The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHWEST INDIA Northwest India was ablaze in October 2010 as farmers prepared to plant in time for the winter growing season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46604&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 26, 2010 (Posted on Oct 26, 2010 12:10 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 26, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-151 NASA ANNOUNCES STS-133 PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has set the news conferences, events and operating hours for the news center for the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery. The spacecraft's STS-133 mission to the International Space S ...Continue Reading

Oct. 26, 2010 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Anders Correll Aarhus University Press Office, Denmark +45 2899 2235 ac@adm.au.dk RELEASE: 10-276 NASA'S KEPLER SPACECRAFT TAKES PULSE OF DISTANT STARS WASHINGTON -- An international cadre of scientists that used data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft announced Tuesday the detection of stellar oscillations ...Continue Reading

Oct. 26, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-275 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WATER SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY ACTIVATED WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced the successful activation of new hardware that will support water production services aboard the International Space Station. The Sabatier system can create up to 530 gallons of water per year from byproducts of the station's Oxygen Generation System and Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly. The process is n ...Continue Reading

Oct. 26, 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: 10-281 NASA HOSTS TWEETUP DURING UPCOMING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will give 50 Twitter followers the opportunity to go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission during a Tweetup Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the agency's Johnson Space Center. Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on an 11-day ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SEEKS MORE PROPOSALS ON COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:53:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SEEKS MORE PROPOSALS ON COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT Oct. 25, 2010 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2010 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-277 NASA SEEKS MORE PROPOSALS ON COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has issued an announcement seeking proposals from U. S. industry to further advance commercial crew space transportation concepts and mature the design and development of system elements, such as ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-270 NASA ADMINISTRATOR STATEMENT ON CHINA VISIT WASHINGTON -- On October 16-21, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden led a small delegation to China. The following is a statement from the Administrator regarding his visit: "On behalf of the NASA delegation that traveled to China, I want to express my appreciation to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, our hosts for my visit. Our delegation conduc ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN BOTSWANA Several large fires burned in Botswana, Africa, on October 15, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46502&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 15, 2010 (Posted on Oct 22, 2010 3:11 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN Dust p ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 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: 10-274 NASA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin an 11-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 4:40 p.m. EDT on Monday, Nov. 1, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-133 mission is Discovery's final scheduled ...Continue Reading