NASA History readers: Attached is the NASA History Division’s 2009 annual report.  It is also at _http://history.nasa.gov/2009.pdf_ and other previous newsletters and annual reports are available from _http://history.nasa.gov/histnews.htm_ online.  Thanks to Thomas Simpson for compiling this year’s annual report.       -Steve Garber   Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail Suite CO72, Room 5M27 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax _ ...Continue Reading

April 13, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-083 NASA AND CHRYSLER ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP TO EXPLORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON -- A new agreement between NASA and Chrysler may put rocket science on the road and automotive technologies in space. The collaboration seeks to use technologies originally developed for human spaceflight to enhance future vehicles and ...Continue Reading

There are 4 messages totalling 186 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #15 2. NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS 3. ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER -- CALL NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS 4. STS-131 MCC Status Report #16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:37:44 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #15 STS-131 Report #15 10:30 a.m. ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of Media Affairs MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-054 PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DELIVER REMARKS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WASHINGTON- On the afternoon of Thursday, April 15 President Barack Obama will visit Cape Canaveral, Florida and deliver remarks on the bold new course the Administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight. Both the arrival and departure of Air Force One at the Shuttle Landing Facility and his remarks at the NASA Operations and Chec ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-025 NASA STENNIS SPACE CENTER AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to M&D Mechanical Contractors, Inc. of Decator, Ala., to provide general construction services at the ce ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-053 NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS HOUSTON -- The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 6:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 14. U.S. reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johns ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov Haley Miller Guilford Public Schools, Guilford, N.C. 336-370-3200 millerh3@gcsnc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-048 ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER -- CALL NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- Astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth will speak with students in Gibsonville, N.C., on Wednesday, Ap ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-079 INNOVATIVE NASA-JAXA PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS GLOBAL EARTH SCIENCE WASHINGTON -- In a unique collaboration between national space agencies, the United States and Japan began combining elements of their satellite resources on Monday to increase a critical type of Earth observation data. The partnership will more than double the quantity of this data that is used to explore earthquake hazards, forest decl ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 60 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #13 2. STS-131 MCC Status Report #14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:16:52 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #13 STS-131 Report #13 8:15 a.m. CDT Sunday, April 11, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson installed a 1,700-pound ammonia ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 36 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:39:00 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #11 STS-131 Report #11 Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 10 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON � Moving equipment and supplies brought to the Internation ...Continue Reading