Aug. 18, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Sandra Nagy Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-9079 sandra.l.nagy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-047 NASA EXTENDS ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES CONTRACT CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a one-year contract option to ASRC Aerospace Corporation of Greenbelt, Md., for engineering and scientific services. The option has a value that will not exceed $50 million. Th ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Jennifer Stanfield Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.stanfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-117 FULL-SCALE NASA AND ATK SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TEST SET FOR AUG. 31 WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will conduct a full-scale test of a five-segment, first-stage solid rocket motor at 11:05 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 31. The test at the ATK Aerospace Systems test faci ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Sandra Nagy Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-9079 sandra.l.nagy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-047 NASA EXTENDS ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES CONTRACT CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a one-year contract option to ASRC Aerospace Corporation of Greenbelt, Md., for engineering and scientific services. The option has a value that will not exceed $50 million. Th ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-116 NASA TO HOLD GREEN AVIATION SUMMIT SEPT. 8-9; BOLDEN TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF ISSUE TO FUTURE OF NASA MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a Green Aviation Summit Sept. 8-9 to highlight the agency's work to develop environmentally responsible aviation technologi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTH AMERICA The annual fire season in Brazil and Bolivia ramped up in August 2010 with unusually widespread and intense fires. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45310&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2010 (Posted on Aug 17, 2010 5:40 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODI ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-195 NASA AND MARY J. BLIGE ENCOURAGE SCIENCE CAREERS FOR WOMEN WASHINGTON -- NASA is collaborating with award-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige to encourage young women to pursue exciting experiences and career choices by studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A public service announcement featuring veteran NASA space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin and Blige debuts th ...Continue Reading

Aug. 17, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Gina Jackson U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington 202-712-1917 gjackson@usaid.gov RELEASE: 10-191 NASA SEEKS INNOVATIVE IDEAS ABOUT HUMAN HEALTH CHALLENGES WASHINGTON -- NASA will host LAUNCH: Health, a global forum focusing on health issues, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from Oct. 30-31. NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 17, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/757-272-9859 amy.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-192 NASA ANNOUNCES 2010 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION AWARDS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $7.7 million in cooperative agreements to 17 organizations across the United States to enhance learning through the use of NASA's Earth science resources. The selected organization ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER WESTERN RUSSIA Smoke from hundreds of fires hovered over much of western Russia, including a sweltering Moscow, in late July and early August 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45269&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 15, 2010 (Posted on Aug 16, 2010 2:27 PM) -------------- ...Continue Reading

Aug. 17, 2010 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Shira Kramer Dept. of Commerce, Washington 202-482-4883 skramer@doc.gov RELEASE: 10-194 SPACE COAST TASK FORCE DELIVERS ECONOMIC STRATEGIES REPORT WASHINGTON -- The President's Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development, co-chaired by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, today released its report to President Barack Obama with recommendations to en ...Continue Reading