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April 15, 2011 Vol. 51, No. 7 Spaceport News John F. - America’s gateway to the universe

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Atlantis 30 years to call of shuttle Kennedy launches By Kay Grinter home Reference Librarian hen Columbia By Rebecca Regan lifted off on the Spaceport News Wfirst ith the help of mission at 7 a.m. EST April shuttle Atlan- 12, 1981, cosmonaut Yuri tis, the Ken- Gagarin’s momentous flight W on the same date in 1961 nedy Space Center Visitor Complex will share NASA’s CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Bill Ingalls already was “space history.” remarkable feat of voyag- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden announces April 12 that shuttle Atlantis will remain at Kennedy Space Center on During the 20 years af- ing out beyond the reaches permanent exhibition at the visitor complex. Seated on stage, from left, are Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana, ter Vostok I carried the first Janet Kavandi, United Space Alliance’s Endeavour Flow Manager Mike Parrish and STS-1 Pilot and former Kennedy Center of Earth’s gravity in the Director Bob Crippen. To view a video of the announcement and Atlantis’ conceptual display design, click on the photo. human into space to orbit world’s first reusable space- the Earth, NASA’s Mercury, craft. is still a great rarity -- an for with the announcement Called a super-charged, Gemini, and “Not only will the actual flown space vehicle.” that a shuttle will join space shuttle-themed science programs were taken from workers who sent it into After hearing the news, rockets, capsules and center, the plan is to make their conception, to the space so many times have Kennedy Center Director artifacts from the Mercury, Atlantis the focal point of a drawing board, through their a chance to still see it,” Bob Cabana said to Bolden, Gemini and Apollo eras. brand new 65,000-square- paces and to their successful NASA Administrator “Thank you so much for “This is like a really, foot facility in the heart of conclusions. Charlie Bolden said to trusting us with the care of really big artifact that will the complex’s Space Shuttle The space shuttle was cheers and applause while Atlantis. I promise you, we’ll really bring the legacy of Plaza, which is visible from the next logical step, the standing in front of Atlantis take good care of her.” what Kennedy has meant to State Road 405 as guests and space transportation system outside Kennedy’s Orbiter On the day that people locally and around workers approach the space of the future. Processing Facility-1, “the NASA celebrated the 30th the world,” said Bill Moore, center. Inside, interactive As NASA’s first winged millions of visitors who anniversary of the first space chief operating officer of exhibits would engage, human spaceship, the shuttle come here every year to shuttle launch -- Columbia’s the visitor complex. “I think entertain and inspire even was designed to carry large learn more about space STS-1 mission on April 12, it ties in just absolutely the world’s most tech-savvy crews and heavy payloads and to be a part of the 1981 -- the space agency and perfectly to what the history audience. And while these into orbit. excitement of exploration its design partners received of the visitor complex will be able to see what the “go” they’ve been hoping means. See ATLANTIS, Page 4 See SHUTTLE, Page 2

Inside this issue . . . Cryo Team Earns Award Scenes Around Kennedy Aquarius gets ready KSC All-American Picnic

