July 13th 2010 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- GULF OIL SPILL (1 updated events, 2 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. The damaged well was still leaking in early July. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44593&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 11, 2010 (Posted ...Continue Reading
July 13th 2010 PDT
The NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum’s Division of Space History invite proposals for presentations to be held at its joint symposium, “1961/1981: Key Moments in Human Spaceflight,” at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on 26-27 April 2011. This symposium reflects on 50 years of human spaceflight using these two key dates in time as an entrée for broader investigation and insight. The symposium coincides with four significant anniversaries in ...Continue Reading
July 13th 2010 PDT
July 12, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney/Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/650-604-0643 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov, rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Rapid Response Department Waggener Edstrom Worldwide 503-443-7070 rapidres@waggeneredstrom.com RELEASE: 10-163 NASA AND MICROSOFT PROVIDE MARS 3-D CLOSE ENCOUNTER WASHINGTON -- NASA and Microsoft Research are bringing Mars to life w ...Continue Reading
July 10th 2010 PDT
If you have trouble viewing this newsletter, click here. For education orders please call 1-877-290-8256. *Welcome again to our monthly newsletter with features on exciting celestial events, product reviews, tips & tricks, and a monthly sky calendar. We hope you enjoy it!* [*]Gathering of the Planets Conjunctions of two planets are pretty common; they occur several times each year. Conjunctions of three planets, however, are much rarer. ...Continue Reading
July 10th 2010 PDT
July 09, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-164 FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT TO SEND LIVE TWEET FROM SPACE HOSTS TWEETUP WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with astronaut T.J. Creamer at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 29. The event will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. While in space, Creamer set up the International Space Station's live Intern ...Continue Reading
July 10th 2010 PDT
July 9, 2010 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-162 NASA NAMES LUGO AS DIRECTOR OF GLENN RESEARCH CENTER WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Ramon "Ray" Lugo III as director of the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, effective July 18. Lugo has been Glenn's acting director since March. As Glenn's director, Lugo is responsible for planning, organizing and leading the activities ne ...Continue Reading
July 9th 2010 PDT
There are 2 messages totalling 120 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS CREW ROBOTICS AND VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS 2. NASA AND PARTNERS ASSIGN CREWS FOR UPCOMING SPACE STATION MISSIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:43:11 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS CREW ROBOTICS AND VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS July 8, 2010 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Was ...Continue Reading
July 9th 2010 PDT
July 8, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-161 NASA AND PARTNERS ASSIGN CREWS FOR UPCOMING SPACE STATION MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA and its international partners, the Russia Federal Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), have assigned four new International Space Station crews. The crews i ...Continue Reading
July 9th 2010 PDT
July 08, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov Harry Wadsworth Lockheed Martin, New Orleans 504-257-0094 harry.wadsworth@maf.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-159 NASA CEREMONY HONORS SHUTTLE EXTERNAL TANK WORKFORCE WASHINGTON -- NASA and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company paid tribute to the workforce who built the external tanks for the space shuttle fleet on Thursday at NASA's M ...Continue Reading
July 9th 2010 PDT
July 7, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Teresa Mannix Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Washington 202-687-4080 tmm53@georgetown.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-099 NASA, GEORGETOWN INVITE PUBLIC TO ASTRONAUTS' DISCUSSION OF RECENT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business invite the public to a discussion with the most recent space shuttle crew ...Continue Reading
This mailing list is announce-only.
NASA Reports list
Private list