Sep. 9, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-216 NASA DATA SHED NEW LIGHT ABOUT WATER AND VOLCANOES ON MARS HOUSTON -- Data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times. The research also provides new evidence that volcanic activity has persisted on the Red Planet ...Continue Reading

Sep. 09, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-213 NASA AWARDS GRANTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE EDUCATION WASHINGTON -- NASA will award about $4 million in grants to public school districts, state-based education leadership, and not-for-profit education organizations to support academic excellence in science, technolog ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 65 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA OPENS SPACE STATION FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FROM NIH GRANTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:09:22 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA OPENS SPACE STATION FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FROM NIH GRANTS September 8, 2010 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Trish Reynolds The National Inst ...Continue Reading

Sep. 08, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4034 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-215 NASA HOSTS GREEN AVIATION SUMMIT; BOLDEN HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF ISSUE TO FUTURE OF NASA MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA has a "critical responsibility" to the flying public to develop environmentally responsible solutions to the nation's most pressing aviation problems, Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr ...Continue Reading

Sep. 08, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Trish Reynolds The National Institutes of Health 301-496-8190 patricia.reynolds@nih.gov RELEASE: 10-210 NASA OPENS SPACE STATION FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FROM NIH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is enabling biomedical research with National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants that take advantage of the unique microgravity environme ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TAKLIMAKAN DESERT DUST STORM Thick dust clogged the air over the Taklimakan Desert in early September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45714&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 05, 2010 (Posted on Sep 08, 2010 1:30 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN ...Continue Reading

Sep. 08, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-212 NASA WANTS TO SHARE GREAT IDEAS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property transactions, such as patent brokering, to help transfer NASA-owned technologies into the U.S. marketplace. "Technology transfer always has been an important objective of America's aeronautics and space program," said NAS ...Continue Reading

Sep. 07, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-128 NASA SCIENTISTS TALK ABOUT ASTEROIDS PASSING NEAR EARTH WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON -- Two asteroids will pass within the moon's distance from Earth on Wednesday, Sept. 8. NASA scientists will be available for satellite interviews Tuesday, Sept. 7, and Wednesday morning to discuss these near- Earth objects. Th ...Continue Reading

Sep. 07, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-211 NASA LOVES A GOOD CHALLENGE-NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL WASHINGTON -- NASA's pioneering use of prize competitions and innovation challenges is a dramatic departure from government's traditional "business as usual." The agency's innovation and technology challenges include prizes that encourage independent teams to race to achieve bold goals -- without any upfront government funding. NASA benef ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOURMILE CANYON FIRE A wildfire broke out west of Boulder, Colorado, in early September 2010, threatening hundreds of structures and bathing Boulder in smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45675&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 06, 2010 (Posted on Sep 07, 2010 1:27 PM) ------------------------------ ...Continue Reading