Dec. 14, 2010 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov Paul Laustsen U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-329-4046 plaustsen@usgs.gov RELEASE: 10-335 CASSINI SPOTS POTENTIAL ICE VOLCANO ON SATURN MOON WASHINGTON -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6121/344-6111 marny.skora@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-077 NASA SELECTS UNISYS FOR SIMULATION, AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL SERVICES HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has selected the Unisys Corp. in Reston, Va., to provide simulation and aircraft technical services for ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook 818-359-3241 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-334 NASA PROBE SEES SOLAR WIND DECLINE EN ROUTE TO INTERSTELLAR SPACE PASADENA, Calif. -- The 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now hurtling toward interstellar space some 10.8 billion mile ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-332 NASA NAMES WALEED ABDALATI AS AGENCY'S NEW CHIEF SCIENTIST WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Waleed Abdalati the agency's chief scientist, effective Jan. 3. Abdalati will serve as the principal adviser to the NASA administrator on agency science programs, strategic planning and the evaluation of related investments. Abdalati is currently the director of the Earth Science a ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Elaine Thorndike Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology, Denver 303-592-4085 elaine.thorndike@colorado.edu RELEASE: 10-328 NASA PARTNERS WITH COLORADO IN TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION INITIATIVE DENVER -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr., participated Monday in a Space Act Agreement signing ceremony at the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver to promote ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 165 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. RETURNED SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS 2. ASTRONAUT ALAN POINDEXTER LEAVES NASA 3. NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION CARGO MISSION SERVICES CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:45:08 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: RETURNED SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS December, 10, 2010 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, H ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-079 NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION CARGO MISSION SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $171 million to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., for support of International Space Station cargo mission services. The contract will support planning, coordination ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-331 ASTRONAUT ALAN POINDEXTER LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- Veteran NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter has left the agency to return to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. Poindexter, a U.S. Navy captain, earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the school in 19 ...Continue Reading

PO.DAAC is transitioning its data system operations to a new set of core infrastructure. This infrastructure utilizes a new back-end data management system that supports improved data discovery and access. The first phase of the transition (to be completed by March 31st, 2011) will result in a new web portal and ftp site. A beta-version of the new portal is available at http://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov. We invite you to explore the site and provide us with your comments and feedback. A beta-version of the new ftp ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2010 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-172 HOT CITIES, ICE VOLCANOES AND CALIFORNIA QUAKES AMONG NASA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the 2010 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting takes place Dec. 13-17 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco. Media briefing ...Continue Reading