The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA Widespread flooding in eastern Australia in late December 2010 and early January 2011 isolated entire communities and forced thousands to evacuate. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48798&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 20, 2011 (Posted on Jan 20, 2011 1:57 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EAR ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-024 NASA PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEXT EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA's newest Earth-observing research mission is nearing launch. The Glory mission will improve our understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. Glory also will extend a legacy of ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 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: M11-013 NASA POSTPONES WALLOPS INTEGRATION FACILITY CEREMONY WASHINGTON -- NASA postponed the Jan. 21 unveiling of the new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia due to expected inclement weather. A new date for the ceremony has not been determined. The Horizontal Integration Facility will s ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-012 NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON -- The next three crew members to live and work aboard the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will be broadcast live ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 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: M11-011 NASA UPDATES BROADCAST PLANS FOR JAPANESE CARGO FLIGHT TO STATION HOUSTON -- The launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori2" (HTV2) planned for Thursday, Jan. 20, was rescheduled due to a forecast for weather conditions that would exceed launch restrictions. The Japan Aerospace Explorati ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION SPACEWALK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:37:08 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION SPACEWALK Jan. 19, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-008 NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION SPACEWALK HOUSTON -- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA Widespread flooding in eastern Australia in late December 2010 and early January 2011 isolated entire communities and forced thousands to evacuate. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48751&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 19, 2011 (Posted on Jan 19, 2011 1:04 PM) ------------------ ...Continue Reading

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