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From SHUTTLE, Page 1 to have Bob Crippen with in the cockpit seats. me because he knew all the Other aspects of the The agency’s larg- software end to end,” Young flight were probably a little est crew throughout the said. more back to basics than preceding 20 years had been Crippen grew up a Young and Crippen would three. Only two member of the same genera- have preferred. “The potty made up the shuttle crew on tion as Gagarin, just three -- or the waste management its first test flight: veteran and a half years younger. facility -- went belly up on spacefarer and Though living a world the second day,” Crippen first-time flyer Robert “Bob” apart, they each enlisted in recalled, “but John and I Crippen. their respective countries’ dealt with it.” The decision to put military programs and both Columbia’s first test Young in the commander’s developed the right stuff. flight concluded on a dry seat was an easy one. He Crippen was selected to join lake bed in the Mojave was a veteran of four mis- NASA’s astronaut corps in Desert at Edwards Air Force sions piloting three types of 1969, the year following Base in California at spacecraft and had the sea- Gagarin’s death in the crash 1:21 p.m. EST April 14 soned skill and confidence of a MiG 15 training jet he before a crowd that included to handle Columbia on its was piloting. 20,000 VIPs and about maiden flight. “If you want Chosen as a member 250,000 spectators who to go into space for the first of the support crew for the had camped out all night to time on a new vehicle that’s Apollo-Soyuz Project, Crip- watch Columbia glide to a never been flown, you want pen had the to stop. It was NASA’s first to go with a pro,” Crippen travel to Russia and served land-based end of space said. as a capcom for the mission. mission. Crippen’s mastery of “I found out . . . a pilot’s “The 1970s had been a Columbia’s sophisticated a pilot the world over. We pretty low point for Ameri- got along very well. Still ca,” Crippen recalled. “We’d computer systems earned NASA/Kim Shiflett (have) some friends that we had the Vietnam War, and Young’s appreciation, as “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro shows off his space shuttle tribute cake to the Ken- well. “I was really lucky interact with there.” the assassinations of Martin nedy Space Center work force and guests at the ’s 30th The STS-1 crew spent Luther King Jr. and Robert anniversary celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on April 12. two days in space putting Kennedy were still strong in Columbia through its paces. our memory. More recently, rected on subsequent mis- ness to engage in mutually In the few spare moments 52 Americans had spent 444 sions by the suppression at beneficial cooperation in the the astronauts weren’t busy, days as hostages in Iran. the launch pad of the sound exploration of the universe Young and Crippen delight- And just two weeks before waves created by the solid around Earth. At the time ed in the unique freedom we lifted off, John Hinckley rocket boosters. the space shuttle retires later and spectacular views that Jr. shot President (Ronald) During the next 30 this year, there will have flying in orbit offers. Reagan. The country was years, the five shuttles been 135 shuttle missions, While Columbia looking for something to -- Columbia, Challenger, typically made up of inter- featured the latest in rocket be proud of, and I think the Discovery, Atlantis, and national teams of six, seven technology, spending a shuttle gave them that.” Endeavour -- carried or even eight members. couple of days within the The space shuttle had 362 people into orbit from NASA could not be sparsely outfitted crew given the country something 15 countries, traveling more reaching for new heights cabin did require the pair to to celebrate. than 530 million miles in the and developing the next “rough it.” Inspection of the process. generation of capabili- “Living inside the shuttle shuttle’s exterior following Although a symbol of ties without the techno- at the time was a little landing revealed 48 ther- American pride, the space logical breakthroughs of the like camping out,” Crippen mal protection system tiles shuttle also is a well-rec- shuttle and the many lessons said. Turning in for missing and another 148 ognized ambassador to the learned that will carry the night meant sleeping damaged, a problem cor- world of American willing- forward.

CLICK ON PHOTO NASA file/1981 Thirty years ago this week, a new era CLICK ON PHOTO NASA file/1981 in spaceflight began, when on April 12, Shuttle Columbia became NASA’s first spacecraft to end 1981, launched CLICK ON PHOTO NASA file/1981 a mission on land on April 14, 1981, at Edwards Air Force on the program’s first mission. To view The STS-1 space shuttle team celebrates a successful liftoff of space shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Base, Calif. To watch a video narrated by William Shatner the launch, click on the photo. Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A. To view footage of the STS-1 mission, click on the photo. about the Space Shuttle Program, click on the photo. April 15, 2011 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 Salt-seeking Aquarius/SAC-D mission a global endeavor

