March 2nd 2010 PDT
March 1, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-055 NASA RADAR FINDS ICE DEPOSITS AT MOON'S NORTH POLE; ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF WATER ACTIVITY ON MOON WASHINGTON -- Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near the moon's north pole. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40 small craters with water ice. The craters rang ...Continue Reading
March 2nd 2010 PDT
March 1, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6535 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-011 NASA AWARDS ALABAMA CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TRADES SUPPORT SERVICES HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has signed a contract modification worth approximately $40 million with InfoPro Corporation of Huntsville, Ala., for the continuation of engineering technicians and trades ...Continue Reading
March 2nd 2010 PDT
March 1, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-054 NASA ANNOUNCES AGENCY CENTER MANAGEMENT CHANGES WASHINGTON -- Administrator Charles F. Bolden announced Monday leadership changes involving three of the agency's field centers, including NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The changes are effective immediately. Arthur E. &q ...Continue Reading
March 2nd 2010 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Hundreds of fires were detected across Southeast Asia in February 2010. Widespread fires are a common occurrence during the region's annual dry season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42817&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 26, 2010 (Posted on Feb 26, 2010 2:11 PM) -- VOLCANOES A ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2010 PDT
There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA PIONEER AARON COHEN DIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:38:12 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA PIONEER AARON COHEN DIES February 26, 2010 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 Report #H10-053 NASA PIONEER AARON COHEN DIES WASHINGTON -- Spaceflight pioneer Aaron Cohen, a f ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2010 PDT
Feb. 26, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-053 NASA PIONEER AARON COHEN DIES WASHINGTON -- Spaceflight pioneer Aaron Cohen, a former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, died Thursday, Feb. 25, after a lengthy illness. He was 79. Cohen had a 33-year career with NASA. He was a steady hand at the helm of Johnson as NASA recovered from the ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2010 PDT
Feb. 26, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-052 NASA OPENS HIGH FRONTIER TO EDUCATION AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS WASHINGTON -- NASA is announcing a new initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites for education and not-for-profit organizations. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called picosatellites, having a size of approximately four inches, a volume of about one quart, and weighing no more than 2.2 pounds. This is NASA's firs ...Continue Reading
February 27th 2010 PDT
Feb. 26, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-044 NASA AND ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY FIND NEW USE FOR MODULE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Italian Space Agency announced a new use for an existing Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) known as "Leonardo." It will be transformed into a Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) for the International Space Station. For nearly ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2010 PDT
There are 2 messages totalling 91 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE 2. NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:36:05 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE Feb. 25, 2010 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Mary Cloud Lunar and Planetary Institut ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2010 PDT
Feb. 25, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-010 NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA exercised two one-year extension options with a combined value of $130 million for a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas. The contract is for facilities maintenance, operations, design, construction and o ...Continue Reading
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