Nov. 12, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michae.curie@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-049 NASA AWARDS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA selected DB Consulting Group, Inc. in Silver Spring, Md., to provide information technology, multimedia, information management and external relations support services at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new Information ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-296 NASA TEST FIRES NEW ROCKET ENGINE FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLE BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the firs ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-297 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN STATEMENT ON THE WEBB TELESCOPE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made the following statement today on the release of an independent panel's review of the James Webb Space Telescope project: "I appreciate the work done by the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Independent Comprehensive Review Panel (ICRP), and want to thank Sen. Barbara Mikulski for initi ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Valerie Skarupa Operationally Responsive Space Office 505-417-9615 valerie.skarupa@kirtland.af.mil CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-067 NASA AWARDS MODULAR SPACE VEHICLES CONTRACT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Acting as a contracting ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-160 NASA HOLDS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT SPACE TELESCOPE REVIEW REPORT WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EST today to discuss an independent review panel's report on the status of the James Webb Space Telescope project. NASA established the James Webb Space Telescope Independent Comprehensive Review Panel at the request of Sen. Barbara Mi ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-157 NASA ANNOUNCES TELEVISED CHANDRA NEWS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, to discuss the Chandra X-ray Observatory's discovery of an exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood. The news conference will originate from NASA Headquarters' television studio, 300 E St. SW in Washington and carried live on NASA TV. Media repres ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-159 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SPACEWALK LIVE ON NASA TV MONDAY HOUSTON -- Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Monday, Nov. 15, to prepare the outpost for future assembly work. The spacewalk will be broadcast live on NASA Telev ...Continue Reading

Nov. 9, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt/Kathryn Hansen Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535/301-614-5883 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov/kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-158 NASA HOSTS BRIEFING ABOUT ANTARCTIC SCIENCE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, from Punta Arenas, Chile, to discuss the agency's Operation IceBridge. Researchers are using seven instruments ab ...Continue Reading

Nov. 09, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-296 SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS NASA EARTH, SPACE MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA will showcase the latest achievements in climate simulation, space exploration, aeronautics engineering, science research and supercomputing technology at the 23rd annual Supercomputing 2010 (SC10) meeting. The leading international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis wil ...Continue Reading

Nov. 09, 2010 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-295 NASA'S FERMI TELESCOPE DISCOVERS GIANT STRUCTURE IN OUR GALAXY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has unveiled a previously unseen structure centered in the Milky Way. The feature spans 50,000 light-years and may be the remnant of an eruption from a supersized black hole at the cente ...Continue Reading