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May 3, 2013 Vol. 53, No. 9 Spaceport News John F. - America’s gateway to the universe

Inside... Atlantis sheds its skin Cabana earns Debus Award By Bob Granath Spaceport News

he National Space Club Committee pre- Tsented Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana with its prestigious Dr. Kurt Page 2 H. Debus Award on April 27. A former U.S. Marine Corps DuPont winners visit aviator and NASA , Cabana was honored at the Debus Award dinner at Ken- nedy’s visitor complex. Named for the spaceport’s first director, the Debus Award was created to recognize significant achieve- ments and contributions made in Florida to American aero- space efforts. Page 6 “Bob’s devotion to his coun- try and the U.S. space program Electronics collected has been exemplary,” said

National Space Club Florida CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann Committee Chairman Jim Mc- National Space Club Florida Committee Chairman Jim McCarthy, left, presents the Dr. Kurt Carthy. “He started his career H. Debus Award to Kennedy’s Director, Bob Cabana at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor as a naval test pilot, became an Complex on April 27. For more, click on the photo. astronaut and has most recently Bolden noted that Cabana to American aerospace ef- provided exceptional leadership now is helping lead the Florida forts. Kurt Debus’ organization as Kennedy’s center director spaceport into the future. conducted launches of the early for safely flying the shuttle “We are looking at new military missiles and space program into retirement.” ways of doing business,” he vehicles. His work included di- Page 8 NASA Administrator Charles said. “We’re trying to integrate recting the design, construction Bolden was on hand at the more of industry into the work and operation of the Launch pad repairs begin event and also praised Cabana’s that we do here trying to bring launch facilities for the work. in more private industry and moon landing program. “I cannot say enough about convert the Kennedy Space In accepting the award, the job Bob Cabana has done Center into a multiuser facility. Cabana gave credit to the as the director of the Kennedy All that’s come about because men and women who work at Space Center,” Bolden said. of Bob’s can-do attitude.” America’s spaceport. “He’s an incredible leader and The Debus Award was “It’s not about me,” he said. that’s why he’s being recog- created by the space club’s “It’s about this truly amazing nized. He’s an inspirational Florida Committee to recognize team here at Kennedy. I truly Page 9 leader that people want to fol- significant achievements and believe we are making our low and be like.” contributions made in Florida dreams a reality.” Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS May 3, 2013 Atlantis sheds skin for June 29 opening By Bob Granath it appeared in space with the Spaceport News payload bay doors opened and Atlantis’ Canadarm remote ma- ike a special gift being nipulator system -- its robotic unwrapped, construction arm -- installed and extended. crews began removing L "We have to take the plas- 16,000 square feet of plastic shrink-wrap from tic off to allow us to open the Atlantis on April 25 as work payload bay doors," Macy said. continues for the famed space- "We've never done this before, craft's new $100 million home but we've got a great plan. at the Kennedy Space Center We've got United Space Alli- Visitor Complex. ance guys who have worked on Atlantis has been enclosed in the shuttle for over 30 years, the plastic since November of we have NASA oversight, last year to protect it from dust we've got plenty of engineers, NASA/Cory Huston and debris during construction CLICK ON PHOTO and we’ve got some really Construction crews began removing 16,000 square feet of plastic shrink-wrap from space of the facility where it will be smart people working on this." shuttle Atlantis on April 25 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, as members of displayed. the media looked on. United Space Alliance was "This is the next step in NASA's Space Program Opera- Construction contines for the wingtip is only 7.5 feet off the unveiling Atlantis," said Tim tions Contractor, responsible one-of-a kind, 90,000-square- ground. Atlantis is being held Macy, director of project de- for processing the shuttles foot educational attraction in place by two support beams velopment for Delaware North between missions. that will feature a 360-degree, attached where the spacecraft Companies Parks and Resorts First flown in 1985, Atlantis' multilevel view of Atlantis. The was mounted atop the Shuttle at the visitor complex. "We last flight, STS-135, was to the facility is scheduled to open to Carrier Aircraft, a modified should have it all off by late International Space Station and the public June 29. Boeing 747, for cross-country tomorrow afternoon." took place from July 8 to 21, "We're on schedule," said ferry flights. As construction workers con- 2011. tinued removing plastic, Macy Macy. "We feel very comfort- “There’s nothing else like "She's had 33 missions in explained that the crews are be- able about that now." this,” Macy said. “The way space and traveled over 12 mil- ing methodical and meticulous In mid-November, Atlan- it’s shown to the public and lion miles," Macy said, noting in their work. tis was raised 30 feet off the presented is like no place else that Atlantis has had a stellar "This is a priceless artifact," ground and rotated 43.21 on Earth.” 