Feb. 7, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-034 NASA AND WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ARE CHALLENGE PARTNERS WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed an agreement with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) of Worcester, Mass., to manage the Sample Return Robot Challenge, one of the agency's new Centennial Challenges prize competitions. The challenge will demonstrate how a robot can locate and retrieve geologic ...Continue Reading

Feb. 5, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-035 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR VISITS COLORADO INNOVATION SITES WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Boulder, Colo. today to meet with entrepreneurs and discuss innovations in space exploration and technology development critical to America's future in space. Garver toured the facilities of Sierra Nevada Corporation, a company with wide involvement in developing technologies for space ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 101 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY RESUMES TRAINING FOR STS-134 MISSION 2. NASAS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO REMAIN CLOSED FRIDAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:52:22 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY RESUMES TRAINING FOR STS-134 MISSION Feb. 4, 2011 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, W ...Continue Reading

Feb. 4, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-033 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR VISITS NEVADA INNOVATION SITES WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Las Vegas today to meet with Nevada entrepreneurs and discuss innovations in space exploration and technology development critical to America's future in space. Garver toured the facilities of Bigelow Aerospace, a company that has been developing expandable space habitats. NASA is e ...Continue Reading

Feb. 04, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-024 MEDIA INVITED TO ENGINE TEST AND MEETING WITH NASA ADMINISTRATOR BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- Members of the news media are invited to visit NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center on Monday, Feb. 7, to view a flight acceptance test of ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE YASI Tropical Cyclone Yasi headed for Australia in late January 2011. The storm was forecast to make landfall with winds over 100 knots (185 kilometers per hour). * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49122&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 04, 2011 (Posted on Feb 04, 2011 12:30 PM) * ...Continue Reading

Feb. 04, 2011 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-025 NASA RELEASING FIRST VIEWS OF THE ENTIRE SUN ON SUPER SUN-DAY WASHINGTON -- NASA will score big on super SUN-day at 11 a.m. EST, Sunday, Feb. 6, with the release online of the first complete view of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere. Seeing the whole sun ...Continue Reading

Feb. 04, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-036 NASA ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY RESUMES TRAINING FOR STS-134 MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will resume training as commander of the STS-134 space shuttle mission on Monday, Feb. 7. With the exception of some proficiency training, Kelly has been on personal leave since Jan. 8 to care for his ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 124 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASAS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO CLOSE FOR WINTER STORM 2. NASA NAMES WINNING EXPERIMENTS IN KIDS MICRO-G CHALLENGE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:17:46 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASAS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO CLOSE FOR WINTER STORM February 3, 2011 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J11-002 NASAï¿&Ac ...Continue Reading

Feb. 3, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-023 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ON THE SHUTTLE COMMANDER FOR APRIL FLIGHT HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a news conference to discuss command of the STS-134 space shuttle mission at 2 p.m. CST Friday, Feb. 4, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The briefing participants are: -- Mark Kelly, comm ...Continue Reading