June 12, 2009 Vol. 49, No. 12 Spaceport News John F. - America’s gateway to the universe

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INSIDE . . . STS-127 crew to put up porch Community Leaders Breakfast lthough they will be installing a one- Aof-a-kind porch on the International Space Sta- tion, the of Endeavour’s STS- 127 mission won’t have time to sit back and relax. The week leading up Page 2 to Endeavour’s launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A at 7:17 KSC welcomes a.m. EDT June 13 has been new power source a busy one. First, the STS-127 crew arrived at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility from Hous- ton in a Shuttle Training Aircraft Gulfstream II jet at NASA/Kim Shiflett 11:53 p.m. June 8. The STS-127 crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center late Monday night. From left are Mission Specialists Tim Kopra, Tom Marshburn, Christopher Cassidy, and Julie Payette of the Canadian Space Agency; Commander Mark Polansky; Pilot Doug “We are so ready to go Hurley; and Mission Specialist Dave Wolf. Page 3 . . . we just can’t wait,” Mis- sion Specialist Tom Marsh- sky, Pilot and their work will be waiting In fact, it’s a banner Be wary of lightning burn said. Mission Specialists Chris- for them on the station’s flight for all the interna- Then there were four topher Cassidy, Marshburn, truss – cargo and payload tional partners, as all five days of final preparations Dave Wolf, Payette and Tim attachment systems. But space agencies – the United that included studying for Kopra, who will be trading the main event will be the States, Russia, Canada, Ja- the mission, medical exams, places with station Flight installation of the new Japa- pan and Europe – will have spacesuit fit checks, landing Engineer Koichi Wakata of nese hardware. representatives at the space practices and adjusting their the Japan Aerospace Ex- Four spacewalks and station when the shuttle body clocks. ploration Agency, or JAXA a great deal of the robotics arrives, in addition to the “We have to shift in a -- has a lot on its agenda. work will devote some time six extra Americans and one completely different time “We’re going to be to installing and outfitting extra Canadian Endeavour Page 6 zone in order to sync up challenged with five space- the final pieces of JAXA’s will deliver. Polansky said with the space station,” said walks coupled with compli- Kibo laboratory – its exter- just having all those nations Heritage: Julie Payette of the Cana- cated robotics using three nal facility, which will pro- represented and working Shuttle docked dian Space Agency. different arms all at the vide the Japanese a way to together toward common with ISS in 1999 Then there’s the mis- same time,” Polansky said. expose science experiments goals is a huge accomplish- sion. It’s scheduled to be The planned five space- to the extreme environment ment. 16 days long. That’s not walks are not a first, but of space, an exposed experi- “We’re excited that the longest mission a space it’s only the second time so ment logistics module for we’ll have 13 people on shuttle has flown, but many have been planned for storage and some experi- board for the first time and it’s only the second time a station mission. ments to get it started. all the major international astronauts have gone into a Endeavour will arrive “It’s certainly really ex- partner space agencies rep- mission planning to stay in with a cargo bay full of citing for JAXA,” Polansky resented at once,” Polansky space for that long. work for the crew’s four said. “For them, this is the said. “It’s a great reminder With length comes spacewalkers – orbital last of their hardware that’s of all the men and women complexity. replacement units and new going to be permanently who work so tirelessly to Page 7 The shuttle crew batteries for the station’s attached to the space station. prepare missions such as – Commander Mark Polan- oldest solar array. Some of This completes their series.” this.” Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS June 12, 2009 Leaders share bright outlook over breakfast By Linda Herridge Spaceport News “If we all work We have a very bright future,” together I know we’re and “Kennedy Space Center going to get through “will always be NASA’s launch this challenge that center,” were Kennedy Center Di- lies in front of us. We rector Bob Cabana’s uplifting mes- all need each other to sages during the annual Communi- be successful.” ty Leaders Breakfast at Kennedy’s Visitor Complex on May 28. Bob Cabana, Kennedy Local, state and U.S. govern- Space Center director ment representatives, as well as business, industry and community leaders received an update on the He said Ares I-X flight test seg- center’s achievements, and current ments are being prepared for launch and future activities. in Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly “Kennedy is very much a part Building and Assembly and Refur- NASA/Kim Shiflett of this community,” Cabana said. bishment Facility. Rep. Ralph Poppell, R-Fla., left, talks with Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana during the annual “If we all work together I know Community Leaders Breakfast in the Debus Conference Facility at Kennedy’s Visitor Complex on May 28. “It’s hard to see this now, but we’re going to get through this chal- we’re going to have a heavy-lift lenge that lies in front of us. We all vehicle that will take us back to the need each other to be successful.” 3,500 to 4,000 jobs at the end of the He said the center’s focus now moon,” Cabana said, referring to the Cabana began the presentation shuttle program. will be to build on its heritage as it Ares V and Altair lunar lander. by showing a special Apollo 40th “We need to pull the Constel- moves into the future. He said NASA’s Launch Anniversary video and then gave lation work forward to help close “The last mission was a phe- Services Program has had one of its a brief overview of Kennedy’s ac- that gap,” Cabana said. “We need to nomenal success. No robots could busiest years with several expend- complishments, and support of the look after this work force.” have done what the astronauts did to able launch vehicle launches. space shuttle, International Space Currently, there are eight upgrade Hubble during the STS-125 Preparations are ongoing for the Station, Constellation and Launch space shuttle missions remaining. mission,” Cabana said. launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Services Programs. The center’s focus is to fly out the Cabana gave an update on the Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater “We are a community, we shuttle through 2010 and complete Constellation Program’s Ares I-X Observation and Sensing Satellite, are a family,” Cabana said. “This the International Space Station. flight test preparations, the three or LCROSS, which are the first mis- is where we fly into space. It all “We must fly safely,” Cabana new lightning towers at Launch sions to go back to the moon. started here.” said. “At the same time we’re con- Pad 39B, modifications to Mobile “We are a leader in space ex- Cabana commended the tinuing on the path for Constella- Launcher Platform-1 and the world- ploration,” Cabana concluded. “We center’s dedicated and talented work tion. We’re pressing on with ground class Orion processing facility in the want to maintain our leadership in force, but said there will be a loss of systems development.” Operations and Checkout Building. the world.”