26-year career. he said. "It is incumbent upon degrees to be displayed as if Once inside the exhibit, us to take care of her." it were in space. Its portside visitors will see Atlantis as Displays will tell the 30-year story of the entire , including a focus on the contributions of thousands of people working behind the scenes. There will be great detail in the information avail- able in the displays for visitors to enjoy. "It will also be presented in a way that's entertaining," Macy said. "There are over 60 interactive exhibits. What we've learned is we have to entertain as we educate." The exhibits and simulators will provide guests a never- before-experienced perspective on the shuttle’s complex sys- NASA/Cory Huston tems, components and capabili- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, construction crews removed 16,000 square feet of plastic shrink-wrap from on April 25. The spacecraft had been enclosed in the shrink-wrap since November 2012 to protect the artifact from dust and debris ties, and is being designed for during construction of the 90,000-square-foot facility that houses Atlantis and its associated displays. explorers of all ages. May 3, 2013 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 ‘Reverse mentoring’ sessions create excitement By Steven Siceloff workforce that is really the nerves they had at Spaceport News enthused about the work first faded quickly. they’re doing and the “I think I was more he director of direction we’re headed,” nervous of the fact that Kennedy Space Cabana said. he was an astronaut and Center did his T The goal of the reverse head of the Astronaut impression of a chemical mentoring is to improve engineer and a launch Office than that he was communications at the controller and it wasn’t the center director,” center, Cabana said. The that bad, according Caraccio said. “I was participants also had a to the two specialists more impressed that he chance to talk with Ca- watching over his ef- was an astronaut coming bana individually about forts. to do hands-on techni- center issues. “I just had to say cal work. That’s what something once and he “It gives me the op- was making me nervous. could put it all together,” portunity to hear from But then his personality said Anne Caraccio, our folks in a non- totally took the nerves who is part of a team threatening environment, away.” developing a reactor to to learn their concerns The center director convert trash for deep and allow them to ask didn’t spend his day space missions to usable questions of me,” he answering emails or let- propellants and other said. “It also gives me ting himself get distract- gases. “When I’m train- a chance to personally ed either, they said. ing interns or someone share the vision we have “He was fully engaged for Kennedy’s future to who’s coming in here and I really appreciate ensure it’s getting down for the first time, it usu- that,” Harris said. “I to everyone. My inten- ally takes me a couple didn’t expect it to be as tions are to do whatever days. He was just on the beneficial an experience I can to improve com- ball, he was interested. NASA as it was. He was just as munications and ensure He would be a good Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana listens as Anne Caraccio details passionate as we were. everyone knows where researcher out here.” the operations of a trash-to-gas reactor during a reverse mentoring ses- He has the same con- sion in a lab at Kennedy Space Center on April 24. we’re going, and how Bob Cabana, a veteran cerns and the hopes we we’re going to get there, astronaut now lead- have for the center.” ing Kennedy, recently and that they understand “Truthfully, I enjoyed sitting on console their role in making us Cabana said his worked closely with goal is to continue the Caraccio and Sam Har- for a simulated Pegasus launch, successful.” individual sessions and ris, a Flight Operations and setting up and running an The lab work included get the center’s senior engineer in NASA’s some unexpected com- experiment in one of our labs. It’s a lot leadership involved in Launch Services Pro- plications for Cabana to similar efforts to keep gram, in the first of what more fun than going to meetings and work with, and Caraccio communications open Cabana hopes are a dealing with our budget challenges.” said he helped make the throughout the center. series of “reverse reactor work a bit better. mentoring” sessions. Bob Cabana “The cooling system “Truthfully, I enjoyed sitting on console for During the two ses- Kennedy Space Center Director for one of our thermal sions, each lasting about electric coolers over- a simulated Pegasus half a day, Cabana acted heated because the launch, and setting up as a launch director dur- had not done such a ‘Own your net,’ and that cooling line failed, so he and running an experi- ing a Pegasus simulation simulation on console was what I needed to was head in the reactor ment in one of our labs,” with Harris and worked before, where she was build my confidence.” saying, ‘This will fix Cabana said. “It’s a lot on the trash-to-gas the one required to step Cabana said the ses- it!’” she said. “He was more fun than going to reactor with Caraccio. into conversations and sions told him he was optimizing our system. meetings and dealing “It was chaotic,” Har- keep everything on right to expect skilled, I’m glad we had a failure with our budget chal- ris said of the launch track. Cabana, whose excited workers. so he could see what lenges. But mostly, I simulation, which career includes time as “It confirmed what I research is really like. enjoyed the included several pretend the Capcom for shuttle already knew: that Ken- That’s how research to interact one-on-one problems for the launch flights, offered some nedy has an extremely goes, it’s fun.” with some of our future team to work out. Harris advice. “He kept saying, talented and dedicated Both participants said leaders.” Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS May 3, 2013 May 3, 2013 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 Scenes Around Kennedy Space Center

