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1. RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE
2. NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:36:05 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE

Feb 25, 2010

William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Mary Cloud Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston 281-486-2143

Report #J10-006

RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE

HOUSTON – Science results from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, Chandrayaan-1, and Chang’E-1 lunar missions will highlight the 41st annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 1-5 in Houston

The conference will include presentations on the latest findings from these missions and special sessions on water in the solar system and characterizing near-Earth objects Exciting new results from a variety of planetary science disciplines also will be presented Leading scientists from around the world will attend to discuss these and other topics at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in The Woodlands, Texas

Media may register to attend For LPSC press information including links to the program, media advisories and contact information, visit:

http://www lpi usra edu/meetings/lpsc2010/index shtml

Data from recent missions continue to offer space scientists new information and imagery to study Launched June 18, 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at the moon five days later NASA’s LRO mission is to seek safe landing sites for future robotic missions and investigate the lunar radiation environment The primary objective of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was to confirm the presence of water ice at the moon’s South Pole The launch date of June 18, 2009, resulted in a 112-day cruise and impact at the South Pole Oct 9 Updates and results from the LRO mission and the LCROSS impact will be presented

Chandrayaan-1, launched Oct 22, 2008, by the Indian Space Research Organization, was designed to map the lunar surface and investigate its properties It operated until Aug 28, 2009 The Chinese National Space Administration's Chang'E-1 was launched Oct 24, 2007 It impacted the moon on March 1, 2009 Overviews and results from these missions will be presented

Water in its various forms pervades the solar system, from traces of water ice on Mercury, the moon and Mars to some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn Recent results describing evidence for water in the solar system and incorporation into primitive bodies are providing new insights into the evolution of our solar system

"The research presented at this conference illustrates the breadth and depth of our increasing understanding of the bodies, processes and events making up our solar system," said Eileen Stansbery, director of the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center "Planetary scientists use this forum to discuss directions for future mission concepts and fields of inquiry to answer new questions uncovered by current research "

The conference is presented by the Lunar and Planetary Institute LPI is managed by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a national, nonprofit consortium of universities chartered in 1969 by the National Academy of Sciences at the request of NASA USRA operates programs and institutes focused on research and education in most of the disciplines engaged in space-related science and engineering Institutional membership in USRA now stands at 100 leading research universities For more information about LPI, visit: www lpi usra edu

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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:27:46 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT

February 25, 2010

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

David E Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730

Report #C10-010

NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT

HOUSTON -- NASA exercised two one-year extension options with a combined value of $130 million for a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas The contract is for facilities maintenance, operations, design, construction and other work at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

The options continue support under the cost-plus-award-fee, award-term facilities contract through Feb 28, 2012 Facilities support services also include environmental labor, rigging activities, configuration and work control Work is performed in Houston at Johnson, the Sonny Carter Training Facility and Ellington Field

Significant subcontractors for the work include Anadarko Industries of Houston, MRI Technologies, Inc of Houston, and M-1 Support Services of Denton, Texas

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