NASA/Kim Shiflett Hundreds of community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers, and state and local government officials attended the annual Kennedy Space Center Community Leaders Breakfast in the Debus Conference Facility at Kennedy’s Visitor Complex on May 28. June 12, 2009 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 3 FPL, NASA celebrate new power source for KSC

By Linda Herridge The system is expected to Spaceport News generate about 1.7 million kilowatt- hours of electricity per year, which ennedy Space Center and translates to a reduction of almost Florida’s largest utility 1,300 tons of carbon dioxide, nearly Kprovider started breaking four tons of sulfur dioxide and two ground this month on a 10-mega- tons of nitrogen oxide. watt, photovoltaic solar power facil- “Florida is poised to be a leader ity on 60 acres of the center. in America’s growing clean energy NASA officials, VIPs, news economy, which naturally includes media and elected officials kicked solar power,” Kosmas said. off the green effort at a ceremony Posey said he too has a strong May 27 at the Kennedy Space Center commitment to renewable energy. Visitor Complex. “I am pleased to see this project Under an agreement signed by going forward right here on the NASA and Florida Power & Light Space Coast,” Posey said. “This is an in June 2008, the Space Coast Next NASA/Kim Shiflett Generation Solar Energy Center will An aerial view of State Road 3 on Kennedy Space Center where a solar power system will be built by important step in the development of Florida Power & Light. As part of a public-private partnership to promote a clean-energy future, this support the electrical needs of the future sources of renewable energy.” system will produce an estimated 10 megawatts of emissions-free power for FPL customers, which is Kennedy’s previously largest center and help reduce reliance on enough energy to serve about 1,100 homes. fossil fuels. solar power system was installed Speakers during the ceremony produce an estimated 10 megawatts the environment by reducing green- at the center’s landfill in 2005. The were Kennedy Center Director Bob of emissions-free power for FPL house gas emissions by more than five-kilowatt, solar photovoltaic Cabana, FPL President and Chief customers, which is enough energy 227,000 tons during a period of 30 system provides electrical power Executive Officer Armando Olivera, to serve about 1,100 homes. years. to one of two buildings previously U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and The second is a one-megawatt According to the U.S. Envi- powered by diesel generators, saving U.S. Reps. Suzanne Kosmas, D-Fla., solar power facility that will provide ronmental Protection Agency, that’s the government about $26,000 per and Bill Posey, R-Fla. renewable energy directly to Ken- the equivalent of removing 1,800 year, and eliminating the safety and “The partnership between nedy and help NASA meet its goal cars from the road every year for the environmental hazards associated NASA and FPL is an excellent one for use of power generated from entire life of the project. It also will with generators. that comes at the right time,” said renewable energy. save about 122,000 barrels of oil and In 2003, Kennedy installed a Cabana. “It will help provide clean, “Like NASA, FPL is looking 2.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas solar thermal system at the Film renewable power to Florida resi- beyond the horizon,” Olivera said. during its lifetime. Storage Building and a one-kilowatt dents, it will help support America’s “We are building more emissions- “There’s no better time than array was installed to provide electri- space program by supplying elec- free solar power with the quality of right now to start using the sun cal power to a lightning detection tricity directly to Kennedy Space life of our children and grandchil- and other clean sources to power device in 2004. Solar powered park- Center, and it helps to reduce our dren in mind.” America,” Nelson said. “And, ing lot lights are in use at the Life reliance on fossil fuels and improves The FPL facilities at NASA will perhaps, there’s no better agency to Support Facility built in 2008. the environment.” help provide Florida residents and help lead the way than NASA. Let’s The center reduced its elec- FPL will build and maintain two America’s space program with new hope power companies all over the tricity consumption from 266,200 solar photovoltaic power genera- sources of clean energy that will cut country take a cue from this partner- megawatt-hours in 2003 to 249,700 tion systems at Kennedy. One will reliance on fossil fuels and improve ship.” megawatt-hours in 2008.

NASA/Kim Shiflett Courtesy of FPL An aerial view of the Industrial Area of Kennedy Space Center where a solar power system will be This is a rendering of the proposed solar power system that Florida Power & Light is beginning to con- built by Florida Power & Light. This system will be a one-megawatt solar power facility that will provide struct in the Industrial Area of Kennedy Space Center. This one-megawatt facility will help NASA meet renewable energy directly to Kennedy. its goal for use of power generated from renewable energy. Page 4 SPACEPORT NEWS June 12, 2009 June 12, 2009 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 5 Scenes Around Kennedy Space Center

NASA/Jim Grossmann NASA/Jim Grossmann Workers secure the conjoined Ares I-X forward and center segments of the fifth segment simulator to In Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane lowers the Tranquility the simulator’s aft segment in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space module, or Node 3, toward a work stand. The module will be delivered to the International Space Station on Center. Ares I-X is the test vehicle for Ares I, a component of the Constellation Program to return the STS-130 mission. Tranquility eventually will house the life support equipment necessary for the space humans to the moon and beyond. Launch of the Ares I-X flight test is targeted for August 2009. station’s permanent crew of six. It also will accommodate the Cupola observation module, a seven-window, dome-shaped structure. Tranquility is targeted for launch aboard space shuttle Endeavour in February 2010.