NASA/Daniel Casper RC the Recycle Cat visited the Child Development Center April 25 at Kennedy Space Center to celebrate Earth Month at the center. The children were told why it’s important to reduce, reuse and recycle, and shown what items to put into their curbside recycling bin.

NASA/Daniel Casper Kennedy Space Center Associate Director Kelvin Manning addresses workers gathered in the KSC Training Auditorium during the National Day of Prayer on May 2. A praise and worship band performed during the event.

NASA Photo courtesy of Robert Smith Joyce Riquelme, top left, who retired April 30 as manager of the Center Planning and Development Office at Kennedy Space Scott Kerr, who retired April 30 as the director of Ground Processing, is recognized by Ken- NASA/Gary Thompson Center, overlooks as NASA and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems leaders sign a Space Act Agreement in July nedy Center Director Bob Cabana for his 25 years of service. Dr. Pat Simpkins will fill the Inside the Launch Control Center, the legacy flooring in Firing Room 2 has been removed, and wiring and conduits below the floor are being upgraded by the Ground Systems 2011. Sitting, from left, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden; Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana; and Mark Sirangelo, vacancy created by Kerr’s retirement. Development and Operations Program. Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39 is transitioning to support multiple types of and spacecraft. head of SNC. Standing, from left, are Riquelme; and John Curry, director of SNC’s Integration, Test and Operations. Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS May 3, 2013 DuPont essay winners visit, share story By Frank Ochoa-Gonzales student in Fort Lauder- Spaceport News dale, Fla. “Winning this provides aurav Garg, me more inspiration a junior high to continue my pursuit Gschool student to always try and do from Katy, Texas, wants better,” said Hugo, who his dad to get a tattoo. wrote an essay on solar Not one of those fire- tracking. breathing dragons, but a NASA/Jim Grossmann “I hope I can just con- nano tattoo. The winning students of the 2013 DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition and their teachers show off tinue to learn more about You see, Gaurav’s dad their awards after a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on April 26. For more information science.” on the challenge, click on the photo. has diabetes and by get- The senior division ting this particular tattoo April 26. They were cho- enjoys the opportunity to competition by writing includes grades 10-12. he can monitor his sugar sen from the more than host these gifted students an essay about a scien- “As I’ve been exposed levels without having 9,000 essays submitted. interested in science, tific discovery, theory, to these amazing compe- to prick a finger several “This program is technology, engineer- event or technological titions and been recog- times a day. outstanding,” Manning ing and mathematics application that has cap- nized, it’s meant so much Gaurav wrote an essay said. “Thousands wrote (STEM) careers. tured their interest. to me.” Laura said. “I and entered it into the a scientific essay and “A lot of times when a The reward prizes total love the ability to reach DuPont Essay Challenge these four rose to the student is involved in a $100,000, including U.S. out and communicate.” two years ago, but didn’t top. Their teachers and competition such as this, Savings Bonds for every Junior division win- make the final cut. So parents should be very it’s the spark that leads to winner and a special ners (seventh- to ninth- this time, he took a dif- proud.” a degree in STEM,” said awards trip to Orlando grade) were grand prize ferent approach. Gaurav The Education Pro- Lesley Fletcher, Ken- that includes visits to winner Jacob Yoshitake decided to do some re- grams Division of Ken- nedy’s deputy division Disney World and Ken- a middle school student search and write “I Wish nedy’s Education and chief of Education, “and nedy for the top two in San Diego, Calif., and My Dad Got a Tattoo,” External Relations Direc- programs such as this students in each division, Gaurav. a thought-provoking torate arranged for the one allow us to be in- to be joined by a parent “I consider myself an essay about this ground- students, along with their volved with these gifted and sponsoring teacher. all-around student and breaking scientific de- parents and teachers, to students.” Those four include this competition com- velopment. It earned him tour the space center and Since its inception 27 senior division grand bined my two favorite a 2013 DuPont Essay passions -- writing and its working facilities. years ago, more than prize awardee Hugo Yen, Challenge award. science,” Jacob said. “I According to Lesley 200,000 students in a high school student “I put a lot of work want to use my writ- Fletcher, Kennedy’s grades seven through 12 from Fullerton, Calif., into this and I am grate- ing skills to expose the deputy division chief of from all 50 states and and first runner-up Laura ful that it paid off this non-stereotypical side of Education, the center Canada have entered the Herman, a high school way,” Gaurav said. “The science.” key, I think, was that I The DuPont Essay made it personal.” Challenge honors space Gaurav and three shuttle Challenger’s students from schools STS-51L crew members across the country, who gave their lives along with their teach- while furthering the ers, received DuPont cause of exploration and Challenge awards from discovery. Kennedy Space Cen- The DuPont Chal- ter Associate Director lenge is sponsored by its Kelvin Manning and namesake, the DuPont Marc Doyle, Dupont’s Co. in collaboration with global marketing and NASA, NBC Learn, product director, during Britannica Digital a recognition event at the Learning, the Walt CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann Kennedy Space Center Disney Resort, National Kennedy Space Center Associate Director Kelvin Manning addresses students, teachers, parents and Visitor Complex’s Debus VIPs during the 2013 DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition awards ceremony at Kennedy’s visitor Science Teachers Asso- Conference Facility on complex April 26. ciation and A+ Media. May 3, 2013 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 Last RCS pod arrives for EFT-1 By Linda Herridge Spaceport News

