Jan 14 2013
From The Space Library
RELEASE: 13-017 - CORRECTION: NASA, SPACE STATION PARTNERS ANNOUNCE FUTURE CREW MEMBERS --HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have named several future International Space Station expedition crews. They include NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, Reid Wiseman, Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts. Swanson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., but considers Steamboat Springs, Colo., his hometown. Wiseman is from Baltimore and is a commander in the U.S. Navy. Wilmore, a captain in the U.S. Navy, is from Mount Juliet, Tenn. Virts, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, was born in Baltimore, but considers Columbia, Md., his hometown. Swanson and his two Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) crewmates will join Expedition 39 in progress. That expedition will begin in mid-March 2014. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, the expedition's commander; NASA's Richard Mastracchio; and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin already will be aboard. Swanson and his crewmates are scheduled to launch in late-March 2014. Expedition 40 will begin in mid-May 2014. The second half of the crew is scheduled to launch in late-May 2014. Expedition 41 will begin in September 2014. The remainder of the crew is scheduled to launch in October 2014. Expedition 42 will begin in mid-November 2014. The other half of the team is scheduled to launch in late-November 2014.
RELEASE: 13-020 - NASA AWARDS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT GRANTS --WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation's next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 million that will be shared by all the proposals under this NASA Research Announcement to seek innovative and affordable solutions to evolve the launch vehicle from its initial lift capability to a larger, future version of the rocket, which will carry humans farther into deep space than ever before. NASA sought proposals in a variety of areas, including concept development, trades and analyses, propulsion, structures, materials, manufacturing, avionics and software. Partnering with academia on SLS advanced concepts brings new ideas and vitality to NASA and expands the SLS team of rocket scientists beyond just the agency, said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The selected universities and their proposals are: -- "High Electric Density Device for Aerospace Applications," Auburn University -- "Challenges Towards Improved Friction Stir Welds Using On-line Sensing of Weld Quality," Louisiana State University -- "A New Modeling Approach for Rotating Cavitation Instabilities in Rocket Engine Turbopumps," Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- "Algorithmic Enhancements for High-Resolution Hybrid RANS-LES Using Loci-CHEM," Mississippi State University -- "Characterization of Aluminum/Alumina/Carbon Interactions under Simulated Rocket Motor Conditions," Pennsylvania State University -- "Development of Subcritical Atomization Models in the Loci Framework for Liquid Rocket Injectors," University of Florida -- "Validation of Supersonic Film Cooling Numerical Simulations Using Detailed Measurements and Novel Diagnostics," University of Maryland -- "Advanced LES and Laser Diagnostics to Model Transient Combustion-Dynamical Processes in Rocket Engines: Prediction of Flame Stabilization and Combustion-Instabilities," University of Michigan -- "Acoustic Emission-Based Health Monitoring of Space Launch System Structures," University of Utah
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-016 - NASA HOSTS JAN. 15 TELECONFERENCE ON CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS --PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are five months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-014 - NASA, NOAA TO ANNOUNCE 2012 GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, CLIMATE CONDITIONS JAN. 15 --WASHINGTON -- U.S. government climate experts will announce new data on global temperature conditions in 2012 during a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 15. NASA and NOAA scientists will discuss the new results and the year's most significant weather and climate events. NASA and NOAA each independently produce a record of Earth's surface temperatures and changes based on historical observations over the land surface and oceans. Consistency between the two analyses, together with those produced by other countries, increases confidence in their accuracy. These analyses provide government, business and community leaders with critical data and information to make informed decisions. The NASA and NOAA 2012 global temperature analyses will be issued in a news release one hour before the start of the teleconference. Panelists for the teleconference include: -- James E. Hansen, director, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York -- Thomas R. Karl, director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, N.C.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-015 - NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO TOUR SEATTLE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT JAN. 15 --WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden will tour the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at the Seattle Museum of Flight on Tuesday, Jan.15. News media are invited to join Bolden, who will be touring the facility with Doug King, president and CEO of the Museum of Flight, at 1:30 p.m. PST. News media interested in covering this event should contact Ted Huetter at 206-768-7105 by 4 p.m. PST today to confirm media credentials.
