Oct. 13, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Brian Kenny Harvard Business School 617-495-6336 news@hbs.edu RELEASE: 10-256 NASA ESTABLISHES TOURNAMENT LAB FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS WASHINGTON -- NASA and Harvard University have established the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL), which will enable software developers to compete with each other to create the best computer code for NASA systems. The NTL provides an online virtual facility for NASA researchers with a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN Widespread and heavy monsoon rains in July and August 2010 led to deadly flooding in Pakistan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46369&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 12, 2010 (Posted on Oct 12, 2010 7:46 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Na ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4493 dweaver@stsci.edu David Jewitt University of California, Los Angeles 310-825-2521 jewitt@ucla.edu RELEASE: 10-253 NASA'S HUBBLE CAPTURES FIRST IMAGES OF AFTERMATH OF POSSIBLE ASTEROID COLLISION WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. The images show a bizarre X-shaped ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-257 NASA AND ETSY PARTNER ON A NEW TYPE OF SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA and Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade arts and crafts, have partnered to launch "Space Craft," a contest where entrants share an original handmade item or work of art inspired by NASA and NASA's programs, such as the Space Shuttle Program and human spaceflight, aeronautics, science and exploration of the universe. Cont ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-258 STATEMENT BY THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR ON THE CHILEAN MINERS RESCUE WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the rescue effort for the Chilean miners. "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I want to ask that our heartfelt thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the courageous miners, their families and friends, and the dedicated people who have been ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 61 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:54:19 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS Oct. 12, 2010 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report # M10-141 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-255 NASA SELECTS ASTRONAUT LELAND D. MELVIN TO LEAD OFFICE OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Tuesday the selection of Leland D. Melvin as the agency's new associate administrator for education, effective immediately. He succeeds James L. Stofan, who had served in an acting capacity since the spring. Since April 2010, Melvin h ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-141 NASA ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- Recently returned from a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson will be available for live satellite interviews from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston between 8:15 a.m. an ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2010 David S. Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-255 NASA ADMINISTRATOR THANKS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CONGRESS FOR AGENCY'S NEW DIRECTION SUPPORT WASHINGTON --The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in support of President Obama's signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010: "Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the National Aeronautics and Spac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TOXIC SLUDGE IN HUNGARY On October 4, 2010, an accident occurred at an alumina plant in southern Hungary. A corner wall of a retaining pond broke, releasing a torrent of toxic red sludge, which inundated local communities. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46360&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Oct 09, ...Continue Reading