Sep. 23, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jenna C Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-134 NASA ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE STATION CONNECT WITH HOUSTON STUDENTS HOUSTON -- International Space Station astronaut Shannon Walker will speak on Wednesday, Sept. 29 to students from three schools she attended while growing up in Houston. Students from Parker Elementary and Westbury High School will join t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLANCHóN-PETEROA VOLCANO Beginning on September 6, 2010, Chile's ice-covered Planchón-Peteroa Volcano has erupted a series of small ash and gas clouds. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45943&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) im ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-228 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DISCUSS SPACE STATION EXTENSION AND USE WASHINGTON -- The International Space Station partner agencies met Tuesday, Sept. 21, by videoconference to discuss continuation of space station operations into the next decade and its use as a research laboratory. The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) meeting included senior representatives from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-228 NASA SELECTS HIGH SCHOOLS TO COMPETE IN NEW CHALLENGE; WINNING SOFTWARE DESIGNS WILL PROGRAM SATELLITES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., have selected 24 high schools to participate in a new science, technology, engineering, and math education program. The teams will design software to program small satellites abo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN UTAH Dry weather and high winds fueled large fires in Utah in September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45937&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 21, 2010 (Posted on Sep 22, 2010 12:59 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45910&src=nha *** Digital Camera(ISS) ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 632 2010 Sep 22 Somerville, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station ------------------- Soyuz TMA-18, Soyuz TMA-19, Progress M-05M, and Progress M-07M are docked to the ISS. On Aug 11 Wheelock and Caldwell-Dyson made a second spacewalk from the Quest airlock to change out the S1 pump module. The old pump was removed from the truss and carried to a storage point, the POA (Payload and ...Continue Reading

Sep. 21, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 vcmcgreg@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-225 NASA GRANTS INCREASE STEM LEARNING FOR MINORITY STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded grants to nine academic institutions and their partners that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students to strengthen offerings in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM. The g ...Continue Reading

Sep. 21, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-055 NASA AWARDS AMES FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected IAP World Services Inc. in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to provide facilities maintenance services at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a maximum value, ...Continue Reading

Sep. 21, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-133 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY AT LAUNCH PAD, LIFTOFF PRACTICE SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming and final mission to the International Space Station, STS-133. Reporters ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF WESTERN AFRICA Multicolored dust plumes blew off the coast of western Africa in mid-September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45883&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 18, 2010 (Posted on Sep 20, 2010 3:35 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN ...Continue Reading