Oct. 25, 2010 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-277 NASA SEEKS MORE PROPOSALS ON COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has issued an announcement seeking proposals from U. S. industry to further advance commercial crew space transportation concepts and mature the design and development of system elements, such as ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-270 NASA ADMINISTRATOR STATEMENT ON CHINA VISIT WASHINGTON -- On October 16-21, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden led a small delegation to China. The following is a statement from the Administrator regarding his visit: "On behalf of the NASA delegation that traveled to China, I want to express my appreciation to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, our hosts for my visit. Our delegation conduc ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN BOTSWANA Several large fires burned in Botswana, Africa, on October 15, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46502&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 15, 2010 (Posted on Oct 22, 2010 3:11 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN Dust p ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-274 NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin an 11-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 4:40 p.m. EDT on Monday, Nov. 1, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-133 mission is Discovery's final scheduled ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Lee Tune University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 301-405-4679 ltune@umd.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-152 NASA HOSTS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE TO PREVIEW COMET ENCOUNTER PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT on Tuesday Oct. 26, to preview the EPOXI mission's upcoming flyby and study of the comet Hart ...Continue Reading

Oct. 22, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Anders Correll Aarhus University Press Office, Denmark +45 2899 2235 ac@adm.au.dk MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-150 INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF ASTRONOMERS TO DISCUSS KEPLER FINDINGS WASHINGTON -- The Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC) at Aarhus University in Denmark will hold a media teleconference o ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON MEGI After forming quickly on October 13, 2010, Typhoon Megi grew to “super” typhoon status by October 16. After striking the Philippines on October 18, the storm moved over the South China Sea toward China. * h ...Continue Reading

Oct. 22, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-269 NASA RELEASES REPORT ABOUT AUSTRALIA BALLOON MISHAP WASHINGTON -- A NASA panel that investigated the unsuccessful April 28 launch of a scientific balloon from Alice Springs, Australia, has released its report. NASA was attempting to launch the balloon carrying a gamma-ray telescope belonging to the University of California at Berkeley. The Nuclear Compton Telescope, which was partially destroyed in the ...Continue Reading

Oct. 22, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Erin Gleason Foursquare, New York 917-859-0501 press@foursquare.com RELEASE: 10-273 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH FOURSQUARE ASTRONAUT DOUG WHEELOCK "CHECKS IN" FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Doug Wheelock became the first person to "check in" from space Friday using the mobile social networking appli ...Continue Reading

Oct. 22, 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 RELEASE: 10-272 NASA AIRBORNE SCIENCE CAMPAIGN BEGINS ANTARCTIC SEQUEL WASHINGTON -- Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monit ...Continue Reading