By Linda Herridge Spaceport News o say that NASA’s cooperative Earth Tscience project, the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas) observatory, is the product of collaboration between several countries would be an understatement. The agency’s Aquarius science instrument is the primary instrument on the SAC-D service platform, which was built by Argentina’s space agency, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). But other participating countries include Brazil, France, Italy and Canada, along with personnel from NASA Headquarters, in Hampton, Va., the Jet CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Randy Beaudoin, VAFB Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Technicians monitor the lifting of the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from its stand by an overhead crane to cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload process- in Pasadena, Calif., God- ing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on April 2. Following final tests, the spacecraft will be integrated to a Delta II rocket in preparation for the targeted June launch. Aquarius, the NASA-built primary instrument on the SAC-D spacecraft, will map global changes in salinity at the ocean’s dard Space Flight Center surface. The three-year mission will provide new insights into how variations in ocean surface salinity relate to these fundamental climate processes. To learn more in Greenbelt, Md., and the about the mission, click on the photo. (LSP) managed by Kennedy Lagerloef said. “They will that the observatory is at providing NASA’s first Cordoba, Argentina,” Mertz Space Center. ultimately provide this the launch site, the LSP global observations of ocean said. “That test is probably The primary mission missing piece of the Earth’s team is working on a daily surface salinity. the most interesting of the of Aquarius/SAC-D is to climate puzzle.” basis with our international Lagerloef said some activities.” provide scientists with long- According to Armando and JPL partners to ensure instruments will operate Mertz said the space- term, global-scale salinity Piloto, the mission integra- the spacecraft’s launch site continuously, while others craft will sit atop a relatively data critical to the under- tion manager with LSP, the requirements are properly will operate primarily over interesting work platform standing of Earth’s water Aquarius/SAC-D observa- coordinated and imple- Argentina, with selective ob- called the Integration Dolly. cycle, ocean circulation and tory was shipped from Sao mented.” servations over other regions “This particular piece climate. Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Besides Aquarius, around the globe. of mechanical ground on March 29, and arrived at several other instruments, The Aquarius instru- LSP Launch Site support equipment allows Vandenberg Air Force Base, including an optical camera, Integration Manager Mark ment will be able to detect the spacecraft to be placed changes in salinity as small Calif., on March 30. Piloto a thermal camera in col- Mertz, said Aquarius/SAC-D in a horizontal or vertical as 0.2 parts per thousand, or said that although the SAC- laboration with Canada, a is being processed at Space- orientation,” Mertz said. “It equivalent to about a pinch D platform was designed, microwave radiometer, and port Systems International’s also allows the spacecraft to of salt in one gallon of water. built and the instruments sensors developed by vari- Integrated Processing Facil- rotate about its centerline if Dr. Gary Lagerloef, were integrated in Argen- ous Argentine institutions, ity by a team of about 25 to needed.” with Earth & Space Re- tina, the observatory went the Italian Space Agency 30 workers from Kennedy, search in Seattle, is Aquar- through about nine months (Agenzia Spaziale Itali- JPL, and Argentina. During Piloto said the United ius’ principal investigator. of environmental testing in ana) and the French Centre the next several weeks, the Launch Alliance Delta II He said the data collected Brazil. National D’Etudes Spatiales spacecraft will go through a rocket currently is being by Aquarius will be used “The LSP team actively (CNES), are aboard the final systems checkout, lead- checked out to ensure all to make monthly maps of supported several of the SAC-D service platform. ing up to integration activi- systems are ready for launch. ocean surface salinity. spacecraft tests, including During its three-year ties that will begin May 12. The Aquarius/SAC-D “These maps will al- vibration, acoustic, shock baseline mission, Aquarius/ “We will be conducting observatory will be launched low scientists to resolve and fit check tests to ensure SAC-D will fly about 408 an end-to-end test during no earlier than June 9, global salinity changes from it was tested to the proper miles above Earth in a sun- which the spacecraft will at 10:20 a.m. EDT, from month-to-month, season-to- launch vehicle environ- synchronous polar orbit that be commanded from its Vandenberg’s Space Launch season, and year-to-year,” ments,” Piloto said. “Now repeats every seven days, mission operations center in Complex 2W. Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS April 15, 2011

