Dec. 8, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-322 NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH AND TECH PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is negotiating contracts with 350 small businesses that had the best proposals to address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The proposals are part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program, known as SBIR, and the Small Business Technology Transfer program, known as STTR. "Th ...Continue Reading

Dec. 8, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-327 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN'S STATEMENT ON FALCON 9 LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement about SpaceX's launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule: "While rocket launches from the Cape are considered a common occurrence, the historic significance of today's achievement by SpaceX should not be lost. "This is the first in a new generation of ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 48 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. FALCON 9 LAUNCH POSTPONED TO NO EARLIER THAN WEDNESDAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 12:41:57 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: FALCON 9 LAUNCH POSTPONED TO NO EARLIER THAN WEDNESDAY Dec. 6, 2010 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-24 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 7, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-170 DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT OF FALCON 9 ROCKET SET FOR WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first demonstration flight of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has be ...Continue Reading

PO.DAAC is pleased to announce that we are now distributing the latest NCEP Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature data set version 3b. This monthly analysis spans from January 1854 to the present and is computed on a 2 degree grid. It is available in ascii and netCDF formats and is based on the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) release 2.4. Major changes include improving the tuning procedures using simulated data to improve the analysis prior to 1930 and using NC ...Continue Reading

Dec. 07, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-323 NASA AND HIGH TECH PARTNERS HOST RANDOM HACKS OF KINDNESS WASHINGTON -- NASA joined with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the World Bank Dec. 3-4 to bring together computer experts looking for new approaches to disaster relief challenges. The third Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event included more than 1,500 software developers, students and disaster risk experts for a "hackathon&qu ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 111 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPATES IN E-WASTE RECYCLE EVENT 2. NASA TARGETS SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LAUNCH FOR NO EARLIER THAN FEB. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:58:41 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPATES IN E-WASTE RECYCLE EVENT December 6, 2010 Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-8609 Report #J1 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-326 DOE AND NASA REACH CLEANUP AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy and NASA signed Administrative Orders on Consent (AOC) with the California Environmental Protection Agency today that define the process for the characterization and cleanup end-state of portions of the Santa Susana Field Laborator ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-310 FALCON 9 LAUNCH POSTPONED TO NO EARLIER THAN WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A demonstration launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been rescheduled for no earlier than ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-326 DOE AND NASA REACH CLEANUP AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy and NASA signed Administrative Orders on Consent (AOC) with the California Environmental Protection Agency today that define the process for the characterization and cleanup end-state of portions of the Santa Susana Field Laborator ...Continue Reading