Oct. 12, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-141 NASA ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- Recently returned from a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson will be available for live satellite interviews from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston between 8:15 a.m. an ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2010 David S. Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-255 NASA ADMINISTRATOR THANKS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CONGRESS FOR AGENCY'S NEW DIRECTION SUPPORT WASHINGTON --The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in support of President Obama's signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010: "Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the National Aeronautics and Spac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TOXIC SLUDGE IN HUNGARY On October 4, 2010, an accident occurred at an alumina plant in southern Hungary. A corner wall of a retaining pond broke, releasing a torrent of toxic red sludge, which inundated local communities. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46360&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Oct 09, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TOXIC SLUDGE IN HUNGARY On October 4, 2010, an accident occurred at an alumina plant in southern Hungary. A corner wall of a retaining pond broke, releasing a torrent of toxic red sludge, which inundated local communities. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46360&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Oct 09, ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-150 REPORTERS INVITED TO 2010 NASA AUTHORIZATION ACT MEDIA TELECONFERENCE WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to participate in a teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT, Oct. 11, for reaction to Monday's anticipated signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 by President Barack Obama. The President is expected to sign the bill later this aftern ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 126 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NEW SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS LAUNCH FROM KAZAKHSTAN 2. NASA SELECTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DESIGN ROVERS AND EXPLORE TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AT FIELD CENTERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 12:51:53 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NEW SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS LAUNCH FROM KAZAKHSTAN Oct. 7, 2010 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 St ...Continue Reading

Oct. 08, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook/D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850/393-9011 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov/david.c.agle@jpl.nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 10-254 NASA MISSION TO ASTEROID GETS HELP FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of the large asteroid Vesta that will hel ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN NIGERIA Flooding in northern Nigeria destroyed crops, pastures, and homes in late September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46322&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 08, 2010 (Posted on Oct 08, 2010 1:59 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ASHFALL FROM ...Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce that Dover Publications has reprinted Homer Newell’s /Beyond the Atmosphere//:  Early Years of Space Science/ book, originally published as NASA SP-4211 in 1980.  This significant book was out of print for a number of years.  The reprinted version features an attractive new cover and a new foreword by Paul Dickson, the series editor for Dover’s line of NASA History reprints.  The book is available from _http://doverpublications.ecomm-search.com/search?keywords=beyond%20th ...Continue Reading

Oct. 08, 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: 10-251 NASA SELECTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DESIGN ROVERS AND EXPLORE TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AT FIELD CENTERS WASHINGTON -- Community college students in a pilot program will take the first steps toward potential technology careers as they develop robotic explorers at NASA field centers. Ninety students from communit ...Continue Reading