he last of eight reaction control system (RCS) Tpods for NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) arrived this week at Kennedy Space Center’s Op- erations and Checkout Building (O&C) from the manufacturer, Aerojet, in Redmond, Wash. “Arrival of the final reac- tion control system pod marks a significant milestone as we prepare NASA’s Orion crew module for its first flight test,” said Glenn Chinn, the deputy manager of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Program in Kennedy’s Orion Production Operations Office. “The pods will provide the critical maneuvers necessary for Orion’s re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.” The first set of pods Photo courtesy of Aerojet arrived at Kennedy on Feb. 18, A technician works on a reaction control system pod at the Aerojet facility in Redmond, Wash. The pod is one of eight that will be installed on with subsequent pods arriving the Orion crew module for Exploration Flight Test-1 and provide the critical maneuvers necessary for re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.” March 11, and April 5 and 19. and on-site engineering and onto the crew module. The pods and their engines The right-roll thruster pod assembly support during instal- “We put our heart into our will be installed in various with two engines was lation and testing on the crew products and the installation locations on the Orion crew the last to arrive, and joined the module. work will wrap up more than module. other seven pods already in the Aerojet Program Director three years of design and devel- Two of the single engine facility. for Human Space, Sam Wiley, opment activities,” Wiley said. pods will be located in the crew Before the pods were deliv- said he can’t wait for the “We’re ready to support EFT-1 module’s forward bay, with the ered to Kennedy, Aerojet put RCS pods to be installed for flight.” remaining pods located in the each of them through a series aft bay. Together they will pro- of tests, including proof pres- vide full attitude control during sure and leak, engine vibration, Orion’s re-entry and landing. rocket engine hot fire accep- Orion is the exploration tance and electrical functional spacecraft designed to carry testing. humans farther into space than Lockheed Martin will unpack ever before. The spacecraft and visually inspect all of the will provide emergency abort pods. Then technicians will add capability, sustain crews during short propellant line segments space travel and provide safe and line brackets to each. re-entry from deep-space return Beginning in June, the pods velocities. will undergo additional proof Orion’s first uncrewed test pressure and leak testing, valve flight is scheduled to launch leak testing and rocket engine in 2014 atop a United Launch functional testing. Aerojet will Alliance Delta IV heavy rocket. CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis support processing activities Astronaut Don Pettit watches as a technician works on the Orion crew module inside the A second uncrewed flight test is that involve the rocket engine Operations and Checkout Building high bay at Kennedy Space Center on March 21. For scheduled for 2017 on NASA’s pods with procedure reviews, more information about Orion, click on the photo. rocket. Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS May 3, 2013 Workers turn in used electronic devices By Bob Granath Spaceport News

