There is 1 message totalling 60 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUT MARSHA IVINS LEAVES NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:36:42 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT MARSHA IVINS LEAVES NASA Jan. 4, 2011 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H11-002 ASTRONAUT MARSHA IVINS LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-001 NASA SELECTS FIRMS FOR MULTIPLE AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA selected four companies to perform a variety of construction services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Isl ...Continue Reading

Jan. 04, 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: 11-002 ASTRONAUT MARSHA IVINS LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins, a veteran of five spaceflights, has retired from the agency. "Marsha's incredible depth of mission experience and technical expertise has been a tremendous asset to this office," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astrona ...Continue Reading

Dec. 30, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-081 NASA AWARDS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR IN-SPACE SERVICING GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) of Greenbelt, Md., for Systems Engineering for In-Space Servicing (SEISS). This cost-plus-fixed-fee, 18-month contract has a ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 636 2010 Dec 30 Somerville, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station ------------------- Expedition 26 is now underway with crew commander Scott Kelly, flight engineer-2 Aleksandr Kaleri, flight engineer-3 Oleg Skripochka, flight engineer-4 Dmitri Kondratev, flight engineer-5 Paolo Nespoli and flight engineer-6 Cady Coleman aboard the Station. Soyuz TMA-01M is docked at Poisk, Prog ...Continue Reading

Dec. 29, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-347 NASA SEEKS SPACE TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking applications from graduate students for the agency's new Space Technology Research Fellowships. Applications are being accepted from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of graduate students interested in performing space technology research beginning in the fall of 2011. The fellowships will sponsor U.S. gradua ...Continue Reading

Dec. 27, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Patton Tidmore NASA Shared Services Center, Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-813-6486 c.patton.tidmore@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C-10-080 NASA AWARDS AGENCY CONSOLIDATED END-USER SERVICES (ACES) CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA awarded on Dec. 27 a 10-year contract to HP Enterprise Services of Herndon, Va., for Agency Consolidated End-user Services, or ACES. This firm-fixed-price, inde ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601/1600 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jeff Hirz Great Lakes Science Center 216-696-3823 hirz@glsc.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-176 SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS CONNECT LIVE WITH OHIO STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- International Space Station residents Scott Kelly, Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will speak to elementary, middle and high school students from the greater Cleveland met ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calf. 650-604-4110 jessica.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-346 NASA HOSTS PLANET-FINDING TWEETUP IN CALIFORNIA'S SILICON VALLEY WASHINGTON -- NASA will give 100 of its Twitter followers an insider look at its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft and the agency's Ames Research Center on Feb. 11 in Moffett Field in California. ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-347 NASA SPINOFF 2010 REVEALS BENEFITS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN OUR DAILY LIVES WASHINGTON -- Curious how a device designed to produce fuel and oxygen on Mars transformed into a source of clean energy right here on Earth? The 2010 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication is now available online, highlighting new innovations and notable examples of NASA technology impr ...Continue Reading