Aug. 10, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120 h.k.henry@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-046 NASA LANGLEY SELECTS MARYLAND COMPANY FOR INFORMATION TECH SUPPORT HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has selected Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies of Greenbelt, Md., to provide the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with computing support services for complex information technology (IT) syst ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM DIANMU Tropical Storm Dianmu blew over the East China Sea in early August 2010, traveling slowly toward the Korean Peninsula. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45159&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 10, 2010 (Posted on Aug 10, 2010 12:49 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated even ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-111 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER ARRIVAL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will host a media event at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 26, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the arrival of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). The state-of-the-art device ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-108 NASA'S FIRST IT SUMMIT TO SHOWCASE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TECH INNOVATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting journalists to cover its first Information Technology (IT) Summit on Aug. 16-18. The event at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, will bring together government and industry leaders to discuss best practices and innovations in IT. More t ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-187 NASA ANNOUNCES TWEETUP FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will give 150 of its Twitter followers an insider's look at the nation's space program and the opportunity to view a space shuttle launch in person. The third shuttle launch Tweetup, scheduled Oct. 31 through Nov. 1, will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Attendees will tour the center, view the shuttle lau ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 631 2010 Aug 10 Somerville, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station ------------------- The Expedition 24 crew are commander Aleksandr Skvortsov and flight engineers FE-2 Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, FE-3 Mikhail Kornienko, FE-4 Doug Wheelock, FE-5 Fyodor Yurchikin, and FE-6 Shannon Walker. The Soyuz TMA-18, Soyuz TMA-19, Progress M-05M, and Progress M-06M ships are docked to the ISS. Ther ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SEEKS DATA FROM INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 13:36:09 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SEEKS DATA FROM INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS August 9, 2010 Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #H10-185 NASA SEEKS DATA FROM INNOVATIVE LUNAR D ...Continue Reading

Aug. 09, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 jharring@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-041 NASA SELECTS CONTRACTOR FOR WALLOPS ISLAND PROTECTION PROJECT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) in Norfolk, Va., for the Launch Facilities Protection Project at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The total contract value is not to exceed $49.5 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM ESTELLE Tropical Storm Estelle strengthened from a tropical depression over the eastern Pacific Ocean in early August 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45119&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 08, 2010 (Posted on Aug 09, 2010 1:31 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 106 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO SATURDAY 2. MEDIA INVITED TO NASAS DESERT-RATS PRACTICE RUN IN HOUSTON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:46:33 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO SATURDAY August 6, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483- ...Continue Reading