n their way to the moon in Decem- ber 1968, the crew members of OApollo 8 became the first humans to leave low-Earth orbit. They brought back the first, complete “blue ball” images of their home planet, which many believe helped spark the environmental move- ment in the early 1970s. One element of that effort is to recycle items that would, otherwise, become polluting trash. No photograph from is more recognized than the image taken CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann by astronaut Bill Anders as the crew came Amy Mangiacapra of Jacobs Technology, left, and Frank Klein of NASA’s Environmental Management Branch, accept elec- around the moon immediately after enter- tronic products for recycling on the second day of the electronics collection event April 23 in the Vehicle Assembly Building parking lot. For more on Kennedy Space Center’s Sustainability efforts, click on the photo. ing lunar orbit. Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell put the products since 2007,” said Frank Kline, “As the products are crushed, the view in simple perspective. Sustainability Group lead within the Envi- individual components are separated for “The Earth, from here, is a ‘grand oasis’ ronmental Management Branch of Center reuse,” said Kline. “Items such as gold and in the big vastness of space,” he said. Operations. “It’s been well received and lead have value and make it economical Renowned nature photographer Galen we collect quite a bit each time.” to recycle. With the cost of land, it’s more Rowell called the image “the most influen- On Earth Day, April 22, and the day expensive to bury this stuff. It makes more tial environmental photograph ever taken.” after, Kennedy employees were given sense to recycle than to fill up valuable A little more than a year after the histor- another opportunity to turn in electronic real estate with a garbage dump.” ic mission, the first Earth Day took place products no longer needed at home. Donating or recycling consumer elec- in the United States -- April 22, 1970. “We received items such as TVs, tronics also conserves natural resources Growing out of that movement was an computers, VCRs, microwaves and cell and avoids air and water pollution, as increased emphasis on the need to recycle. phones,” Kline said. well as greenhouse gas emissions that are That effort is of growing importance with During the two-day recycle opportu- caused by manufacturing new materials. the ever-increasing amounts of obsolete nity, more than 75 employees utilized this Kline expressed appreciation to the vol- electronic trash, or e-waste. event to drop off items. All totaled, Ken- unteers who supported the recycling event nedy collected 15 pallets, or about 6,000 At Kennedy Space Center, employees in the Kennedy Industrial Area and VAB pounds, of electronics. are doing their part to recycle electronic parking lot. According to the Consumer Electronics gadgets that are becoming an important Kline noted that the next opportunity for Association, Americans own, on average, part of everyday life. Kennedy employees to drop off no-longer- 24 electronic products per household. “We’ve been providing opportunities for needed electronics will be in November The use of electronic products has grown Kennedy people to turn in old electronic later this year. substantially during the past two decades, changing the way and the speed in which communications, information and enter- tainment are received. “As electronics fail or become obsolete, this stuff needs to be recycled or it winds up being buried in a landfill,” Kline said. “In addition to the plastic and glass that is easy to see, many of these products contain lead, gold, lithium, you name it. As the stuff sits in the ground, the chemi- cals get into the water supply and we may wind up drinking it.” While some products are toxic, electron- ic products also are made from valuable NASA file/1968 NASA/Jim Grossmann The iconic earthrise photo taken by the crew of Apollo 8 resources and materials, including metals, Approximately 6,000 pounds of electronics were turned in was hailed by noted nature photographer Galen Rowell as plastics and glass, all of which require for recycling by Kennedy Space Center employees on April “the most influential environmental photograph ever taken.” energy to mine or manufacture. 22 and 23. For more about Earth Month, click on the photo. May 3, 2013 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 9 Surface repairs begin at Launch Pad 39B By Linda Herridge ing on in the same area, Spaceport News so coordination with various contractors will epairing the be the major challenge panels on the of the work,” said Jose surface of R Perez Morales, the pad Launch Pad 39B and the element senior project catacomb roof below manager in the Ground them is not a simple Systems Development task. The pad is be- and Operations (GSDO) ing prepared to launch Program at Kennedy NASA's newest rocket, Space Center. the Space Launch When each of the pads System (SLS), and a va- at Launch Complex 39 riety of launch vehicles. was constructed, the The pathway to the flame trench and deflec- top of the pad sup- tor were built above the ported the weight of the ground. The two main crawler-transporter that structures that divide the NASA carried the Apollo/Sat- flame trench served as Last month, a Speegle Construction worker used a high-pressure hose to remove caulking from between the urn stack, and the space the platform to support concrete panels on the surface of Launch Pad 39B. shuttle with external the MLP and launch seeped through the panel ing a design review last that seeps below the fuel tank and twin solid vehicle. The top of these joints and accumulated year, Kennedy’s Center panels. New sand and rocket boosters atop structures is the roof of between the top of the Operations Directorate lightweight concrete will the mobile launcher the catacombs on both catacomb roof and the removed panels to test be installed. Then the platform (MLP). Now sides of the flame trench. bottom of the panels. the structural integrity of refurbished panels will this pathway is being The surface panels Perez Morales said the roof and determine be transported back to upgraded to support SLS and catacomb roof are the extent of damage to the pad and reinstalled. the water seeped into and a variety of other separated by two inches the concrete. Twelve new panels the concrete and caused launch vehicles. of sand and five inches The work began Jan. will be fabricated by the it to crumble and some “We have a number of of lightweight concrete. 28 as specialists with contractor to replace the construction projects go- Over the years, water rebar corrosion. Dur- the contractor Speegle ones that were damaged. Construction used The upgrades will take power hoses to remove about a year to complete. caulking between the “The catacomb roof giant panels. When that provides the structural work is completed, the capability to support panels will be surveyed the combined weight of to determine their exact the crawler, the mobile position for future rein- launcher and the vehicle stallation before they are as they are transported removed. up the slope to the top of There are 176 panels, the pad,” Perez Morales each weighing about said. “This project will 30,000 pounds. Using a refurbish the struc- forklift, each panel will tural roof to provide that be lifted and set aside. capability for all future All of the sand will be SLS and commercial removed, and the struc- launches.” tural roof of the cata- SLS will first launch comb will be repaired. in 2017 on Exploration A special mat and Mission-1. The flight test