From ATLANTIS, Page 1 and having school kids along the side with welcome home new exhibits will shimmer, flags,” Moore said, “I can Atlantis is expected to keep imagine that being a Brevard every bit of wear-and-tear it Country traffic-stopping kind encountered on its 32 -- or of day.” 33 at the time of retirement Atlantis is planned to -- journeys into space. round out the shuttle pro- “We plan on adding gram this year with its last to the Shuttle Launch flight -- STS-135. After its Experience attraction and return from space, techni- enhancing the storytelling cians and engineers will with what will become a spend a few months prep- very, very large addition ping the vehicle for public to this complex,” said Luis display -- paving the way for Berrios, a NASA design a grand opening as early as specialist with the visitor the summer of 2013. complex’s development “This is the home of team. , it’s the Berrios and his home of the space shuttle,” teammates envision the Cabana said. “To be able to 100-ton shuttle looking share that excitement, that as if it is soaring through story with all our visitors to space, with its landing gear inspire the next generation raised and payload bay CLICK ON PHOTO Photo courtesy of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex of explorers . . . it’s huge opened. Anchored at an An artist’s conception shows shuttle Atlantis’ thousands of heat shield tiles, which will help the Kennedy Space Center Visitor in being able to tell the angle, guests would get an Complex share the story of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. For a retrospective video on Atlantis, click on the photo. story of human spaceflight and of NASA. I think it’s up-close view of Atlantis’ Telescope. arm, which is replete with of NASA’s future engineers, outstanding that Atlantis gets belly and the thousands of Berrios described one the memories of astronauts scientists and explorers. to stay here with us and not black heat shield tiles that of his favorite milestones walking through before “I really like hearing leave after her last flight.” allowed the shuttle to travel in shuttle history -- Bruce waving farewell and about the rides on the way NASA’s remaining more than 115 million miles McCandless flying boarding a shuttle for liftoff. home when the kids say, shuttles will embark on and through Earth’s harsh untethered for the first While the spacecraft and ‘Mom, did you know?’” longer journeys to reach atmosphere. The shuttle’s time with the manned its myriad of components Moore said. “Those con- their final destinations and robotic arm also could be maneuvering unit (MMU) will be the main attraction, versations are priceless and Bolden congratulated the deployed, reaching out to a to retrieve a pair of designers also dove deep we’re setting the stage for institutions that will have the satellite. communications satellites into the human aspect of the these kids’ future in a big unique opportunity to share “We’ve completed an in 1984 -- and what it program. way.” a large piece of space history entire conceptual design,” would feel like to share that “We treat our orbiters Moore also said there’s with the world by saying, Moore said. “It’s all drawn experience with generations like our own family a possibility that people “Take good care of our up and we’ve got a lot of to come. members and they’re very could witness Atlantis mak- vehicles. They’ve served the agreements with folks at “What must that have close to our hearts,” Berrios ing its trek from Kennedy to nation well and we at NASA NASA about how we want felt like for him? It must said. “That is probably the the visitor complex. have a deep and abiding to do this.” have been amazing,” Berrios most important component “The notion of taking relationship and love affair The display could said. of our storytelling.” it up the roads and maybe with them that’s hard to put reveal the way shuttle crews Designers also want Annually, the Kennedy up (Space) Commerce Way into words.” performed science and to paint a picture of just Space Center Visitor research experiments in the how many working parts Complex welcomes more weightlessness of space and it took to launch NASA’s than 1.5 million guests and how the shuttle was the go- space shuttle fleet. There are by adding a flown shuttle to vehicle for transporting many features that could be to the mix, it’s expecting a International Space Station worked into the display to major boost in attendance laboratories, modules and help guests appreciate the and assist the local economy. solar panels to low Earth shuttle system as a whole, “We’ll see an immediate orbit. including the solid rocket economic impact from hotels Designers also are boosters and giant external and air travel and cars -- all looking to convey how the fuel tank. the things that people do shuttle and its crew members Even structures saved when they come to Central deployed, retrieved and during the deconstruction Florida,” Moore said. serviced satellites -- much of Kennedy’s Launch Pad It’s not just about the like Atlantis did two years 39B could be incorporated, number of people who will CLICK ON PHOTO Photo courtesy of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ago on the shuttle’s final such as the gaseous oxygen flock to see the space-flown An artist’s conception shows shuttle Atlantis with its payload bay doors open and servicing mission to NASA’s vent arm, called the “beanie shuttle, though, Moore said, robotic arm extended. To learn more about the Kennedy Space Center Visitor treasured Hubble Space cap,” and the orbiter access it’s about touching the lives Complex, click on the photo. April 15, 2011 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 2011 KSC All-American Picnic

NASA astronauts, from right, Kay Hire, Terry Virts and Mark Vande Hei greeted workers and their Children of all ages got to choose from dozens of activities, including petting animals and riding ponies. families, signed autographs and posed for photographs at the picnic. The train ride and obstacle courses were a hit as well.

