Oct. 28, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-284 PRESIDENT OBAMA AND NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES FOR ROLES IN CHILEAN MINER RESCUE WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama welcomed NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and a NASA team that assisted trapped Chilean miners to the Oval Office on Thursday for a ceremony that recognized Americans involved in the rescue. After the White House event, Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garve ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-066 NASA AWARDS ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the Enterprise Applications Service Technologies contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in McLean, Va. SAIC will provide all services in support of the NASA Enterprise ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-279 NASA SURVEY SUGGESTS EARTH-SIZED PLANETS ARE COMMON WASHINGTON -- Nearly one in four stars similar to the sun may host planets as small as Earth, according to a new study funded by NASA and the University of California. The study is the most extensive and sensitive planetary census of its kind. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KAMCHATKA VOLCANOES Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya volcanoes continue their long-running eruptions. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46660&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2010 (Posted on Oct 28, 2010 11:31 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Na ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-278 NASA TRAPPED MARS ROVER FINDS EVIDENCE OF SUBSURFACE WATER PASADENA, Calif. -- The ground where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit became stuck last year holds evidence that water, perhaps as snow melt, trickled into the subsurface fairly recently and on a continuing basis. Stratified soil layers wit ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2010 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-282 TWO NASA SPACECRAFT BEGIN NEW EXPLORATION ASSIGNMENTS WASHINGTON -- Two NASA spacecraft have been assigned a new mission after successfully completing their original science objectives earlier this year. The duo began making observations this week to study how solar wind electrifies, alters and erodes the moon's surface. Data could reveal valuable information for future explorers and give planetary ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON CHABA Typhoon Chaba formed over the northwest Pacific Ocean on October 21, 2010, and gradually strengthened as it moved toward Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46611&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 27, 2010 (Posted on Oct 27, 2010 11:57 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-154 LAUNCH: HEALTH FORUM MEDIA BRIEFING SET FOR OCT. 30 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and partners from the LAUNCH: Health forum will discuss innovative ideas during a media briefing on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. EDT. The local-only briefing will air live on NASA Television from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. LAUNCH: Health is part of an ongoing initiative to identify, showcase ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 82 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA HOSTS TWEETUP DURING UPCOMING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:29:13 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA HOSTS TWEETUP DURING UPCOMING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION October 26, 2010 Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H10-281 NASA HOSTS TWEETUP DURING ...Continue Reading

Oct. 26, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4034 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-280 NASA SOFTWARE PROMOTES AIRLINE FUEL EFFICIENCY MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Software developed at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is enabling major fuel savings for airlines and an increase in environmental efficiency. The Ames Direct-To software is a product of NASA aeronautics research ...Continue Reading