June 25, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-154 NASA RETIRES FIRST DATA RELAY SATELLITE AFTER STELLAR CAREER WASHINGTON -- After a long and successful career providing communications support, NASA's groundbreaking Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) 1 is retiring. On Sunday, June 27, NASA will shut down the satellite that launched into orbit during space shuttle Challenger's maiden voyage (STS-6) in April 1983. From 1983 to 1 ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-038 NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION MISSION INTEGRATION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract with a maximum value of $273 million to Barrios Technology, Ltd., of Houston for International Space Station mission integration services support. This is a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM DARBY Tropical Storm Darby became the fourth named storm of the 2010 eastern Pacific hurricane season. On June 23, Darby strengthened to a hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44419&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 23, 2010 (Posted on Jun 24, 2010 4:35 PM) ---------------- ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-096 SPACE STATION CREW VEHICLE WILL MOVE JUNE 28 FOR CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL HOUSTON -- NASA Television will broadcast live the repositioning of a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station on Monday, June 28. The capsule's half-hour journey from the Zvezda Service Module to the ...Continue Reading

June 24, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-153 LOFTS IN SPACE: NASA CHALLENGES COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DESIGN INFLATABLE SPACE HABITATS WASHINGTON -- NASA is challenging college students to design concepts for inflatable habitat lofts for the next generation of space explorers. The winning concepts may be applied to the exploration habitats of the future. The X-Hab Academic Innovation Competition is a university-level challenge designed to encou ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE CELIA Celia strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane over the eastern Pacific Ocean in late June 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44414&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 22, 2010 (Posted on Jun 23, 2010 3:49 PM) TROPICAL STORM DARBY Tropical Storm Darby became the fourth named stor ...Continue Reading

June 24, 2010 Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov John Atwood Department of Commerce 202-482-4085 jatwood@eda.doc.gov RELEASE: 10-152 SPACE ECONOMIC TASK FORCE SEEKS FLORIDA PUBLIC COMMENTS WASHINGTON -- The Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development has launched an interactive website to encourage public comment on ways to promote economic growth and sustainability in Florida's Space Coast region as it adapts to changes in America's space ...Continue Reading

June 23, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-094 NASA ASTRONAUT T.J. CREAMER AVAILABLE FOR TV INTERVIEWS ON CHALLENGES OF LIVING AND WORKING ABOARD THE SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- After more than five months living aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer will be available for satell ...Continue Reading

June 23, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-037 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT MODIFICATION TO EG&G TECHNICAL SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has extended the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center operations support services contract with EG&G Technical Services of Austin, Texas. The contract extension, valued at ...Continue Reading

*From:* Launius, Roger [mailto:LauniusR@si.edu] *Sent:* Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:32 AM *Subject:* FW: NCPH Annual Meeting Hi All: I want to make a special call to friends and colleagues to participate in the 2011 National Council for Public History (NCPH) Annual Meeting. A call for proposals is out and closes this July 15. The NCPH meeting will take place April 6-10, 2011, in Pensacola, FL, and if you would like to organize a session or submit a paper, the proposal is due by that date so that the Program Committee, ...Continue Reading