Jan. 14, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-007 NASA UNVEILING NEW ROCKET INTEGRATION FACILITY AT WALLOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 21. The Horizontal Integration Facility will support medium class mission capabiliti ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-018 ASTRONAUT JOSE HERNANDEZ LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- After a decade working in various roles, astronaut Jose Hernandez has left NASA for a position in the aerospace industry. "Jose's talent and dedication have contributed greatly to the agency, and he is an inspiration to many," said Peggy Whitson, ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2011 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-251-6570 mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-010 NASA ADMINISTRATOR PARTICIPATES IN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY CELEBRATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will travel to his hometown of South Carolina to participate in three events on Jan. 18 to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Media representatives may attend the presentations. Bolden, NASA's first African-American administrator, wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- RARE SNOW IN THE U.S. SOUTH A winter storm brought rare snow and ice to states across the U.S. South between January 9 and January 11, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48606&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 13, 2011 (Posted on Jan 14, 2011 12:40 PM) ---------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Sandra Nagy Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-9079 sandra.l.nagy@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-017 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO SEND EXPERIMENTS TO THE EDGE OF SPACE CLEVELAND -- NASA is inviting student teams to design and build experiments the agency will fly into the stratosphere, a near-space environment, more than 100,000 feet above the Earth. NASA's second annual Balloonsat High-Altitude Flight competition i ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 90 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES FOR TWO FLIGHTS 2. NASA ANNOUNCES BACKUP COMMANDER FOR STS-134 MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:10:29 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES FOR TWO FLIGHTS January 13, 2011 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 20 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-010 AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT WASHINGTON -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2010 annual report. The panel examines NASA's safety performance during the past year and alerts agency and government leaders to issues and concerns. Congress established the ASAP in 1968 after the Apollo 1 fire to provide advice and make recommendations to the NAS ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-003 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT NEXT EARTH SCIENCE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. EST, about the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, Glory, scheduled to launch on Feb. 23. During the briefing at NASA Headquarters in Washington, panelists will discuss the spacecraft's mission to study the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- RARE SNOW IN THE U.S. SOUTH A winter storm brought rare snow and ice to states across the U.S. South between January 9 and January 11, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48570&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 12, 2011 (Posted on Jan 12, 2011 7:10 PM) WINTER STORM ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST A ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-010 AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT WASHINGTON -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2010 annual report. The panel examines NASA's safety performance during the past year and alerts agency and government leaders to issues and concerns. Congress established the ASAP in 1968 after the Apollo 1 fire to provide advice and make recommendations to the NAS ...Continue Reading