Aug. 11, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-112 TWIN BROTHER NASA ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- For the first time, twin brothers are slated to be in space simultaneously early next year. Mark Kelly will be in command of the last scheduled space shuttle flight, and Scott Kelly in command of the Internati ...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 late July 2010 led to deadly flooding in Pakistan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45162&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 10, 2010 (Posted on Aug 10, 2010 3:37 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM OFF N ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-189 NASA AND ISRAEL SPACE AGENCY SIGN STATEMENT OF INTENT FOR FUTURE COOPERATION WASHINGTON --During a meeting Tuesday at NASA Headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Israel Space Agency Director General Zvi Kaplan signed a joint statement of intent to expand the agencies' cooperation in civil space activities. The signing followed a meeting between Bolden, Kaplan and Profes ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-190 NASA ADMINISTRATOR CHARLES BOLDEN ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR TED STEVENS AND MONDAY'S PLANE CRASH IN ALASKA WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement Tuesday about the plane crash in Alaska that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and injured former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and his son, Kevin: "We at NASA are deeply saddened by tod ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120 h.k.henry@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-046 NASA LANGLEY SELECTS MARYLAND COMPANY FOR INFORMATION TECH SUPPORT HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has selected Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies of Greenbelt, Md., to provide the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with computing support services for complex information technology (IT) syst ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM DIANMU Tropical Storm Dianmu blew over the East China Sea in early August 2010, traveling slowly toward the Korean Peninsula. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45159&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 10, 2010 (Posted on Aug 10, 2010 12:49 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated even ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-111 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER ARRIVAL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will host a media event at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 26, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the arrival of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). The state-of-the-art device ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-108 NASA'S FIRST IT SUMMIT TO SHOWCASE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TECH INNOVATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting journalists to cover its first Information Technology (IT) Summit on Aug. 16-18. The event at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, will bring together government and industry leaders to discuss best practices and innovations in IT. More t ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-187 NASA ANNOUNCES TWEETUP FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will give 150 of its Twitter followers an insider's look at the nation's space program and the opportunity to view a space shuttle launch in person. The third shuttle launch Tweetup, scheduled Oct. 31 through Nov. 1, will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Attendees will tour the center, view the shuttle lau ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 631 2010 Aug 10 Somerville, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station ------------------- The Expedition 24 crew are commander Aleksandr Skvortsov and flight engineers FE-2 Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, FE-3 Mikhail Kornienko, FE-4 Doug Wheelock, FE-5 Fyodor Yurchikin, and FE-6 Shannon Walker. The Soyuz TMA-18, Soyuz TMA-19, Progress M-05M, and Progress M-06M ships are docked to the ISS. Ther ...Continue Reading