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    The document discusses several topics: 1) The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis has been delayed to April to repair hail damage, and the crew will continue training. 2) Camp KSC is opening for spring and summer sessions to give children an experience exploring space. 3) A crew including a NASA flight surgeon will participate in a 12-day undersea mission to test space medicine concepts and moonwalking techniques. 4) The crew on the undersea mission will conduct experiments and simulate lunar exploration to help develop technologies for future space missions.

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    March 1, 2007 www.nasa.gov Vol. 12, No.

    15

    Need to roll back shuttle Camp KSC opens for spring,


    delays launch to April summer sessions

    Shuttle Update: Despite the Camp KSC is based at the U.S. day undersea mission aboard the Na-
    launch delay of STS-117 with the Astronaut Hall of Fame. Spring tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
    rollback of Space Shuttle Atlantis to camp hours are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 ministration (NOAA) Aquarius
    repair hail damage, Commander Rick p.m. with extended early drop-off and Underwater Laboratory. NASA
    Sturckow, Pilot Lee Archambault and late pick-up hours available free for Flight Surgeon Josef Schmid, NASA
    mission specialists Jim Reilly, Patrick badged employees. Campers receive astronaut Jose Hernandez and Dr.
    Forrester, Steven Swanson and John a complimentary KSC Visitor Com- Tim Broderick of the University of
    "Danny" Olivas will continue training plex annual pass, lunches and after- Cincinnati complete the crew.
    at NASA's Johnson Space Center as noon snacks, an official Camp KSC During the NASA Extreme Envi-
    they await a new target launch date. T-shirt, four complimentary admis- ronment Mission Operations 12, the
    On Tuesday and Wednesday, sion tickets to the U.S. Astronaut Hall crew will conduct a variety of ad-
    Space Shuttle Program managers of Fame, the Camp KSC graduation vanced medical technology experi-
    continued to meet in the traditional ceremony and a certificate of comple- ments, including robotic telesurgery
    Flight Readiness Review for the mis- tion. on simulated patients.
    sion. During the two-day meeting, For more information and regis- Hands-on telesurgery demonstra-
    NASA managers and engineers assess tration details, call 321-449-4444 or tions and robotic telesurgery technol-
    any risks associated with the mission visit the Web site ogy developed and refined within this
    and determine whether the shuttle's www.KennedySpaceCenter.com. mission will help surgeons overcome
    equipment, support systems and pro- interplanetary communication lag
    NASA Science News — The
    cedures are ready for flight. time. Technologies such as surgeon-
    ESA-NASA Ulysses spacecraft has
    A new target launch date has not guided automatic robot function
    discovered that there is no place in
    been determined, but teams will focus could improve the care of astronauts
    the inner solar system completely
    on preparing Atlantis for liftoff in late on future missions to the moon and
    safe from solar radiation storms. You
    April. Mars.
    can read the full story at
    The crew will conduct simulated
    Register Children For Camp http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2
    undersea "moon walks" to test con-
    KSC — Camp KSC offers children 007/22feb_nosafeplace.htm?list298
    cepts for future lunar exploration.
    entering second through ninth grade 75.
    During these simulated moon walks,
    an out-of-this-world experience to NASA Announces Undersea they will construct an undersea struc-
    explore space as never before. The Mission To Include First Flight ture with the help of a remotely oper-
    spring session is scheduled for March Surgeon — NASA will send a flight ated vehicle, similar to what the next
    26-30. Summer camp sessions are surgeon, two astronauts and a Cin- travelers to the moon may do. The
    available June 4 through August 17. cinnati doctor into the ocean depths crew also will practice collecting geo-
    Regular tuition is $295 per child per off the Florida coast May 7-18 to test logical samples to help develop tools
    session. There is a 10 percent dis- space medicine concepts and moon- and techniques for collecting lunar
    count for badged employees and con- walking techniques. It is the first un- samples as well as train future lunar
    tractors of Kennedy Space Center, dersea mission to include a NASA explorers to be geologists.
    Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, flight surgeon.
    Patrick Air Force Base and retired Did You Know? There are three
    Veteran space flyer Heidemarie
    KSC personnel. weeks until the start of Spring.
    Stefanyshyn-Piper will lead the 12-
    KSC Countdown is published every Tuesday & Thursday. Deadlines are 10 a.m. Mondays & Wednesdays.
    E-mail news to [email protected]. For questions or information, e-mail or call 321-867-2815.
    Find KSC Countdown on the Internet at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/countdown/countdown-toc.html

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