The station has lots oversight of a very experi- structures ever constructed construction and the devel- SSPF in the fall of 1994. The of different types of flight enced team. by humankind.” Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS June 26, 2009

Celebrate Independence Day and the ON 40th anniversary of the WORD THE STREET The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has teamed with With all the green initiatives taking place at Kennedy Space Center, several businesses and sponsors to what are you doing to help our planet? put on a firework show July 4. Hosted by the communities of Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral, Fla, the event “Recycle bottles and cans at home . . . and will take place offshore from Shepard unplug my cell phone charger when not in use.” Park in Cocoa Beach at 9 p.m. on Omar Izquierdo, Independence Day. with United Space Alliance

Get help on your next ‘tech eval’ “Recycle plastic and paper. If I see trash lying NASA is offering an automated tool to help evaluate change proposals. TurboTech is a around, I pick it up.” Web-based process for composing technical evaluations of contractor proposals, task orders Kelvin Johnson, and delivery orders. To find out more and get a user ID and password, go to: with Launch Coast Services Inc. https://turbotech.gsfc.nasa.gov. A Web-based demo will be offered at 1 p.m. June 24 at https://nasa.webex.com. For more information, e-mail Zachery Dolch at [email protected].

“Replace lights in my house with compact fluorescents . . . they’re great in the morning.” Looking up and ahead . . . Michael Smutek, June 26 Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, GOES-O; 6:14 p.m. EDT with NASA

No earlier than July 11 Launch/KSC: Endeavour, STS-127; 7:39 p.m. EDT Planned for July 27 Landing/KSC Shuttle Landing Facility: 12:16 p.m. EDT “Besides aluminum, paper and plastic . . . I tell the Aug. 12 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, PAN; 4:55 p.m. EDT kids to not stand in front the fridge too long.” Aug. 17 Launch/CCAFS: Delta II, GPS IIR-21; 6:35 a.m. EDT Tom Goodnow, with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. Targeted for Aug. 18 Launch/KSC: Discovery, STS-128; 4:25 a.m. EDT Planned for Sept. 3 Landing/KSC Shuttle Landing Facility: TBD

No earlier than Aug. 30 Launch/KSC: Ares I-X flight test; 7 a.m. EDT “I recycle bottles and such at home . . . I’m really September TBD Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, Commercial Payload; TBD into the most basic recycling.” Sept. 15 Launch/CCAFS: Delta II, STSS Demo; TBD Jeff Meach, with United Space Alliance Sept. 30 Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, WGS SV-3; 7:38 p.m. EDT

No earlier than Nov. 1 Launch/CCAFS: WISE; TBD

Targeted for Nov. 12 Launch/KSC: Atlantis, STS-129; 4:22 p.m. EST Planned for Nov. 23 Landing/KSC Shuttle Landing Facility: TBD John F. Kennedy Space Center No earlier than Nov. 12 Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, GOES-P; TBD No earlier than Nov. 24 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, SDO; TBD Spaceport News Late November/Early December Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, GPS IIF-1; TBD

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