July 23, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-177 NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADS TO DEFY GRAVITY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING HOUSTON -- NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to test an experiment in weightless science as part of the agency's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program. Propos ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-174 NASA TELESCOPE FINDS ELUSIVE BUCKYBALLS IN SPACE FOR FIRST TIME WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space for the first time. Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped molecules that were first observed ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4493 dweaver@stsci.edu Warren Brown Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7905 wbrown@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 10-175 NASA'S HUBBLE SHOWS HYPERFAST STAR WAS BOOTED FROM MILKY WAY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a hypervelocity star, a rare phenomenon moving three times faster than our su ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM CHANTHU Tropical Storm Chanthu formed over the western Pacific Ocean and headed for mainland China, on the heels of already severe flooding. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44734&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 22, 2010 (Posted on Jul 22, 2010 12:57 PM) * http://earthobservator ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- GULF OIL SPILL (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL SLICK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO On April 20, 2010, an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico left nearly a dozen workers missing and started a large fire. Oil remained visible on the surface in late July. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44707&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 20, 2010 (Posted ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- GULF OIL SPILL (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL SLICK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO On April 20, 2010, an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico left nearly a dozen workers missing and started a large fire. Oil remained visible on the surface in late July. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44697&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 19, 2010 (Posted ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-102 NASA ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING SPACE STATION CREW MEMBER FROM MARYLAND -- AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON -- NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 astronauts and International Space Station Expedition 22 and 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer for a visit Monday, July 26, through Thursday, July 29. ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-042 NASA AWARDS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES II CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Technology Services II contract to ASRC Management Services of Greenbelt, Md. The 8A small business set-aside, cost-plus-award-fee, inde ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-173 FIRST MAP OF GLOBAL FOREST HEIGHTS CREATED FROM NASA DATA WASHINGTON -- Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world's forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how muc ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Cindy Ball Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, Ga. 770-860-4226 cball@rockdale.k12.ga.us MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-101 ISS EXPEDITION 24 CREW TO TALK WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GEORGIA WASHINGTON -- Students from the Conyers Middle School in Conyers, Ga., are expecting a very long-distance phone call Wednesday from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Ab ...Continue Reading