Oct 16 2012
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-203 NASA TO HOST MARS CURIOSITY ROVER TELECONFERENCE OCT. 18
WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars. The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is 10 weeks into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-201 NASA OPENS MEDIA ACCREDITATION, ANNOUNCES EVENTS FOR SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' FINAL MOVE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media accreditation is open for activities surrounding space shuttle Atlantis' move to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for permanent public display. Atlantis is scheduled to depart the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at approximately 7 a.m. EDT on Nov. 2. The shuttle will embark on a 10-mile journey from the VAB to the visitor complex, stopping along the route for a NASA ceremony at about 9:45 a.m. Following the ceremony, Atlantis will travel to Space Florida's Exploration Park for a viewing opportunity for visitor complex guests before departing for its new home. Members of the media are invited to cover the ceremony and photograph Atlantis at designated locations throughout the move to Exploration Park. After departing Exploration Park, additional photo locations will be available for media coverage. Ceremony participants include: -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana -- Current and former astronauts of Atlantis' final mission, STS-135 -- Chief Operating Officer, Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Bill Moore
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-202 NASA SYMPOSIUM MARKS 50 YEARS OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION
WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to attend a NASA History symposium about past, present and future solar system exploration. The event takes place Oct. 25-26 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT, at the Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center in Crystal City, Va. The event is free and open to the public with prior registration. The deadline for registration is Friday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m. The Solar System Exploration @ 50 Symposium will explore the milestones of our 50-year history of planetary exploration, what we have learned, and how we have learned it. The symposium is sponsored by the NASA History Program Office and the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