Photo courtesy of Tony Gannon/SPACE FLORIDA NASA Employees of the Month: June Academy students, from left, Kimberley Koehler (University of Central Florida), Aline Seekins (Florida Tech), Brenton Thompson (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Bob Eppig (Florida Space Grant Consortium engi- neer), and Andrew Vieves (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) make final preparations to their scientific payload during a recent launch countdown at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA/ Tom Farrar Employees of the month for June are, from left: Akash Vangani, Launch Services Program; Todd Campbell, Launch Vehicle Processing Directorate; Raymond Norman, Center Operations; Lourdes Cotto, Chief Financial NASA/Jim Grossmann Office; Martin Boyd, Engineering Directorate; and Michael Miller, Constellation Project Office. Not pictured NASA/ Tony Gray Workers check the “beanie cap” and the gaseous oxygen vent arm removed from the fixed service are: Tony Killiri, Information Technology and Communication Services; Josephine Santiago-Bond, Engineering Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, Deputy Director Janet Petro and Mark Jager, program manager for CAPPS/Boeing, honor several Executive Safety Award winners at Kennedy Headquarters on May 28. From structure at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B. A portion of the service structure is being Directorate; and Suzanne Dininny, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate. left, are Petro, Ronald Davis, Edgar Jarrell, Richard Hulse, Melvin Edmonds, Jager and Cabana. Not shown are Thomas Ferruzza, Jack Legere, Gregory Hakanson, Richard Lawson and John Carden. removed for the pad’s conversion as launch site for the Constellation Program’s Ares I-X flight test. Page 6 SPACEPORT NEWS June 12, 2009 When rain pours and thunder roars, go indoors week-long storm system recently Ahovered over the Space Coast, producing high winds, piercing thunder, re- cord rainfall and dangerous lightning. The system, which kicked off Florida’s lightning season a little early, even inhibited landing attempts by space shuttle Atlantis and its STS-125 crew at Kennedy Space Center. Central Florida, known as “Lightning Alley,” receives more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the United States. Light- ning is responsible for more weather-related deaths in Florida than nearly all other weather hazards combined. It also inflicts lifelong, de- bilitating injuries. Lightning season will continue through late September, so now is the time to be lightning safe. Remember that no place outside is safe with thunder- storms in the area. While on Kennedy or Cape Canaveral

