Nov. 09, 2010 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-295 NASA'S FERMI TELESCOPE DISCOVERS GIANT STRUCTURE IN OUR GALAXY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has unveiled a previously unseen structure centered in the Milky Way. The feature spans 50,000 light-years and may be the remnant of an eruption from a supersized black hole at the cente ...Continue Reading

Nov. 08, 2010 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-292 NASA SELECTS COMPANIES FOR HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE STUDIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 13 companies for negotiations leading to potential contract awards to conduct systems analysis and trade studies for evaluating heavy-lift launch vehicle system concepts, propulsion technologies, and affordability. The selected companies are: Aerojet ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 56 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA'S 'KIDS IN MICRO-G' PROGRAM SEEKS SCIENCE SUBMISSIONS FOR 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:57:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA'S 'KIDS IN MICRO-G' PROGRAM SEEKS SCIENCE SUBMISSIONS FOR 2011 Nov. 5, 2010 Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 Report #H10-289 NASA' ...Continue Reading

Nov. 05, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-290 NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery to no earlier than 4:05 a.m. EST on Nov. 30. The delay will allow engineers and technicians time to diagnose and repair a hydrogen gas leak detected while filling the external tank Friday morning. They a ...Continue Reading

Nov. 05, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-289 NASA'S 'KIDS IN MICRO-G' PROGRAM SEEKS SCIENCE SUBMISSIONS FOR 2011 HOUSTON -- NASA's "Kids in Micro-g" challenge is accepting proposals from students in fifth through eighth grades to design a classroom experiment that also can be performed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (I ...Continue Reading

Nov. 5, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-294 NASA POSTPONES LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA postponed space shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station due to a hydrogen gas leak detected while filling the external tank. The next launch attempt could be no earlier than Monday, Nov. 8 at 12 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 40 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. PUBLIC INVITED TO MEET EXPEDITION CREW MEMBER CALDWELL DYSON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:38:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: PUBLIC INVITED TO MEET EXPEDITION CREW MEMBER CALDWELL DYSON Nov. 4, 2010 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 Report #J10-023 PUBLIC INVITED TO MEET EXPEDITION CREW MEMBER CALDWELL DYSON ...Continue Reading

Nov. 4, 2010 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Lee Tune University of Maryland, College Park 301-405-4679 ltune@umd.edu RELEASE: 10-291 NASA EPOXI FLYBY REVEALS NEW INSIGHTS INTO COMET FEATURES WASHINGTON -- NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday. Scientists say initial images from the flyby provi ...Continue Reading

Nov. 4, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-293 NASA ADMINISTRATOR STATEMENT ON THE SUCCESSFUL EPOXI FLYBY OF COMET HARTLEY 2 WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the EPOXI mission's successful flyby of comet Hartley 2: "NASA extended its pioneering exploration of the solar system today with the successful flyby of comet Hartley 2 by our EPOXI mission. The stunning new images returned of the comet ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE FROM INDIA TO THE ARABIAN SEA Haze stretched from the southern side of the Himalaya to the Arabian Sea at the beginning of November 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46788&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 02, 2010 (Posted on Nov 02, 2010 5:03 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 ...Continue Reading