Jun 3 2011
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-111 MEDIA EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT CARGO ON NASA'S LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host two media events to highlight the hardware flying aboard the final space shuttle mission, targeted to launch July 8. At 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 10, managers and team members involved in processing the elements for flight will be available for media interviews at Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility. During its STS-135 mission, shuttle Atlantis will carry the multi-purpose logistics module Raffaello, filled with a variety of spare parts and supplies for the International Space Station. Atlantis also will deliver the Robotic Refueling Mission system, which will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft in orbit. At 6 a.m. on Friday, June 17, news media representatives are invited to attend a sunrise photo opportunity at Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis' payloads are scheduled to arrive at the launch pad during the evening on June 16. The rotating service structure, which protects Atlantis from inclement weather and provides access while at the pad, will be open to support the lifting of the payload canister for eventual transfer into the shuttle's payload bay.
RELEASE: 11-177 NASA ANNOUNCES LUNABOTICS MINING COMPETITION WINNERS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thirty-six teams of undergraduate and graduate students from around the globe tested their robot designs in a challenge at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida from May 26-28. During the competition, teams remotely controlled excavators, called lunabots, to determine which could collect the most simulated lunar soil during a specified timeframe. The first place mining competition team was Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada. The Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence winner was the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Winners in other competition categories are: -- On-Site Mining Award Winners: University of North Dakota and West Virginia University -- Judges Innovation Design Award: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. -- Arizona Communications Efficiency Award: Laurentian University -- Team Spirit Award: University of Alabama -- Slide Presentation Award: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. -- Outreach Project Award: Montana Tech, University of Montana -- Systems Engineering Paper Award: John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. The competition is designed to engage and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines critical to NASA missions.
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