Air Force Station property, NASA listen for the following light- Two lightning bolts struck about 1/3 of a mile from space shuttle Endeavour on Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B on May 11. This ning advisories: image was taken from Kennedy’s operational television cameras. Phase-I lightning watch -- issued up to 30 stay inside until the advisory safe place early. If you hear water. Small, open structures, minutes before lightning is More info is canceled. thunder, the storm is getting such as pavilions and rain While off property, close enough to be a danger shelters do not provide light- expected to occur within six More information on continue to practice lightning -- go to a safe place immedi- ning protection. miles of the specified loca- lightning safety is avail- safety. Two excellent slogans ately. The safest place from Level No. 4 -- first tion. This means lightning is able at www.lightning- are, “When thunder roars, go lightning is a house, office, aid for lightning victims. close enough to be a reason- safety.noaa.gov. For All lightning deaths are a able threat. lightning safety training, indoors!” and “Half-an-hour school or store. A car, bus or result of cardiac arrest or Phase-II lightning contact William Ro- since thunder roars, now OK truck offers good protection stopped breathing at the warning -- issued when eder at the 45th Weather to go outdoors!” too. When indoors, stay away time of the lightning strike. lightning is imminent or Squadron at william. Follow the four levels of from conducting paths to the Rescue breathing, or CPR, is occurring within six miles of [email protected] or lightning safety: outside: corded telephones, the recommended first aid. the specified location. call (321) 853-8410. Level No. 1 -- schedule electrical appliances, wiring Follow approved local outdoor activities to avoid the and plumbing. Have someone call 911, or procedures when you hear lightning hazard. Listen to Level No. 3 -- when 867-7911 if on-base. If an lightning advisories. If you and go to proper shelter. your NOAA Weather Radio, you have to be outdoors with automated external defibril- don’t have approved local Proper shelter is considered a know the local weather pat- thunderstorms in the area. lator, or AED, is available, procedures, develop them. large, fully enclosed building terns and use local forecasts This is considered danger- use it on victims with cardiac Until then, use the following with wiring and plumbing, or from the National Weather ous and should only be done arrest. If the cardiac arrest is guidelines: a vehicle with a solid-metal Service of Melbourne, Fla., if there is no alternative. a fibrillation condition, the If you’re working out- roof and solid-metal sides. at www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb. Avoid the riskiest locations AED works much better than doors near proper shelter and If you’re working Level No. 2 -- when out- and activities: elevated and CPR. If it is not a fibrillation, a Phase-I lightning watch is outdoors and a Phase‑II side, know when and where wide-open areas, such as then the AED won’t fire and issued, finish vital activities lightning warning is issued, to go for lightning safety. sports fields and beaches, and you should resume CPR. quickly and go inside. If you you are in danger -- go inside Watch the skies for signs of tall isolated objects, such as William R. Roeder of the are not near proper shelter, immediately. If indoors and approaching or locally devel- trees. Get out of, off of and 45th Weather Squadron stop activities immediately a watch or warning is issued, oping thunderstorms. Go to a away from large bodies of contributed to this report. June 12, 2009 SPACEPORT NEWS Page 7 Remembering Our Heritage: 10 years ago Discovery first shuttle docking with ISS 10 years ago By Kay Grinter nications stations. Jernigan Reference Librarian used this time to power up the docking mechanism and he International prepare it for contact and Space Station became capture with the station. a sign of teamwork T For the docking, and partnership 10 years ago Rominger maintained the when space shuttle Discov- shuttle’s speed relative to the ery docked to the fledgling station at about one-tenth of a structure using the Rus- foot per second, and kept the sian-designed