Apr 27 2010
From The Space Library
RELEASE: 10-162
NASA NAMES LUGO AS DIRECTOR OF GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Ramon Ray Lugo III as director of the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, effective July 18. Lugo has been Glenn's acting director since March. As Glenn's director, Lugo is responsible for planning, organizing and leading the activities needed to accomplish the missions assigned to the center. Glenn has research, technology and systems development programs in space propulsion, space power, space communications, aeronautical propulsion and microgravity sciences. "Ray is a tremendous leader who brings decades of experience and important skills to this job, Bolden said. I'm confident with him at the helm Glenn will continue to excel in all of the activities that take place there. Lugo was named Glenn's deputy director in November 2007. Before that, he served as deputy manager of the Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Lugo began his NASA career at Kennedy as a cooperative education student in 1975. Lugo's other past leadership positions include executive director of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office, director of Expendable Launch Vehicle Services, manager of the Facilities and Support Equipment Division in the Space Station Project Office, and chief of the business office in the Joint Performance Management Office. Lugo's work has earned numerous honors, including two NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals for contributions to the Galileo mission and International Space Station redesign, and three NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals for his service in the Expendable Launch Vehicle Program. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Central Florida in 1979 and a master's degree in engineering management from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1982
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RELEASE: 10-169
NASA TELEVISION DEBUTS FULL-TIME HIGH DEFINITION CHANNEL
WASHINGTON -- On Monday, July 19, NASA Television will launch a full-time High Definition (HD) channel that media, cable and satellite service providers can access for news content and coverage of agency missions and programs. The channel will deliver HD video that only NASA can provide, such as live launch coverage of space shuttles and other spacecraft. The ISS Update, a daily program covering the activities of the on-orbit International Space Station crews, will air on the new HD channel. Video of the Earth shot by crews on the station and from NASA satellites also will be available. NASA's video file news feed, media conferences, lectures, satellite interviews and special events also will be delivered in HD. The NASA TV HD channel will be offered in MPEG-2 format. For complete NASA TV downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-065
NASA TELEVISION TO BROADCAST ARRIVAL OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP
HOUSTON -- The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies on Saturday, May 1, and NASA Television will broadcast the arrival live. Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko, T.J. Creamer, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Soichi Noguchi will watch as the unpiloted Russian ISS Progress 37 craft automatically attaches to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 1:34 p.m. CDT. NASA TV coverage of the Progress arrival will begin at 1 p.m. with commentary. The cargo ship is carrying more than 2.5 tons of supplies for the six crew members. It will be launched at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. There will be no NASA TV coverage of the launch. For NASA Television streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-074
NASA ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION
WASHINGTON -- Space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are flying together 220 miles overhead until Sunday, May 23. Circling the Earth every 90 minutes, the spacecraft offer unique sighting opportunities for sky gazers around the world. With the shuttle attached, the station appears even brighter than usual in the morning and evening sky. The station may be seen every day from various locations around the world just prior to sunrise and just after sunset. There are good sighting opportunities, weather permitting, on Tuesday for Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee; on Wednesday for California and Texas; and on Thursday for Florida.
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