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Spaceport News John F April 20, 2012 Vol. 52, No. 8 Spaceport News John F. Kennedy Space Center - America’s gateway to the universe SpaceX Dragon sets next historic course By Steven Siceloff be the Mercury equivalent to Spaceport News eventually flying crew, and then eventually leading to, in paceX crossed another the long run, passenger travel milestone this week as in space." company and NASA S California-based Space officials met April 16 for a Exploration Technologies thorough Flight Readiness Corps., known as SpaceX, Review ahead of the launch is preparing to launch an of the Dragon spacecraft on ambitious mission to dock a demonstration flight to the its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. space station and return it to The Flight Readiness Re- Earth. The spacecraft will view, or FRR, is a standard not have a crew, but will element for NASA, but the carry about 1,200 pounds of NASA/Glenn Benson upcoming mission is not. As The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia cargo that the astronauts and flies over the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on April 17. The shuttle will be placed on display in the scheduled, the mission will cosmonauts living on the sta- Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. For more information on shuttle transition and be the first to see a privately tion will be able to use. The retirement activities, click on the photo. built and funded spacecraft capsule will go into space rendezvous with the station. atop a Falcon 9 rocket also If successful, the mission is built by SpaceX. Discovery departs Kennedy expected to pave the way The FRR set the stage toward regular operational for a launch on April 30, By Anna Heiney and Space Museum Steven vited guests, members of the commercial cargo missions. although there are sev- Spaceport News F. Udvar-Hazy Center in media and NASA officials "It's almost like the lead- eral additional checks to go Chantilly, Va. were joined at the runway by pace shuttle Discovery up to Apollo, in my mind," through, including a test-fir- The SCA transporting members of Discovery's first departed Kennedy said Mike Horkachuck, ing of the Falcon 9's engines. Discovery took off from and last astronaut crews for Space Center for the NASA's project executive for "Everything looks good S Kennedy at 7 a.m. EDT, just an emotional send-off. SpaceX. "You had Mercury, heading into the April 30 last time with an early morn- ing takeoff atop NASA's as the first light dawned at "This is the place where then you had Gemini, and launch date," said Bill Ger- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft the Shuttle Landing Facility. people have really taken care eventually you had Apollo. stenmaier, NASA's associate (SCA) on April 17. The ferry flight concluded at of Discovery for its entire This would be similar in the administrator for Human Instead of blazing a trail 11:05 a.m. when the aircraft life," said NASA astronaut sense that, we're not going Exploration and Operations. toward low Earth orbit, touched down at Washington Nicole Stott, a mission to the moon or anything as "I think the teams are very the agency's most-flown Dulles International Airport specialist on Discovery's spectacular as that, but we well-prepared. They've done shuttle made its way to the in Sterling, Va. are in the beginnings of com- Smithsonian's National Air Before the departure, in- See DISCOVERY, Page 4 mercializing space. This may See DRAGON, Page 3 'Transformers' spinoffs Golden recognition 2012 All-American Picnic Innovation honored Inside this issue... Page 2 Page 3 Page 6 Page 7 Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS April 20, 2012 Award-winning videos showcase 'Tranformers' spinoffs By Anna Heiney collaborated with Hasbro in in illustrating the innova- Spaceport News using the company’s iconic tions of the men and women OPTIMUS PRIME charac- at NASA," said OPTIMUS he students who pro- ter. PRIME in an animated mes- duced three award- Students provided their winning videos took sage for students. "You have T completed videos to NASA, inspired fellow humans to home trophies -- and met which posted them on You- the actor who gives voice seek out new solutions to the Tube, where members of the to a heroic robot in disguise problems you face. You are public could vote for the best -- at the NASA OPTIMUS heroes." PRIME Spinoff Video productions. NASA judges Space shuttle astronauts Contest awards ceremony selected winners from the Jon McBride and Wendy on April 12 at the Ken- top five videos in each age Lawrence also celebrated nedy Space Center Visitor group: grades three to five, with the winners and em- Complex. CLICK ON PHOTO NASA/Jim Grossmann six to eight and nine to 12. phasized the importance of "You are the Galileos, the