Androgynous docking mechanisms aligned Peripheral Attach System, or to within three inches of one APAS, on May 29, 1999. another. The system evolved When Discovery made from a docking system contact with the station, engineered by Russian latches automatically at- space technologist Vladimir tached the two spacecraft. Syromyatnikov whose career Shock absorber-type springs began in the former Soviet in the docking mechanism Union during the Cold War. dampened any relative mo- “I joined space technol- tion between the two. ogy when there was no space NASA file/1999 Once relative motion technology at all,” Syro- The STS-96 crew consisted of six NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut that included, from left, Daniel Barry, mission between the spacecraft had myatnikov told the Spaceport specialist; Kent Rominger, commander; Julie Payette, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency; Ellen been stopped, Jernigan com- News in 1995. He entered the Ochoa, mission specialist; cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, mission specialist; Rick Husband, pilot; and Tamara Jernigan, mission manded the docking ring space race in 1956, before specialist. on Discovery’s mechanism the first Sputnik launch. Syromyatnikov modified the joined spacecraft set a record shuttle and station flew over to retract and close latches Although Syromyat- design of the docking system as the largest structure ever the Russian Kazakh border to firmly secure the shuttle nikov started in launch ve- to accommodate the visits to orbit Earth. -- but docking had been a to the station. Then, the hicle design, he had become of the U.S. space shuttle to “Docking is really an team effort. shuttle’s steering jets were the foremost docking system Russia’s Mir space station. assembly,” Syromyatnikov As Discovery moved to reactivated to control both designer for the Soviet space said, explaining that in Rus- within about a half-mile of spacecraft for the duration of program by the time the On June 29, 1995, during sia the docking mechanism is the station, Rominger took the docked operations of five United States and the Soviet the STS-71 mission, space even known as the Androgy- over manual control of the days, 18 hours. Union agreed to a joint dock- shuttle Atlantis docked with nous Peripheral “Assembly” shuttle’s approach, flying The mission’s pri- ing. He traveled to Houston Mir with the assistance of System. to a point about 500 feet mary tasks went smoothly in the 1970s to support the the Androgynous Peripheral Four years later at directly below the station, -- outfitting the station with Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Docking System, as it was the time of space shuttle from which he began a half- a U.S.-built crane, the orbital Later, as head of called. STS-71 was the Discovery’s STS-96 mission, circle of the station. During transfer device, as well as electromechanical system historic 100th mission for the assembly of the Interna- the rendezvous, Rominger parts of the Russian crane design for RSC Energia, space shuttle, and the con- tional Space Station was was assisted by Husband Strela. just getting under way. The in controlling Discovery’s After undocking, Payette station was no more than the approach. deployed the Starshine satel- habitable U.S. Unity module Jernigan and Ochoa lite from the shuttle’s cargo attached to the Russian Zarya also played key roles in the bay. The small probe instant- control module. rendezvous, with Jernigan ly became visible from Earth STS-96 mission Com- operating the shuttle’s dock- as part of a project allowing mander Kent Rominger’s ing mechanism and Ochoa students from 18 countries to crew included Pilot Rick assisting with the rendezvous track its progress. Husband and Mission Spe- navigation. As Payette prepares for cialists Ellen Ochoa, Tamara Rominger flew Discov- her second trip to the station Jernigan, Daniel Barry, ery to a point about 250 feet aboard space shuttle En- Russian Valery Tokarev and directly above the station, deavour as a member of the Canadian Julie Payette, mak- stopped Discovery and then STS-127 crew, the station is ing her first spaceflight. slowly descended to a point 81 percent complete by mass, On May 29, Rominger about 170 feet away. He then an accomplishment that

