John F. Kennedy Space Center Banner NASA Home Page

KSC Home

Site Search  Multimedia FAQ/Contact Us NASA Centers

KSC Countdown

October 3, 2002

View PDF format - (Download Acrobat Reader)

KSC
News Sites

Button: Shuttle Status Reports

Button: ELV Status Reports

Button: Weather Status Reports

Button: KSC News Release

Button: Newsroom Headlines

Button: Media Resources

Mission Update

Weather forecasters and the mission management team postponed Wednesday's launch of Atlantis while they assessed the possible effect Hurricane Lili may have on the Mission Control Center located at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronauts remained at KSC until decision whether a longer delay is required.



Slogan Contest
The Environmental & Energy Awareness (EEAW) Team is conducting their slogan contest from Oct. 1 to Oct. 25. The EEAW Team will review all nominations. The winner will be announced during the week of October 28 and awarded at the Environmental and Energy Awareness Week celebration in April 2003. Please e-mail your slogan nominations to Barbara.Naylor-1@ksc.nasa.gov.


Technology Transfer Week Winds Down
KSC's annual Technology Transfer Week is designed to heighten awareness of new technology reporting and commercialization activities. Those activities include marketing KSC technologies, patenting, licensing, dual use and the Space Act Monetary Awards program. The Tech Transfer pop-up display remains in the lobby of HQ building through today, October 3. Technology Commercialization repre-sentatives from NASA, USA, Boeing and Dynacs have been available to discuss the technology reporting process with their employees and to answer questions. Boeing representatives will be in the SSPF on Oct. 4. For information about Technology Transfer Week activities, please contact Pam Bookman, 7-6381 or e-mail pamela.bookman-1@ksc.nasa.gov.


Effective Presentations Workshop
The NASA CFO's Office is sponsoring an "Effective Presentations Workshop" on Thursday, Oct. 17. This valuable training session will be administered by John Turcotte, director of the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA). The Workshop, to be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the KSC Training Auditorium, is open to all government employees and contractors on a space-available basis. The central focus of the Workshop is a technique referred to as "Power Briefing," which will provide presenters with the skills necessary to convey an optimal amount of informa-tion and most effectively meet their audiences' needs. For additional information about the speaker or the workshop, please contact Aimee Bergquist, 867-3951.




Did You Know?
National Disability Employment Awareness Month began Oct. 1. This year's national theme is "New Freedom for the 21st Century." Kennedy Space Center's Disability Awareness and Action Working Group (DAAWG) will hold an Awareness Drive as an effort to increase awareness, and to inform and educate employees about the skills, abilities and contributions of people with disabilities. Additionally, Oct. 16 is National Disability Mentoring Day, which provides a great opportunity to get involved by shadowing someone with a disability or getting to know better someone who has a disability. Look for DAAWG representatives in the following locations and dates: Oct. 9, OSB/Logistics Lobbies, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Oct. 30, HQ Lobby, Finale, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. For more information, please contact Debbie Houston at 867-6923. You may access the DAAWG web site through the KSC internal home page at http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasa-only/groups/daawg/.

 


KSC Countdown is published
Tuesdays & Thursdays.
Deadlines: 10 a.m. Mondays & Wednesdays.
Send information, comments or questions to:
E-mail -- Anita.Barrett-1@ksc.nasa.gov
Telephone
-- 867-2815

Other Space
Publications

Button: Astrogram

Button: Lagniappe

Button: Marshall Star

Button: The Missileer

Button: News Roundup

Button: X-Press


Previous Issue
Table of Contents
Spaceport News
Page Last Revised Page & Curator Information
November 4, 2002
Curator: Anita Barrett (Anita.Barrett-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
NASA Official: Dennis W. Armstrong  (Dennis.Armstrong-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
Web Development: JBOSC Web Development Team
A service of the NASA/Kennedy Space Center External Relations and Business
Development Directorate: JoAnn H. Morgan, Director