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181330Main Jun29color.Pdf June 29, 2007 Vol. 46, No. 13 Spaceport News John F. Kennedy Space Center - America’s gateway to the universe http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/snews/spnews_toc.html STS-117 team completes starboard truss assembly New truss segment significantly increases power output he Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are home after Tcompleting a 14-day journey of more than 5.8 million miles in space. Atlantis’ STS-117 mission successfully increased the power capability of the Interna- tional Space Station, preparing for the future delivery of European and Japanese laboratories. Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Lee Archambault and Mission Specialists Jim Reilly, Patrick Forrester, Steven Swanson, John “Danny” Olivas and Sunita Williams landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 22 at 3:49 p.m. EDT. Weather concerns forced mission managers to shift the landing from the Kennedy Space Center to Edwards after rain clouds were too close to the Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis was RETURNING FROM mission STS-117, Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches touchdown on the runway at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This was the 51st landing for the Space (See STS-117, Page 4) Shuttle Program at Edwards. AT ASTROTECH, NASA’s Dawn mission ready for employees check the attachments of early July launch from Cape the Dawn spacecraft that By Linda Herridge for processing the spacecraft and connect the upper- Staff Writer integrating it with the launch stage booster. vehicle for its mission to the Dawn’s goal is to fter four years of planning asteroid belt between Mars and study the conditions and preparing, NASA’s Jupiter. The processing team and processes of the solar system’s Launch Services Program includes NASA, United Launch A earliest epoch by at Kennedy Space Center sees the Alliance, Analex and AI Solutions investigating in light at the end of the tunnel as it employees and the Orbital detail the largest prepares for the launch of the Sciences Corp. and Jet Propulsion protoplanets that Dawn spacecraft aboard a Delta II Lab team. have remained heavy launch vehicle in early July. Armando Piloto is the NASA intact since their Since the arrival of Dawn at the KSC Dawn mission manager. He formations: asteroid Astrotech facility in Titusville on said spacecraft processing work Vesta and the dwarf April 10, the Launch Services included integrating the solar planet Ceres. Program team has been responsible (See DAWN, Page 2) Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS June 29, 2007 help in providing the most that may go beyond the scope of appropriate information concern- their specific technical work, or ing NASA activities at the center. beyond the range of the agency. Contractor employees should work As NASA Administrator Mike Director’s with their company’s public Griffin said, “Decisions concerning affairs office. the newsworthiness of the numer- Public affairs representatives ous activities within NASA must Awards must be on hand during media be made and carried out in a Update visits to KSC primarily for safety coordinated fashion, but with and security reasons. They also views from all parties considered.” facilitate discussions between We remain committed to the Bill Parsons employees and media, but do not standard of open communication tell employees what to say. across KSC. Center Director The agency’s policy on Those who have questions releasing information guarantees about the policy are invited to s Kennedy Space Center’s culture of openness. Consistent that NASA scientists may share contact KSC’s News Center, or high-profile achievements with NASA’s policy on the release their conclusions with the media, David Mould at NASA Headquar- Acontinue to capture the of information to the media, but requires that they draw a ters in Washington at 202-358- attention of the world, NASA’s available at www.nasa.gov/ distinction between professional 1898 or at launch operations center receives communication_policy, employees conclusions and personal views [email protected]. thousands of public information may speak to the press and the requests from the media each year. public about their work. The These range from simple policy explains many ways to offer NASA’s Phoenix processing requests such as interviewing an the best communication in sharing engineer or taking up-close photos NASA’s message with the public. continues for August launch of a space shuttle, to more inten- NASA employees who receive sive requests like gaining escorted a request from a media representa- access to a high-security area. tive should coordinate with KSC’s It’s important that employees News Center at 321-867-2468 so understand that NASA desires a that our public affairs officers can DAWN . solar electric ion propulsion engines. Ion propulsion is the (Continued from Page 1) world’s most advanced and arrays, completing final space- efficient space