The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE IGOR Tropical Storm Igor strengthened into a hurricane on September 11, 2010, becoming the fourth hurricane of the season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45780&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 14, 2010 (Posted on Sep 14, 2010 4:44 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new ...Continue Reading

Sep. 15, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Gray Creech NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 661-276-2662 gray.creech@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-132 NASA HOSTING LIVE BILINGUAL WEB CHAT WITH DRONE PILOT WASHINGTON -- NASA invites the public to join a bilingual online chat on Thursday, Sept. 23. The chat is NASA's first hosted in Spanish and English on the agency's website. Participants in the live chat will be able to interact in English and Spanish with NAS ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-222 NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR FINAL LAUNCH ON NEED SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of STS-335, the rescue mission that would fly only if needed to bring home the members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission, currently the final scheduled shuttle flight. ...Continue Reading

Sep. 14, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-051 NASA EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a five-year, $1.24 billion contract extension to The Boeing Co. to continue engineering support of the International Space Station through Sept. 30, 2015. Work under the contract extension is intended to maintain the stat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.m.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-220 NASA SELECTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR INSPIRE EDUCATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 1,895 high school students to participate in the agency's Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience, or INSPIRE. The INSPIRE project is designed to encourage students in grades nin ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE IGOR Tropical Storm Igor strengthened into a hurricane on September 11, 2010, becoming the fourth hurricane of the season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45770&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 13, 2010 (Posted on Sep 13, 2010 4:53 PM) -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- LAN ...Continue Reading

Recently we sent you an invitation to take a brief survey to rate the products and services NASA currently provides you from PO.DAAC-JPL, one of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers.  To those of you who have responded, thank you very much. If you have not yet had a chance to participate, we ask you to please do so as soon as possible. NASA has commissioned the CFI Group, an independent research and consulting organization, to conduct this survey.  Throug ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 93 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LANDING, LAUNCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:03:08 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LANDING, LAUNCH September 13, 2010 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-130 NASA TV TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF N ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-131 NASA OFFERS SATELLITE INTERVIEWS INSIDE NEW SPACE STATION MODULE; THE MODULE WILL CARRY A HUMAN-LIKE ROBOT TO ORBIT IN NOVEMBER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is offering live satellite interviews on Thursday, Sept. 16, from inside the next component of the International Space Station. T ...Continue Reading

Sep. 13, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Sandra Nagy/Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-9079/8806 sandra.l.nagy@nasa.gov lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-218 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO A WEIGHTLESS CHALLENGE CLEVELAND -- NASA is hosting two national science competitions that challenge student teams to develop and prepare a microgravity experiment. Proposals are due Nov. 1. "Dropping In a Microgravity Environment," or DI ...Continue Reading