Attendees enjoyed a barbeque lunch, which was catered by Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q. Children and adults got the chance to snack on corn on the cob, cotton candy and snow cones.

About 5,000 people attended the 32nd annual Kennedy Space Center All-American Picnic on April 2. This year’s picnic celebrated 47 years of success at Kennedy with food and fun, classic children’s games, train rides, a singing competition called KSC Idol, exhibits, a chili cook-off, dessert contest, and car and motorcycle show.

NASA photos by Kim Shiflett and Jim Grossmann Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS April 15, 2011 Cryogenics Test Laboratory team earns national recognition By Linda Herridge Spaceport News ennedy Space Center’s Cryogen- Kics Test Laboratory (CTL) team of NASA and contractor workers recently earned national recogni- tion from The Engineers’ Council for its work to develop the Simulated Rapid Propellant Loading (SRPL) System. Walt Hatfield, cryogen- ics and fluids manager with ASRC Aerospace Corp. at the time, accepted the Dis- tinguished Proj- ect Achievement Award on behalf of the group during a ceremony at the National Engineers Week Honors and Awards Banquet in Univer- sal City, Calif., Feb. 26. “It was an honor to receive this award,” said Hatfield, who was the project lead for design and development of the SRPL. The award recognizes CLICK ON PHOTO For NASA public or private organiza- Vaporized liquid nitrogen drifts away from the dump basin at Kennedy Space Center’s Cryogenics Test Laboratory as the Simulated Rapid Propellant Loading (SRPL) System is used to perform a cold flow test of a new magnetically coupled cryogenic pump in December 2010.The test lab’s NASA and contractor team recently earned tions or consulting firms that recognition from The Engineers’ Council, for its work to develop the SRPL System. To learn more about the technologies being developed at Kennedy, click on the during the past three years photo. have brought to fulfillment engineering projects which, most of the work performed because of their scope or “Demonstrating the capability to rapidly distribute cryogenic liquids at the lab. Sass said they saved more than $1 million unique character, are out- with little or no boil off and in a fraction of the time will further enable standing and deserving of by salvaging and refurbish- merit. Kennedy and NASA to not only make heavy-lift launch systems far ing about 75 high-quality, “To truly appreci- more efficient and effective, but also will provide new technologies 1960s-era components, ate the magnitude of this including valves, from the award, you need only look for commercial spaceflight endeavors to be successful.” Santa Susanna Test Facil- at the past recipients,” ity in Simi Valley, Calif., said Kennedy’s Engineer- Pat Simpkins, and acquiring two replenish ing Director Pat Simpkins. Kennedy Space Center Engineering Director pumps that originally were “They’ve included the Mars installed to load the space rovers and the International shuttle at Vandenberg Air Space Station power system to develop and demonstrate ute cryogenic liquids with System is designed to test Force Base, Calif. designs. For Kennedy to be new methods and equipment little or no boil off and in various methods for loading Hatfield said an energy- recognized for engineering for loading a launch vehicle a fraction of the time will a tank using minimal per- efficient cryogenics cooling and technological achieve- with cryogenic propellant. further enable Kennedy and sonnel. The supporting com- capability is integrated into ment on this scale is truly The modular system incor- NASA to not only make puter software was designed the system and a fault, de- awesome.” porates dozens of technolo- heavy-lift launch systems far to enable the development tection, isolation and recov- The team also received gies and innovations and more efficient and effective, of the capability of making ery (FDIR) software system a KSC Group Achievement mimics the configuration but also will provide new decisions in milliseconds to can detect faults, isolate Award, Feb. 8, which was and complexity of a typical technologies for commercial troubleshoot problems that problems, and use a smart presented by Kennedy Cen- cryogenic propellant tanking spaceflight endeavors to be may occur during the tank- database and physics math ter Director Bob Cabana. operation for a space shuttle successful,” Simpkins said. ing process. model to make decisions in According to NASA or any other launch vehicle. Hatfield, now with en- The system took milliseconds to continue the CTL Manager Jared Sass, “Demonstrating the gineering support contractor about 18 months to design, loading or go into recovery the SRPL System is used capability to rapidly distrib- Team QNA, said the SRPL develop and fabricate with mode. April 15, 2011 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 Scenes Around Kennedy Space Center

CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Kim Shiflett A large crane dismantles another section of the fixed service structure (FSS) on Launch Pad 39B on April 6. Work to remove the rotating For NASA service structure (RSS) also continues at the pad. The FSS and RSS were designed to support the unique needs of the Space Shuttle Pro- A retirement luncheon is held for Julie Shally on March 31 in Head- gram. In 2009, the pad was no longer needed for the shuttle program, so it is being restructured for future use. Its new design will feature a quarters. Kennedy’s Center Director Bob Cabana was one of the "clean pad" for rockets or spacecraft to come with their own launcher, making it more versatile for a number of vehicles. The new lightning many attendees who congratulated Shally on her accomplishments protection system, which was in place for the October 2009 launch of -X, will remain. For more images, click on the photo. with the center’s Engineering Electrical Division.

CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann From right, Miguel Rodriguez, Kennedy Space Center deputy director for Management, Engineering and Technology, and Ray Lugo, director of , talk briefly with Launch Services Program’s Deputy Program Manager Chuck Dovale and Launch Services Program Director Amanda Mitskevich, during a Lunch and Learn at the Operations and Support Building II on April 6. The event was sponsored by Kennedy’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA). For more about HOLA, click on the photo.

CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann The first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle is secured into position inside the Pad CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Frankie Martin 17B gantry at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 7. The Delta II will carry NASA’s Gravity Recov- A technician, garbed in protective wear, commonly known as a bunny suit, inspects a piece of equipment ery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft into lunar orbit. The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA’s in the Space Station Processing Facility on April 11 prior to installation into the Raffaello multi-purpose . GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months logistics module for ' flight to the International Space Station. Atlantis and its payload to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer long-standing questions about Earth’s moon are being prepared for the STS-135 mission. Atlantis is targeted to launch June 28, on its final flight for the and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system Space Shuttle Program. For more information on the STS-135 mission, click on the photo. formed. GRAIL is scheduled to launch Sept. 8. For more information, click on the photo. Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS April 15, 2011 Tennis, flag football, golf Kennedy Space Center Activities 2011 KSC Spring Flag Football League Standings and Upcoming Schedule among many center sports POINTS POINTS Week 5 Schedule (April 20) TEAM RECORD SCORED ALLOWED 5:30 p.m. - Rowdies vs. FAT By Frank Ochoa-Gonzales Vaughan, 867-7526. Stuffers 3-0 88 10 6:30 p.m. - Islaughter vs. Redheads Spaceport News SIGL Golf League: Rodney P. Islaughter 3-0 88 14 7:30 p.m. - Stuffers vs. Blood Hunters Berwanger, 867-6074 Redheads 2-1 39 19 Week 6 Schedule (April 27) hile Kennedy Space Cen- Rowdies 1-2 38 51 And don’t forget the Operations 5:30 p.m. - Blood Hunters vs. Islaughter ter does have its share of FAT 0-3 13 39 6:30 p.m. - Rowdies vs. Stuffers great athletes, there still and Checkout Building still hosts Blood Hunters 0-3 6 54 7:30 p.m. - FAT vs. Redheads W the Fitness Center that offers all are leagues that need more of them Games are played Wednesdays at KARS Park I. For more information, contact Matt Jimeniz at to step forward and join a team. badged employees: 321-867-4509 or [email protected]. Here is a list of sports and their • Personal training POCs: • Fitness and body composition 2011 KSC Tennis League Rankings, Leaders and Upcoming Schedule Flag Football - Matt Ji- assessments meniz, 321-867-4509 or • Fitness and wellness classes Singles [email protected] • Motivational and incentive Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Week 3 Schedule New Cycle Begins Tennis (singles) - Alan Wheeler, programs Rankings Rankings Rankings (April 14) (April 21) Bob Ingham Tom Bond Kevin Panik Bond vs. Specht 321-867-3565 or alan.j.wheeler@ • Outreach presentations and Schedule determined nasa.gov Billy Specht Norm Hosan Kate Liu Ingham vs. Young by outcome of programs Ken Young Calvert Staubus Wheeler vs. Staubus Tennis (doubles) - Teresa Bollig, Scott DeWitt matches played The facility is open Monday Alan Wheeler James Hudleston Laura Scott Panik vs. Hosan April 14. 321-264-8575 or teresa.e.bollig@ Scott vs. Hudleston nasa.gov through Friday from 5:30 a.m. to DeWitt vs. Liu Twilight Golf League - Tom 7:30 p.m. If you would like your athletic The league seeks new players and is open to all Kennedy civil service and contractor personnel and Mahaney, 321-476-2410 or cell 321- dependents. Matches are played Thursdays at KARS Park I and II. For more information, contact Alan 536-8931 league highlighted in Spaceport Wheeler at 321-867-3565 or [email protected]. ISC Golf League: Paul Hise, News, send an e-mail to: 867-7526 KSC-Spaceport-News@mail. Doubles SRB Golf League: Robert nasa.gov COURT LEADERS FROM APRIL 12 Court 9 - Scott Schilling Court 7 - Vijay Shravahrg Court 4 - Amy Lombardo Court 2 - TBD Court 8 - Ron Feile Court 6 - Norm Ring Court 3 - TBD Court 1 - TBD

