NASA News National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 AC 321-867-2468 ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ For Release: Jan. 30, 2003 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 KSC Release No. 15 - 03 KSC WEBCAST TO HIGHLIGHT BUMPER LAUNCH On Friday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. KSC Direct will present its next webcast "Bumper: The Story Behind the First Launches from the Cape." On July 24, 1950, Bumper 8, a modified German V-2 rocket carrying the small WAC Corporal wartime rocket, launched near the Cape Canaveral lighthouse. Stan Starr, Chief Engineer for Dynacs Corporation at Kennedy Space Center, will take us behind the scenes and show us the results of this nearly forgotten but very challenging missile development program. The webcast will also feature Norris Gray and Liz Bain, two individuals who played a part in this historic launch over 50 years ago. They will answer questions about their vital roles during that time. The webcast can be found at <http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/KSCDirect/event1.htm> -- end -- ------------------------------------------------------------- For automatic email subscriptions to this KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to mailto:ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. With no subject or message. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an email addressed to mailto:ksc-news_release-unsubscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov . With no subject or message. or you can (un)subscribe on the World Wide Web at: http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov/ Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