NASA drain system will be will send an uncrewed During a design review last year, a concrete panel was removed and Speegle Construction workers tested the added on top of the roof Orion vehicle around the structural integrity of the catacomb roof below. to remove the water moon. Page 10 SPACEPORT NEWS May 3, 2013 NASA Employees of the Month: May

NASA/Tony Gray Employees of the Month for May are, from left, Jennifer M. Nufer, ; Russell L. Saylor, International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing Employee of the Quarter); Wayne A. Derbyshire, Chief Financial Officer; James C. Leagan, Information Technology and Communication Services (Employee of the Quarter); Timothy M. Bass, Chief Counsel; Stephen D. “Bo” Brown, Safety and Mission Assurance; Robert J. Glanowski, Procurement; Rosalie Santos-Ebaugh, Center Operations; and Virginia J. Ward, Engineering and Technology. Not pictured are Jerrace C. Mack, Ground Processing; Patrick Maloney, Engineering and Technology; and Penny L. Myers, Public Affairs. Looking up and ahead . . . NASA Spinoffs: Did You Know? * All times are Eastern

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May 28 Mission: Expedition 36/37 Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-09M Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Launch Window: 4:31 p.m. Description: Soyuz TMA-09M will carry three Expedition 36/37 crew members to the ISS.

June 5 Mission: ISS Automated Transfer Vehicle 4 Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5 NASA/Kim Shiflett Launch Site: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Inspired by the technology that carried Neil Armstrong’s words from the moon to Launch Pad: ELA-3 NASA Mission Control, the 1960s airline industry developed a line of more compact Description: The European Space Agency’s ATV-4, also known as the “Albert and comfortable headsets for its pilots. Today those advancements continue to evolve in all forms of communications and telephone equipment. Above, United Einstein,” will deliver several tons of supplies to the ISS, docking with the Space Alliance engineer Jennifer Guida rehearses procedures for the liftoff of space Zvezda Service Module on the Russian segment of the station June 15. shuttle Discovery’s final mission in Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Control Center. For more about NASA Spinoffs, go to http://www.nasa.gov/spinoffs. June 26 Mission: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Window: 10:25:04 to 10:30:04 p.m. Launch Time: 10:27:34 p.m. Spaceport News Description: IRIS is designed to provide significant new information to John F. Kennedy Space Center increase our understanding of energy transport into the sun’s corona and solar Public Affairs Directorate wind and provide an archetype for all stellar atmospheres. Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published online on alternate Fridays in the interest of KSC civil service and contractor employees. Contributions are welcome and should be submitted three weeks before publication to Public July 24 Affairs, IMCS-440. Email submissions can be sent to KSC-Spaceport-News@mail..gov. Mission: ISS Resupply Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 52 Managing editor ...... Stephanie Covey Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Editor ...... Frank Ochoa-Gonzales Description: Progress 52 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the Assistant editor ...... Linda Herridge Copy editor ...... Kay Grinter ISS. Editorial support provided by Abacus Technology Corp. Writers Group. NASA at KSC on the Web, at http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy To watch a NASA launch online, go to http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. SP-2013-04-086-KSC