April 12, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov Haley Miller Guilford Public Schools, Guilford, N.C. 336-370-3200 millerh3@gcsnc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-048 ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER -- CALL NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- Astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth will speak with students in Gibsonville, N.C., on Wednesday, Ap ...Continue Reading

April 12, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-079 INNOVATIVE NASA-JAXA PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS GLOBAL EARTH SCIENCE WASHINGTON -- In a unique collaboration between national space agencies, the United States and Japan began combining elements of their satellite resources on Monday to increase a critical type of Earth observation data. The partnership will more than double the quantity of this data that is used to explore earthquake hazards, forest decl ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 60 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #13 2. STS-131 MCC Status Report #14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:16:52 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #13 STS-131 Report #13 8:15 a.m. CDT Sunday, April 11, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson installed a 1,700-pound ammonia ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 36 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:39:00 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #11 STS-131 Report #11 Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 10 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON � Moving equipment and supplies brought to the Internation ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 67 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #09 2. STS-131 MCC Status Report #10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:53:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #09 STS-131 Report #09 Friday, April 9, 2010 - 8:00 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Discovery Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson wound up a 6-hour, 27-minute spa ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 94 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #07 2. NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L. COATS AVAILABLE THURSDAY TO DISCUSS CENTER'S ROLES IN 2011 3. STS-131 MCC Status Report #08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:44:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #07 STS-131 Report #07 9 a.m. CDT Thursday, April 8, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: M10-081 NASA-FUNDED RESEARCH SUGGESTS VENUS IS GEOLOGICALLY ALIVE WASHINGTON -- For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus. The observations reveal that volcanoes on Venus appeared to erupt between a few hundred years to 2.5 million years ago. This ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-078 NASA ANNOUNCES FUTURE WORK ASSIGNMENTS FOR FIELD CENTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver presented an outline for new and extended program assignments across the agency Thursday in support of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request. Pending congressional approval, NASA will create new program offices that include activities in exploration tech ...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 continues to be active—emitting steam, ash, and lava—in early 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43464&src=nha *** M ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-080 NASA'S UNPILOTED GLOBAL HAWK COMPLETES FIRST SCIENCE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk unpiloted aircraft system over the Pacific Ocean. The flight was the first of five scheduled for this month's Global Hawk Pacific, or GloPac, mission to stu ...Continue Reading