June 15, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-034 NASA AWARDS SPACE NETWORK GROUND SEGMENT SUSTAINMENT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment project contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems of Scottsdale, Ariz. The cost-plus-award fee, indefinite delivery/ ...Continue Reading

June 15, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-142 NASA ANNOUNCES EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $16.8 million to colleges and universities nationwide to conduct research and technology development in areas of importance to the agency's mission. In addition to the research and technology development, the awards enable faculty ...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 continued emit steam, ash, and lava in 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44301&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jun 12, 2010 (Posted on Jun 15, 2010 12:48 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

If you have trouble viewing this newsletter, click here. For education orders please call 1-877-290-8256. *Welcome again to our monthly newsletter with features on exciting celestial events, product reviews, tips & tricks, and a monthly sky calendar. We hope you enjoy it!* [*]Space: Yours to Discover There's a misconception that in order to do real science and make astronomical discoveries, you have to be a professional astronomer.     [*]Dwa ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-145 NASA APPOINTS CONSTELLATION PROGRAM MANAGERS WASHINGTON -- Lawrence D. Thomas has been appointed manager of NASA's Constellation Program, which manages the effort to take humans beyond low-Earth orbit and develop the next generation launch vehicle and spacecraft. Charles ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Tina McDowell Carnegie Institution of Washington 202-939-1120 tmcdowell@ciw.edu RELEASE: 10-144 RESEARCH SUGGESTS WATER CONTENT OF MOON INTERIOR UNDERESTIMATED WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded scientists estimate from recent research that the volume of water molecules locked inside minerals in the moon's interior could exceed the amount of water in the Great Lakes here on Earth. Scienti ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-139 NASA DEMONSTRATES TSUNAMI PREDICTION SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- A NASA-led research team has successfully demonstrated for the first time elements of a prototype tsunami prediction system that quickly and accurately assesses large earthquakes and estimates the size of resulting tsunamis. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SAHARAN DUST STORM A giant dust plume blew across the Sahara Desert in early June 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44289&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 10, 2010 (Posted on Jun 11, 2010 2:15 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- OIL SLICK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-141 SPONSORS SOUGHT FOR NASA'S CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES COMPETITIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking private and corporate sponsors for the Centennial Challenges, a program of incentive prizes designed for the "citizen inventor" that generates creative solutions to problems of interest to NASA and the nation. NASA is looking for companies, organizations or individuals interested in sponsoring the n ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SAHARAN DUST OVER THE RED SEA Thick billows of dust blew over Sudan and the Red Sea in early June 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44278&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 09, 2010 (Posted on Jun 10, 2010 4:53 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ERUP ...Continue Reading