propulsion craft alignments and a final technology. comprehensive performance test, According to Dr. Christopher and fueling the spacecraft. It Russell, principal investigator at also involved performing a spin- the University of California-Los balance test and final weighing. Angeles, the mission’s primary The spacecraft was mated to the scientific objective is to advance Delta II launch vehicle’s third our understanding of the origin stage at Astrotech and then and evolution of the solar system transported to Launch Pad 17-B by studying asteroid Vesta and at Cape Canaveral Air Force the dwarf planet Ceres, which Station. have remained intact since their “Dawn is a very ambitious formation 4.6 billion years ago. mission,” Piloto said. “For the During the mission, Dawn last four years, the Dawn team will perform three different orbits has done a tremendous job to around each of these protoplan- get us to this point in the flow, ets. According to Russell, Ceres and we continue to work very is the largest, most massive actively and very safely to asteroid in the main asteroid belt, ensure mission success.” while Vesta is smaller and Dawn is the ninth mission in irregularly shaped. NASA’s Discovery Program. The The spacecraft will arrive at ON PAD 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a third solid rocket spacecraft will be the first to Vesta in September 2011 and at booster is raised from its transporter to be lifted into the mobile service orbit two planetary bodies Ceres in February 2015. tower, where two others wait. The boosters will be mated with the Delta II during a single mission and Dawn, built by Orbital first stage. The Delta is the launch vehicle for the Phoenix Mars Lander study two of the largest asteroids Sciences Corp. in Dulles, Va., spacecraft. Phoenix will land in icy soils near the north polar permanent in the main asteroid belt. This is contains instruments from Italy, ice cap of Mars and explore the history of the water in these soils and any associated rocks, while monitoring polar climate. Landing on Mars is also NASA’s first purely scien- Germany and the U.S. planned in May 2008 on arctic ground where a mission currently in orbit, tific mission powered by three Mars Odyssey, has detected high concentrations of ice just beneath the top layer of soil. Phoenix is scheduled to launch Aug. 3. June 29, 2007 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 Kennedy is first ‘StormReady’ NASA center By Jeff Stuckey We’ve worked well together for a Editor long time.” KSC is the first government howing a complete commit- site in Florida and only the eighth ment to employee safety, the in the nation to be recognized as SKennedy Space Center is StormReady. It is also the first now a certified “StormReady” NASA field center to earn this facility. Working together with the certification. National Weather Service, KSC has The StormReady program is developed a proactive hazardous designed to reduce the number of weather action plan. injuries and property damage from As part of the severe weather severe storms through prepared- notification process, there are ness and education. multiple methods to provide Also participating in the warnings to the work force and presentation were Mike Benik, visitors of KSC in the event of director of Kennedy Center approaching hazardous weather. Operations; Steven Cooper, acting “Being certified as director of the National Weather StormReady shows we are proac- Service southern region; Bob tive as hazardous weather ap- Allen, Florida state representative; proaches our operations,” Center Scott Rayder, chief of staff for the Director Bill Parsons said at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric RECOGNIZING KSC as a “StormReady” community were, from left, June 22 recognition presentation. Administration; and Bart Steven Cooper, director of the National Weather Service southern region; “I would also like to recognize the Hagemeyer, meteorologist-in- Scott Rayder, chief of staff for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric partnerships we have with the 45th charge of the National Weather Administration; Bob Allen, Florida state representative; Bart Hagemeyer, Space Wing Weather Squadron Service Forecast Office in chief meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service Forecast and the National Weather Service. Melbourne. Office in Melbourne; and Bill Parsons, KSC director. Spaceport community enjoys the BEST Barbecue By Jason Rhian THE BLACK Employee Summer Intern Strategy Team, or BEST, hosted its annual barbecue ith colorful, creative at KARS Park 1 on June 22 for students, guests and desserts, stacks of ribs workers. The barbecue is a Wand chicken and an chance to promote enthusiastic crowd, the sixth- fellowship among annual BEST Barbecue on June 23 employees, as well as at KARS Park 1 was a success. welcome interns to the Emcee Sonya Plummer center. welcomed guests and the hazy smoke seemed to attract more people until the tables were filled to capacity.
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