Sept. 28, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-055 NASA SELECTS CONTRACT FOR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Akima Logistics Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska to receive a contract to support the Logistics Management Services at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a ma ...Continue Reading

Sept. 28, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-054 NASA SELECTS FACILITIES OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Chugach Federal Systems Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, for facilities operations and maintenance services for the Management Operations Directorate at ...Continue Reading

Sept. 28, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-195 NASA'S TOP SPACE TECHNOLOGISTS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck and Space Technology Program Director Michael Gazarik will be visiting some of America's most recognized universities next week. The NASA top technologists will meet with students and faculty to discuss the agency's current and upcoming new technology and innovation initiatives. Peck will b ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 55 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT KEVIN FORD INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY BEFORE SPACE STATION MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:18:06 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT KEVIN FORD INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY BEFORE SPACE STATION MISSION September 27, 2012 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M12-19 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 28 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 272 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1575 N09W46 185 0130 Hax 03 04 Alpha 1576 S20W35 174 0005 Axx 00 01 Alpha 1577 N09W26 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Sasha Congiu Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-5473/757-272-9859 sasha.r.congiu@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-340 NASA ORION SPLASHDOWN TESTS ENSURE SAFE LANDINGS FOR ASTRONAUTS HAMPTON, Va. -- The 18,000-pound test article that mimics the size and weight of NASA's Orion spacecraft crew module recently completed a final series of water impact tests in the Hydro Impact Basin at the agency's Langley Research Cente ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-053 NASA SELECTS OCEAN COLOR SERVICES CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA selects Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of McLean, Va., for ocean color services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This is a five-year cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery-inde ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Dwayne Brown /Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-0918 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-338 NASA ROVER FINDS OLD STREAMBED ON MARTIAN SURFACE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier eviden ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON JELAWAT Jelawat formed over the western Pacific Ocean in September 2012 and strengthened into a super typhoon. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79280&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 27, 2012 (Posted on Sep 27, 2012 12:49 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-193 NASA ASTRONAUT KEVIN FORD INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY BEFORE SPACE STATION MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford of Indiana, making final preparations for an October launch to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, will be available for live sat ...Continue Reading