We are pleased to announce the availability of /A Tunnel Through Time:/  /The History of NASA’s Altitude Wind Tunnel /by Robert S. Arrighi (NASA SP-2010-4609).  This video documentary complements Arrighi’s book-length /Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and Space Power Chambers /(NASA SP-2010-4319) and his award-winning interactive CD-ROM history of the Altitude Wind Tunnel (NASA SP-2008-4608).    /A Tunnel Through Time/ tells the story of an important, but little-know ...Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce the availability of /A Tunnel Through Time:/  /The History of NASA’s Altitude Wind Tunnel /by Robert S. Arrighi (NASA SP-2010-4609).  This video documentary complements Arrighi’s book-length /Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and Space Power Chambers /(NASA SP-2010-4319) and his award-winning interactive CD-ROM history of the Altitude Wind Tunnel (NASA SP-2008-4608).    /A Tunnel Through Time/ tells the story of an important, but little-know ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 amiko.kauderer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-300 NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY KICKS OFF GEOGRAPHY TRIVIA FROM SPACE HOUSTON -- Where over the world is NASA astronaut Scott Kelly? Kelly, who will be living aboard the International Space Station for nearly six months, wants to test your knowledge of the world through a geography trivia game on Twitte ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov Lee Tune University of Maryland, College Park 301-405-4679 ltune@umd.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-161 NASA ANNOUNCES COMET ENCOUNTER NEWS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 18, to discuss new scientific findings from the recent EPOXI mission spacecraft encounter with comet Hartley 2. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2010 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6162 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 10-299 NASA'S CHANDRA FINDS YOUNGEST NEARBY BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of the youngest black hole known to exist in our cosmic neighborhood. T ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 90 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SPACEWALK LIVE ON NASA TV MONDAY 2. NASA AWARDS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:59:20 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SPACEWALK LIVE ON NASA TV MONDAY Nov. 10, 2010 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, W ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michae.curie@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-049 NASA AWARDS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIMEDIA CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA selected DB Consulting Group, Inc. in Silver Spring, Md., to provide information technology, multimedia, information management and external relations support services at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new Information ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-296 NASA TEST FIRES NEW ROCKET ENGINE FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLE BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the firs ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-297 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN STATEMENT ON THE WEBB TELESCOPE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made the following statement today on the release of an independent panel's review of the James Webb Space Telescope project: "I appreciate the work done by the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Independent Comprehensive Review Panel (ICRP), and want to thank Sen. Barbara Mikulski for initi ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Valerie Skarupa Operationally Responsive Space Office 505-417-9615 valerie.skarupa@kirtland.af.mil CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-067 NASA AWARDS MODULAR SPACE VEHICLES CONTRACT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Acting as a contracting ...Continue Reading