There is 1 message totalling 70 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO FRIDAY, SETS BRIEFINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:30:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO FRIDAY, SETS BRIEFINGS Aug. 03, 2010 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-107 NA ...Continue Reading

Aug. 03, 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: M10-109 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW SPACE STATION CARGO FOR STS-133 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a media event at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 12, to highlight the next hardware that will fly to the International Space Station. The permanent multi-purpose module, or PMM, will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- BULL FIRE IN CALIFORNIA The fast-moving Bull fire started near the southern edge of California's Sequoia National Forest on July 26, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44999&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Aug 01, 2010 (Posted on Aug 02, 2010 6:17 PM) FIRES IN EASTERN SIBERIA Fires burned across easte ...Continue Reading

Aug. 03, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-107 NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO FRIDAY, SETS BRIEFINGS HOUSTON -- The first of two spacewalks by NASA astronauts to replace a failed ammonia pump on the International Space Station has been delayed by 24 hours to Friday, Aug. 6. A second spacewalk is planned for Monday, Aug ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 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=44989&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 02, 2010 (Posted on Aug 02, 2010 1:53 PM) -- FLOODS (1 up ...Continue Reading

Aug. 02, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-184 NASA CASTS A WIDE NET FOR SUMMER OF INNOVATION PARTNERS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting potential partners to participate in the agency's Summer of Innovation project to engage middle school students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning activities. The Summer of Innovation's goal is to provide experiences that will have a positive impact on students' academic performan ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-105 NASA HOSTS WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS EXPLORING NEAR EARTH OBJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host an interactive workshop to identify objectives for exploration missions to near-Earth objects, or NEOs, on Aug. 10-11 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The event will bring together experts and key leaders from NASA, other government agencies, industry, academia, and international ...Continue Reading

Aug. 02, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-106 NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW UPDATED SPACE STATION SPACEWALK PLAN HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss updated plans for two International Space Station spacewalks during a news briefing at 3 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 2. The briefing replaces one originally scheduled for Tuesday. The news conferen ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-104 NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE TO PREVIEW MAJOR HURRICANE STUDY WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Thursday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. EDT to discuss its upcoming airborne research campaign into hurricane behavior. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification ...Continue Reading

Aug. 02, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jorge Vago European Space Agency, The Netherlands 31-71-5655211 jorge.vago@esa.int RELEASE: 10-181 NASA AND ESA'S FIRST JOINT MISSION TO MARS SELECTS INSTRUMENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint program to explore Mars in the coming decades and selected the five science instruments for the first mission. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, scheduled to launch in 2016, is t ...Continue Reading