Peter Cullen, the voice of OPTIMUS PRIME from the TRANSFORMERS fran- So, what's the connection education in their own lives chise, addresses students and teachers involved with the NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Newtons. You are the ad- with OPTIMUS PRIME, and in the eventual careers of Spinoff Video Contest in the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor leader of the AUTOBOT venturers who will build the Complex on April 12. To view all of the contest videos, click on the photo. today's students. dreams," said Peter Cullen, warriors in the fictional "When I was 10 years old, NASA's spinoff technolo- astronaut or engineer," said world of the TRANSFORM- the longtime voice of OPTI- we did one of the most re- gies are innovations origi- Jim Stofan, NASA's deputy ERS? Like NASA's spinoff MUS PRIME, who attended markable things in the space nally designed for space- associate administrator for technologies, OPTIMUS the ceremony and answered program -- which was to put flight, but transformed into Education. PRIME was built for space, questions for the students humans on the moon for the products that improve daily The first person to walk but changes into something gathered at the complex's first time -- and that had a lives. on Mars is probably between useful while on Earth -- in Rocket Garden. "You are the profound impact on the di- future, and I am proud of you Now in its second year, the fourth and eighth grade his case, a slick, armored rection of my life," Lawrence all." OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff today, according to Stofan, semi-truck. said. "The key to making a The winning videos are Video Contest asks students who asked for a show of Cullen has provided the dream like that come true is "Eagle Eyes Ultraviolet- in grades three through 12 hands from students in those voice of OPTIMUS PRIME doing exactly what you're blocking lens protect, en- to study NASA spinoff tech- grade levels. "One of you since the television car- hance vision," "A Beautiful nologies and produce short, might be the person who toon's inception in 1984, doing now. Staying in school Earth, with the Help of Mi- creative videos promoting actually sets the first step on and his history with the and getting that good educa- cro-Organisms" and "NASA their favorites. Mars," he said. character extends to all three tion -- that truly is going to Vid 2012." Winners received "I've been sent out around The contest, run by NASA live-action movies and the be the foundation you build cash awards or scholarship the country to find some of Goddard Space Flight Cen- current computer-animated the rest of your life on." money, as well as the NASA the smartest, most-talented, ter's Innovative Partnerships television series from Hasbro OPTIMUS PRIME trophy creative (school-age) kids Office in Greenbelt, Md., is Studios, "Transformers: TRANSFORMERS, AUTOBOT, and OPTIMUS PRIME are trademarks etched with the image of the in the nation to see if any of designed to help students see Prime" airing on the Hub TV of Hasbro and used with permission. © 2012 Hasbro. popular TRANSFORMERS them might one day want the benefits of NASA tech- Network. All rights reserved. leader. to be a future scientist or nology here on Earth. NASA "You have shown rare skill GOES-R, GOES-S wear crown of latest, greatest technology By Brittney Longley "The GOES-R series is an Atlas V rockets from Space Launch communications payloads," Calero Spaceport News advanced spacecraft and instru- Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air said. ment technology that will support Force Station in Florida. NOAA’s responsibilities include or more than 30 years, the expanded detection of environmen- The GOES satellites have been a the overall programmatic responsi- Geostationary Operational tal phenomena," said Diana Calero, collaborative effort between NASA Environmental Satellite sys- bility and procurement of ground fa- F NASA mission manager with the and NOAA for many years, suc- cilities, antenna sites, and software tem known as GOES has been used Launch Services Program (LSP). cessfully creating and launching 15 and hardware for satellite command by NASA and the National Oceanic The satellites will assist NOAA in previous satellites. The GOES-R and control. NOAA also processes, and Atmospheric Administration monitoring water, weather, cli- and GOES-S Flight Projects Office, creates and distributes the data the (NOAA) to help provide accurate mate and ecosystems. Calero said which oversees the development satellites retrieve to researchers and weather forecasting on Earth and in upgrades to the series will include of the space segment, is managed space. higher resolution images, lightning by NASA's Goddard Space Flight weather forecasters.
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