Looking up and ahead . . . COURT GROUPS FOR APRIL 19 Court 9 Court 8 Court 7 Court 6 Targeted for April 29 Launch/KSC: Endeavour, STS-134; 3:47 p.m. EDT Scott Schilling Ron Feile Vijay Shravahr Norm Ring Planned for May 13 Landing/KSC: Endeavour, STS-134; 9:28 a.m. EDT Rod Downing Andy Maffe Jay Hebert Alan Wheeler Dave Davies Miguel Rodriguez Ray Jones Jeff Andress No Earlier Than May 5 Launch/CCAFS: , SBIRS GEO-1; TBD Chip Hooper Art Shutt Tom Li Kyle Nowlin

No Earlier Than June 9 Launch/VAFB: Delta II, Court 4 Court 3 Court 2 Court 1 Aquarius / SAC-D Satellite; 10:20 a.m. EDT Amy Lombardo TBD TBD TBD Kate Liu Teresa Bollig No Earlier Than June 23 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, GPS IIF-2; TBD Laura Scott

Targeted for June 28 Launch/KSC: Atlantis, STS-135; 3:48 p.m. EDT The league seeks new players and is open to all Kennedy civil service and contractor personnel and Planned for July 10 Landing/KSC: Atlantis, STS-135; 11:03 a.m. EDT dependents. Matches are played Tuesdays at KARS Park I and II. For more information, contact Teresa Bollig at 321-264-8575 or [email protected]. No Earlier Than July 15 Launch/CCAFS: SpaceX , Dragon C2; TBD

Aug. 5 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, ; John F. Kennedy Space Center Launch Window 12:10 to 1:40 p.m. EDT

Sept. 8 Launch/CCAFS: Delta II Heavy, GRAIL; Spaceport News 8:35:52 a.m. to 9:14:35 a.m. EDT Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and No Earlier Than Oct. 9 Launch/CCAFS: SpaceX Falcon 9, is published online on alternate Fridays by Public Affairs in the interest of KSC Dragon C3; TBD civil service and contractor employees. Contributions are welcome and should be submitted three weeks before publication Oct. 25 Launch/VAFB: Delta II Heavy, NPP; TBD to the Media Services Branch, IMCS-440. E-mail submissions can be sent to [email protected] No Earlier Than Nov. 25 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, ; TBD Managing editor ...... Candrea Thomas Editor ...... Frank Ochoa-Gonzales No Earlier Than December Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV-Heavy, NROL-15; TBD Copy editor ...... Rebecca Regan

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