Aug 19 2011
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-172 MEDIA INVITED TO MAJOR PROPERTY TRANSFER AT STENNIS SPACE CENTER BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. --
Journalists are invited to a ceremony marking the official transfer of a 1.6-million-square-foot facility to NASA's Stennis Space Center, positioning the south Mississippi site for years of major expansion. The ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Participants include Sen. Thad Cochran and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver. News media representatives will have an interview opportunity following the ceremony and a tour of Stennis' engine assembly facility. In 2009, Stennis Space Center was designated a "project-ready" site for high-tech businesses seeking new locations. It was the first Mississippi site to gain the technology park certification, which identifies locations that are ready for use and relatively risk-free for businesses. Sites must meet high criteria in such areas as availability of infrastructure, utilities, transportation and facilities. With acquisition of the former Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant facilities, NASA will increase the total facility space at Stennis by about 33 percent. A dozen employers, including Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, the Government Printing Office and the Department of Energy already are located in portions of the space. More companies and government tenants are expected.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-173 SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL CARGO CARRIER ARRIVING AT NASA WALLOPS
WASHINGTON -- NASA's partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Station reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the station, is scheduled to arrive at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Reporters are invited to cover the arrival of Cygnus' Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday. NASA officials and Orbital representatives will be available for interviews. During the next several months, Orbital's engineering team will integrate the PCM with the Cygnus service module that includes the spacecraft's avionics, propulsion and power systems. The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight early next year on an Orbital Taurus II launch vehicle under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company. Cygnus will launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at Wallops.
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