June 10, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-137 NASA KICKS OFF NEW SUMMER OF INNOVATION INITIATIVE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden kicked off the agency's new Summer of Innovation initiative Thursday while at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calf. The Summer of Innovation program will engage thousands of middle school students in science, technology, engi ...Continue Reading

June 10, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-138 NASA AND DLR SIGN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE GRACE MISSION THROUGH 2015 WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Chairman Johann-Dietrich Worner signed an agreement Thursday during a bilateral meeting in Berlin to extend the Gravity Reco ...Continue Reading

June 9, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-136 NASA PICKS 18 SMALL BUSINESS TECH TRANSFER PROJECTS FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 18 innovative technology proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Technology Transfer program, or "STTR." The selected projects have a total value of approximately $11 million. The contracts will be awarded to 18 high tech ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO In Democratic Republic of Congo south of the equator, the annual fire season was underway in mid-May 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44244&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 03, 2010 (Posted on Jun 08, 2010 2:58 PM) --------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 53 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PICTURE THEIR "FACE IN SPACE" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:59:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PICTURE THEIR "FACE IN SPACE" June 8, 2010 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-091 NASA INVITES THE PUB ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: C10-033 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR IRIS MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft known as IRIS. The spacecraft will fly in December 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vanden ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov RELEASE: C10-032 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR SPONSORED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA awards Smart Global Solutions JV LLC of Silver Spring, Md., the Sponsored Research and Education Support Services (SRESS) contract. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quan ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Louis Bergeron Stanford University News Service, Stanford, Calif. 650-725-1944 louisb3@stanford.edu RELEASE: 10-135 NASA ICEBREAKER VOYAGE TO PROBE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON ARCTIC WASHINGTON -- NASA's first dedicated oceanographic field campaign goes to sea June 15 to take an up-close look at how changing conditions in the Arctic are affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems that ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Wildfires burned along Australia's northern coast in early June 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44241&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 05, 2010 (Posted on Jun 08, 2010 1:41 PM) FIRES IN ALASKA AND YUKON TERRITORY Wildfires burned in Alaska and Yukon Territory in ea ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-091 NASA INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PICTURE THEIR "FACE IN SPACE" HOUSTON -- NASA is inviting members of the public to send electronic images of their faces into orbit aboard one of the final remaining space shuttle missions. Visitors to the "Face in Space" website can upload their portrait to fly wi ...Continue Reading