NASA file/1999 eased the shuttle’s APAS to held Discovery’s position for would not have been possible a textbook linkup with one about a half an hour to allow without the involvement and The International Space Station is seen during a fly-around following separation with space shuttle Discovery. The STS-96 flight carried the Spacehab module in of two pressurized mating the station to move within teamwork of our interna- the payload and was the first to perform docking with the orbiting complex. adapters on Unity as the range of Russian commu- tional partners. Page 8 SPACEPORT NEWS June 12, 2009

Kennedy Space Center Spirit Day set for June 26 ON THE The External Relations WORD STREET Education Office is sponsoring Kennedy Space Center Spirit LRO and LCROSS are going to the moon on a mission Day on June 26. targeted to launch June 17. Do you think the spacecraft will Kennedy workers are find potential resources to sustain human life, such as ice? encouraged to wear their alma mater colors, logo or jersey. Join the fun and see “I hope they do. If we’re going to put a habitat up which of your coworkers there, it would be nice to find water.” belongs to your school family Steve Barry, . . . maybe you’ll find out they with NASA belong to “that other school.” For more information, e-mail Helen Kane at [email protected]. “Yes, I do. I think they’ll find ice based on history and recent lunar findings.” David Ouellette, with Lockheed Martin Corp.

Looking up and ahead “No, but I think they will find things that will create ice and water . . . I hope.” June 12 KSC BEST BBQ, KARS Park I (Area 2) 3-6 p.m. EDT Don Hall, June 13 Launch/KSC: Endeavour, STS-127; 7:17 a.m. EDT with ASRC Aerospace Corp. Planned for June 29 Landing/KSC Shuttle Landing Facility: 12:18 a.m. EDT

June 17 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, LRO/LCROSS; 3:22 p.m. EDT

No earlier than June 26 Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, GOES-O; 6:14 p.m. EDT

July Launch/CCAFS: Falcon 9; TBD “Yes, because comets transport ice around the Target Aug. 7 Launch/KSC: Discovery, STS-128; 8:49 a.m. EDT galaxy, and I’m sure the moon has been struck.” Luke Catella, No earlier than Aug. 17 Launch/CCAFS: Delta II, STSS Demo; TBD with NASA No earlier than Aug. 21 Launch/CCAFS: Delta II, GPS IIR-21; TBD

No earlier than Aug. 28 Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, WGS SV-3; TBD

No earlier than Aug. 30 Launch/KSC: Ares I-X flight test/7 a.m. EDT

September Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, Commercial Payload; TBD

No earlier than Oct. 19 Launch/CCAFS: Atlas V, SDO; TBD John F. Kennedy Space Center No earlier than Nov. 1 Launch/CCAFS: WISE; TBD Target Nov. 12 Launch/KSC: Atlantis, STS-129; 4:22 p.m. Spaceport News No earlier than Nov. 12 Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, GOES-P; TBD

Late November/Early December Launch/CCAFS: Delta IV, GPS IIF-1; TBD Spaceport News is an official publication of the Kennedy Space Center and is published on alternate Fridays by External Relations in the interest of KSC civil No earlier than Jan. 23, 2010 Launch/VAFB: Taurus, Glory; TBD service and contractor employees. Contributions are welcome and should be submitted three weeks before publication Target Feb.4, 2010 Launch/KSC: Endeavour, STS-130; 6:20 a.m. to the Media Services Branch, IMCS-440. E-mail submissions can be sent to [email protected] Target March 18, 2010 Launch/KSC: Discovery, STS-131; 1:08 p.m. Managing editor ...... Candrea Thomas Target May 14, 2010 Launch/KSC: Atlantis, STS-132; 3:05 p.m. Editor ...... Frank Ochoa-Gonzales Target July 29, 2010 Launch/KSC: Endeavour, STS-133; 8:45 a.m. Copy editor ...... Rebecca Sprague

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