Oct. 14, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Pia Arthur Gowalla, Austin, Texas 512-761-8897 press@gowalla.com RELEASE: 10-260 NASA AND GOWALLA LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP WITH SEARCH FOR MOON ROCKS WASHINGTON -- NASA and Gowalla, a mobile and web service, have partnered to bring users one small step closer to the universe. The partnership populates Gowalla with NASA-related information and four virtual items -- moon rocks, a NASA patch, a spacesuit and a ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 88 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OCT. 20-21 2. NASA ASTRONAUT ABOARD STATION SHARES THOUGHTS ON MINERS' RESCUE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:25:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OCT. 20-21 October 13, 2010 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JA10-003 NASA ASTRONAUT R ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 88 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OCT. 20-21 2. NASA ASTRONAUT ABOARD STATION SHARES THOUGHTS ON MINERS' RESCUE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:25:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OCT. 20-21 October 13, 2010 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JA10-003 NASA ASTRONAUT R ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-143 NASA ASTRONAUT ABOARD STATION SHARES THOUGHTS ON MINERS' RESCUE HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock spoke from space to Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center today about the ongoing rescue of the miners trapped in Chile. Wheelock, a colonel in the U.S. Army, is the commander of a six-person crew aboard ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Brian Kenny Harvard Business School 617-495-6336 news@hbs.edu RELEASE: 10-256 NASA ESTABLISHES TOURNAMENT LAB FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS WASHINGTON -- NASA and Harvard University have established the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL), which will enable software developers to compete with each other to create the best computer code for NASA systems. The NTL provides an online virtual facility for NASA researchers with a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN Widespread and heavy monsoon rains in July and August 2010 led to deadly flooding in Pakistan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46369&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2010 (Posted on Oct 12, 2010 7:46 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Na ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4493 dweaver@stsci.edu David Jewitt University of California, Los Angeles 310-825-2521 jewitt@ucla.edu RELEASE: 10-253 NASA'S HUBBLE CAPTURES FIRST IMAGES OF AFTERMATH OF POSSIBLE ASTEROID COLLISION WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. The images show a bizarre X-shaped ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-257 NASA AND ETSY PARTNER ON A NEW TYPE OF SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade arts and crafts, have partnered to launch "Space Craft," a contest where entrants share an original handmade item or work of art inspired by NASA and NASA's programs, such as the Space Shuttle Program and human spaceflight, aeronautics, science and exploration of the universe. Cont ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-258 STATEMENT BY THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR ON THE CHILEAN MINERS RESCUE WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the rescue effort for the Chilean miners. "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I want to ask that our heartfelt thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the courageous miners, their families and friends, and the dedicated people who have been ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 61 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:54:19 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS Oct. 12, 2010 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report # M10-141 ...Continue Reading