Sep. 01, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-201 NASA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIPS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications for the 2011 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 17, 2011. "We want more students to pursue careers in aeronautics," said Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at NASA Headqu ...Continue Reading

Sep. 01, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-121 NASA SETS MEDIA DEADLINES FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the November space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery and six astronauts are targeted to launch on the STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Deadlines also have been set for journalists who want ...Continue Reading

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 1996[1], 2008[2], 2009[3]) time series has been extended through December 31, 2009. This additional 6 months of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to 22.5 years, starting on July 1, 1987. CCMP has been evaluated and utilized extensively by the science community, including some members of NASA's Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (OVWST). PO.DAAC's "Product Preview" enabled all users to evaluate the CCMP produ ...Continue Reading

Sep. 01, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-121 NASA SETS MEDIA DEADLINES FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the November space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery and six astronauts are targeted to launch on the STS-133 mission on Nov. 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Deadlines also have been set for journalists who want ...Continue Reading

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 1996[1], 2008[2], 2009[3]) time series has been extended through December 31, 2009. This additional 6 months of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to 22.5 years, starting on July 1, 1987. CCMP has been evaluated and utilized extensively by the science community, including some members of NASA's Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (OVWST). PO.DAAC's "Product Preview" enabled all users to evaluate the CCMP produ ...Continue Reading

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 1996[1], 2008[2], 2009[3]) time series has been extended through December 31, 2009. This additional 6 months of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to 22.5 years, starting on July 1, 1987. CCMP has been evaluated and utilized extensively by the science community, including some members of NASA's Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (OVWST). PO.DAAC's "Product Preview" enabled all users to evaluate the CCMP produ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN NIGER Beginning in late July 2010, torrential rains fell on Niger. The rains continued for weeks, flooding much of the country. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45575&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 23, 2010 (Posted on Aug 31, 2010 3:14 PM) ------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Sep. 01, 2010 Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/1600 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-205 NASA RANKED FIFTH IN BEST PLACES TO WORK IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has been ranked fifth in the Partnership for Public Service 2010 ratings for the "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government." The 2010 survey is the fifth conducted by the partnership since 2003. NASA has been rated in the top five in the federal government in four of the surveys and sixth in th ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-050 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE WASHINGTON -- NASA has extended the Space Program Operations Contract with United Space Alliance, LLC, of Houston to March 31, 2011. The $909,593,590 contract extension supports flight operations for the Space Shuttle and International Space Stat ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2010 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: M10-123 NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON -- The next crew to live and work on the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA Tele ...Continue Reading