April 14, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-056 NASA TO PREVIEW FINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS HOUSTON -- NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission, the final scheduled flight of space shuttle Atlantis, during a series of news briefings Monday, May 3, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 108 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #17 2. NASA AND CHRYSLER ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP TO EXPLORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES 3. STS-131 MCC Status Report #18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:37:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #17 STS-131 Report #17 9 a.m. CDT Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON à...Continue Reading

April 13, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov Russell Pang Office of the Governor, Honolulu 808-586-0043 russell.pang@hawaii.gov Travis Taylor Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Honolulu 808-586-0283 travis.taylor@hawaii.gov RELEASE: 10-084 NASA PARTNERS WITH HAWAII ON SPACE EXPLORATION, SCIENCE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA and the S ...Continue Reading

April 13, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120 h.k.henry@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-025 NASA SELECTS COMPANIES FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLE R&D CONTRACTS HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has selected five companies to provide the agency with support for analytical and experimental research and technology development, primarily for aerospace vehicles. The companies are ...Continue Reading

NASA History readers: Attached is the NASA History Division’s 2009 annual report.  It is also at _http://history.nasa.gov/2009.pdf_ and other previous newsletters and annual reports are available from _http://history.nasa.gov/histnews.htm_ online.  Thanks to Thomas Simpson for compiling this year’s annual report.       -Steve Garber   Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail Suite CO72, Room 5M27 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax _ ...Continue Reading

April 13, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-083 NASA AND CHRYSLER ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP TO EXPLORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON -- A new agreement between NASA and Chrysler may put rocket science on the road and automotive technologies in space. The collaboration seeks to use technologies originally developed for human spaceflight to enhance future vehicles and ...Continue Reading

There are 4 messages totalling 186 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #15 2. NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS 3. ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER -- CALL NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS 4. STS-131 MCC Status Report #16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:37:44 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #15 STS-131 Report #15 10:30 a.m. ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of Media Affairs MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-054 PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DELIVER REMARKS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WASHINGTON- On the afternoon of Thursday, April 15 President Barack Obama will visit Cape Canaveral, Florida and deliver remarks on the bold new course the Administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight. Both the arrival and departure of Air Force One at the Shuttle Landing Facility and his remarks at the NASA Operations and Chec ...Continue Reading

April 12, 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: C10-025 NASA STENNIS SPACE CENTER AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to M&D Mechanical Contractors, Inc. of Decator, Ala., to provide general construction services at the ce ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-053 NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS HOUSTON -- The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 6:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 14. U.S. reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johns ...Continue Reading