The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON MEGI After forming quickly on October 13, 2010, Typhoon Megi grew to “super” typhoon status by October 16, with wind speeds peaking at an estimated 287 kilometers (178 miles) per hour on October 17. Megi made lan ...Continue Reading

Oct. 18, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-145 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Monday, Oct. 25, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the Flight Readiness Revie ...Continue Reading

Oct. 18, 2010 Michael Braukus NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-144 NASA HOSTS MEDIA TELECON FEATURING RESULTS OF MOON MISSION IMPACT THE SCIENCE JOURNAL HAS EMBARGOED INFORMATION UNTIL 2 P.M. EDT ON OCT. 21 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 21, to discuss additional findings from NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, missio ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 108 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. UNDERGRAD PROPOSAL DEADLINE NEARS FOR NASA REDUCED GRAVITY FLIGHTS 2. NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS DATA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:33:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: UNDERGRAD PROPOSAL DEADLINE NEARS FOR NASA REDUCED GRAVITY FLIGHTS October 15, 2010 Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 Ann Marie Trotta H ...Continue Reading

Oct. 15, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov/ bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-259 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS DATA WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contracts to six companies for the purchase of technical data resulting from industry efforts to develop vehicle capabilities and demon ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE PAULA Small but powerful, Paula strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean Sea before weakening to a tropical storm. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46391&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 14, 2010 (Posted on Oct 14, 2010 4:08 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-262 NASA WANTS STUDENT INNOVATORS FOR 2011 GREAT MOONBUGGY RACE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Four decades after the first NASA lunar rover rolled across the surface of the moon, innovative students are preparing to design and build a new generation of wheeled wonders. Registration is open for the 18th annual ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE PAULA Small but powerful, Paula strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean Sea before weakening to a tropical storm. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46384&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2010 (Posted on Oct 14, 2010 1:12 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 n ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rani Gran/Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483/0535 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov, sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-261 NASA TECHNOLOGY MAY AID INTERPRETATION OF MEDICAL IMAGERY GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA software used to enhance Earth science imagery could help interpret medical imagery. The new MED-SEG system, developed by Bartron Medical Imaging Inc. of Largo, Md., relies on an ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-142 NEW ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR EDUCATION AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA WASHINGTON -- Leland D. Melvin, NASA's newly appointed associate administrator for education, will be available to members of the media on Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT. Melvin, a former astronaut, will be available for a media roundtable teleconference at 1 p.m. and for television live shots from 3 to 4 p.m. To ...Continue Reading