May 10, 2013 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-024 NASA EXTENDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT AT MARSHALL HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has exercised a second two-year award term option with Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston for continued services to support the Safety and Mission Assurance Di ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-075 NASA SETS TV BRIEFING TODAY TO DISCUSS SPACE STATION STATUS HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss the status of the International Space Station, including the latest on an external cooling loop leak that developed Thursday, during a televised briefing today at 3 p.m. CDT (4 p.m. EDT ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-073 MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR LAUNCH OF NASA'S NEXT MISSION TO MARS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- International and U.S. media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mis ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA A dust storm blew across the Arabian Peninsula in early May 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81092&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 08, 2013 (Posted on May 09, 2013 4:14 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Na ...Continue Reading

This quarter's NASA History Lunchtime Talk will be next Thursday, May 16, at noon in the Glennan Conference Assembly Room (NASA Headquarters room 1O35). Our speaker will be the world renowned expert on the Soviet space program, Professor Asif Siddiqi.  His topic will be "New Research on Soviet Space History: Revisiting the Flights of Tereshkova and Komarov."  This is a presentation not to be missed!If you are in the DC area, please feel free to join us.  Contact Nadine Andreassen (202 358-0087, ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 79 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. TOUCH THE MOON AT THE 34th ANNUAL MAINSTRASSE VILLAGE MAIFEST 2. NASA ASTRONAUT RICK CJ STURCKOW LEAVES AGENCY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 16:16:25 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: TOUCH THE MOON AT THE 34th ANNUAL MAINSTRASSE VILLAGE MAIFEST May 9, 2013 Ashl� Robinson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-2457 Report #JO13-020 TOUCH THE M ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 May 10 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 130 Issued at 0030Z on 10 May 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1732 S17W90 157 0080 Dso 06 03 Beta 1734 S18W64 131 0400 Hkx 10 13 Alpha 1736 S08W78 ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-136 NASA CURIOSITY ROVER TEAM SELECTS SECOND DRILLING TARGET ON MARS PASADENA, Calif. -- The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days. This second dr ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850/ 818-354-6278 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-134 NASA WINS PRESTIGIOUS AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AWARDS WASHINGTON -- Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars ...Continue Reading

May 9, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Krystal Scordo Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems, Louisville, Colo. 720-407-3192 krystal.scordo@sncorp.com RELEASE: 13-135 NASA COMMERCIAL PARTNER SIERRA NEVADA COMPLETES SAFETY REVIEW WASHINGTON -- Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of i ...Continue Reading