July 20, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov 202-358-0321 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore villard@stsci.edu 410-338-4514 Karen Randall SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif. krandall@seti.org 650-960-4537 RELEASE: 11-234 NASA'S HUBBLE DISCOVERS ANOTHER MOON AROUND PLUTO WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny, new satellite, temporarily des ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 122 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT 2. STS-135 MCC Status Report #23 3. STS-135 MCC Status Report #24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:16:15 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT July 19, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Ce ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-151 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO EARTH FOR FINAL TIME THURSDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The final flight of NASA's 30-year-old space shuttle program is scheduled to end on Thursday, July 21, when Atlantis and its ST ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jul 20 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 201 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Jul 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1250 S26W74 209 0100 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1251 N17W35 170 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1254 S22W0 ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-031 NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has selected Navarro Research and Engineering Inc. of Oak Ridge, Tenn., to provide environmental management and services at the agency's White Sands Test Facility in L ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN RUSSIA Fires are common in the forests of eastern Russia during the warm temperatures and dry weather of summer, and the summer of 2011 saw widespread fire and smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51376&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 18, 2011 (Posted on Jul 18, 2011 2:15 PM) -- SEVE ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Cathy Weselby Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 cathy.weselby@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-236 NASA BOOK AVAILABLE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO LEARN ABOUT MOON MOFFET FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has released a new book for visually impaired people to experience the wonders of the moon. Called "Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters," the 17-page book features Braille and tact ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 33 2011 July 19 at 9:40 a.m. MDT (2011 July 19 1540 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 11-17 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For July 20-26 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other obse ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-237 TWO NASA PROBES TACKLE NEW MISSION: STUDYING THE MOON WASHINGTON -- Two small NASA probes that had been used to study space weather now are orbiting the moon to study its interior and surface composition. The spacecraft, called Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2011 Sarah Ramsey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1694 sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-148 MEDIA INVITED TO CAPE CANAVERAL JOB FAIR ON JULY 26 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Brevard Workforce are partnering to host a job fair with private sector companies and federal employers fr ...Continue Reading