There are 2 messages totalling 67 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #09 2. STS-131 MCC Status Report #10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:53:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #09 STS-131 Report #09 Friday, April 9, 2010 - 8:00 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson wound up a 6-hour, 27-minute spa ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 94 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #07 2. NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L. COATS AVAILABLE THURSDAY TO DISCUSS CENTER'S ROLES IN 2011 3. STS-131 MCC Status Report #08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:44:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #07 STS-131 Report #07 9 a.m. CDT Thursday, April 8, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: M10-081 NASA-FUNDED RESEARCH SUGGESTS VENUS IS GEOLOGICALLY ALIVE WASHINGTON -- For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus. The observations reveal that volcanoes on Venus appeared to erupt between a few hundred years to 2.5 million years ago. This ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-078 NASA ANNOUNCES FUTURE WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR FIELD CENTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver presented an outline for new and extended program assignments across the agency Thursday in support of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request. Pending congressional approval, NASA will create new program offices that include activities in exploration tech ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LAVA AND SNOW ON KLYUCHEVSKAYA VOLCANO Klyuchevskaya Volcano continues to be active—emitting steam, ash, and lava—in early 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43464&src=nha *** M ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-080 NASA'S UNPILOTED GLOBAL HAWK COMPLETES FIRST SCIENCE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk unpiloted aircraft system over the Pacific Ocean. The flight was the first of five scheduled for this month's Global Hawk Pacific, or GloPac, mission to stu ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-051 NASA WORK ASSIGNMENTS TOPIC OF MEDIA TELECON ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8 WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will brief reporters on Thursday, April 8, about the next steps in implementing the agency's new exploration initiatives outlined in the new fiscal year 2011 budget. Joining the Administrator and Deputy Administrator will be: * Bill Gerste ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 122 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #05 2. NASA INVITES MEDIA TO PREVIEW TEST OF NEW LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM 3. STS-131 MCC Status Report #06 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:28:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #05 STS-131 Report #05 Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 11 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Space shuttle Discovery and its ...Continue Reading

April 7, 2010 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov Monte Marlin White Sands Missile Range, N.M. 575-678-1134 wsmrpao@conus.army.mil MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-052 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO PREVIEW TEST OF NEW LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM HOUSTON -- NASA has set a launch date and a media preview day for its next flight test, called Pad Abort 1. The flight t ...Continue Reading

April 7, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-077 SPACE AVAILABLE: NASA EMBRACES OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE WASHINGTON -- Whether using social networks to allow students to interact directly with astronauts, or creating a cloud computing platform to give unprecedented access to scientific data, NASA's embrace of Open Government has made it a leader among federal agencies. In December 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive calling ...Continue Reading