There is 1 message totalling 42 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. HOUSTONS FIRST NATIVE ASTRONAUT SET FOR BRIEFINGS, INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:30:04 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: HOUSTONS FIRST NATIVE ASTRONAUT SET FOR BRIEFINGS, INTERVIEWS February 23, 2010 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J10-004 HOUSTON’S FIRST NATIVE ASTRONAUT SET FOR BRIEFINGS, ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-007 NASA AWARDS AGENCY-WIDE MISSION NETWORK SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has award AT&T of Vienna, Va., a contract to provide Mission Network Services for the agency. The contract has a one-year, two-month base period, followed by ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 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: C10-009 NASA AWARDS MISSISSIPPI INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded a contract to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions LLC, or ARTS, a small business in Greenbelt, Md., to provide information and technical servic ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-037 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ROLLS TO LAUNCH PAD; LIFTOFF PRACTICE SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Journalists are invited to cover the STS-131 space shuttle crew's practice countdown and related training March 2-5 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Reporters also may cover space shuttle Discovery's move ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-048 RESTRUCTURED NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS TO FORMULATE AGENCY GUIDANCE WASHINGTON -- The newly restructured NASA Advisory Council recently concluded its second meeting, held Feb. 18-19, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. This was the first council meeting including all of the committee chairs and other appointed members, completing the restructuring process NASA Administrator Charles Bolden began i ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Dust swept north from the deserts of North Africa over the Mediterranean Sea in mid-February 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42781&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 20, 2010 (Posted on Feb 22, 2010 2:59 PM) ------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-036 NEW NASA WEB PAGE SHEDS LIGHT ON SCIENCE OF A WARMING WORLD WASHINGTON -- Will 2010 be the warmest year on record? How do the recent U.S. "Snowmageddon" winter storms and record low temperatures in Europe fit into the bigger picture of long-term global warming? NASA has launched a new web page to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate. The new & ...Continue Reading

Feb. 23, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Ivelisse Gilman Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-814-5868 ivelisse.r.gilman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-046 NASA SUPPORTS UNIVISION HISPANIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, PLANS ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WASHINGTON -- NASA is working with Univision Communications Inc. to develop a partnership in support of the Spanish-language media outlet's initiative to improve high school graduation rates, prepare Hispanic student ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov George H. Diller John Leslie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. NOAA, Silver Spring, Md. 321-867-2468 301-713-2087 george.h.diller@nasa.gov john.leslie@noaa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-032 NASA SETS COV ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-008 NASA INCREASES SUPPORT CONTRACT TO MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SPACEPORT WASHINGTON -- NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., to provide launch services for expendable ...Continue Reading