Jan. 19, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-022 NASA SPACECRAFT PREPARES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY COMET RENDEZVOUS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft is nearing a celestial date with comet Tempel 1 at approximately 11:37 p.m. EST, on Feb. 14. The mission will allow scientists for the first time to look for changes on a comet's surface that ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-023 ASTRONAUT STEVE BOWEN NAMED TO STS-133 SPACE SHUTTLE CREW; MEDIA TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 3:30 P.M. CST HOUSTON -- NASA selected astronaut Steve Bowen as a mission specialist on STS-133, the next space shuttle mission planned for launch on Feb. 24. Bowen replaces astronaut Tim Kopra, who was injured in a bicy ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-021 NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO VOTE ON OPTIMUS PRIME CONTEST STUDENT VIDEOS GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has opened online voting for the agency's OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award student video contest. The public is invited to vote for its favorite videos, made by students in grades three ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-008 NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION SPACEWALK HOUSTON -- Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan. 21, to prepare the complex for future assembly and experiment work. The spacewalk will air live on NASA Television beginning at 8 a.m. CST. Expedition 26 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 138 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV TO BROADCAST JAPANESE CARGO CRAFT FLIGHT TO SPACE STATION 2. NASA CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO TRAIN LIKE AN ASTRONAUT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:54:50 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV TO BROADCAST JAPANESE CARGO CRAFT FLIGHT TO SPACE STATION Jan. 18, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Was ...Continue Reading

Jan. 18, 2011 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-019 NASA CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO TRAIN LIKE AN ASTRONAUT WASHINGTON -- NASA and 14 international space agencies are challenging students to complete a nutrition and fitness program known as "Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut." Approximately 3,700 students from more than 25 different cities worldwide are partic ...Continue Reading

Jan. 18, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-009 NASA TV TO BROADCAST JAPANESE CARGO CRAFT FLIGHT TO SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA plans live television coverage of the launch, grapple and berthing of the second unpiloted Japanese cargo ship that will deliver more than four tons of food and supplies to the International Space Station. The Japan Aer ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE ZELIA Cyclone Zelia formed over the Coral Sea and became a Category 2 cyclone by January 16, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48629&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 16, 2011 (Posted on Jan 17, 2011 12:28 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN QUEENSLAND Wide ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 45 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUT JOSE HERNANDEZ LEAVES NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:36:03 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT JOSE HERNANDEZ LEAVES NASA January 14, 2011 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H11-018 ASTRONAUT JOSE HERNANDEZ LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- After a deca ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-007 NASA UNVEILING NEW ROCKET INTEGRATION FACILITY AT WALLOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 21. The Horizontal Integration Facility will support medium class mission capabiliti ...Continue Reading