Dec. 7, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Lisa-Renee LaBonte Arab Youth Venture Foundation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 971-50-149-3131 lisa@ayvf.org RELEASE: 09-271 NASA AND ARAB YOUTH VENTURE FOUNDATION LAUNCH STUDENT PROGRAM WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Arab Youth Venture Foundation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have partnered to provide three to 12 UAE engineering students each year the opportunity to work with U.S. students, scientist ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2009 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-281 NASA TO SPOTLIGHT SHRINKING ARCTIC SEA ICE AND UNPRECEDENTED GLACIER STUDY AT COPENHAGEN WASHINGTON -- NASA will take its Earth science research and educational programs before a world-wide audience Dec. 7-18 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. NASA is one of several U.S. government agencies supporting the first-ever U.S. Center, an outr ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov Jessica Rye ATK Space Systems, Huntsville, Ala. 256-428-5968 Jessica.rye@atk.com MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-282 NASA CHALLENGES 350 ROCKETEERS NATIONWIDE TO AIM A MILE HIGH HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2009 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-282 SPACE STATION 2010 CALENDAR CELEBRATES A DECADE OF RESEARCH HOUSTON -- To celebrate the 10th anniversary of people continuously living aboard the International Space Station, NASA is providing a special 2010 calendar to teachers and the public. The calendar contains unique images and highlights histori ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-278 MOON WORK DESIGN CONTEST OFFERS NASA INTERNSHIPS TO WINNERS WASHINGTON -- Talented engineering students who have ideas on how future explorers might live on the moon could find themselves working at NASA as paid interns. The 2010 NASA Moon Work engineering design challenge seeks to motivate college students by giving them first-hand experience w ...Continue Reading

Dec. 3, 2009 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-228 NASA TV COVERS NEXT SPACE STATION CREW'S JOURNEY TO ORBIT HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the events surrounding the launch and delivery of the next three residents to the International Space Station. Coverage begins with a broadcast of prelaunch activities Dec. 8, and continues through the crew's arriv ...Continue Reading

Dec. 3, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-055 NASA ANNOUNCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT EXTENSION WASHINGTON -- NASA has extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego. The action is intended to allow for the completion of rec ...Continue Reading

Dec. 3, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-054 NASA AWARDS ALABAMA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded a contract to Dynetics Inc. of Huntsville to provide information technology services at the center. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract begins Feb. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN BRAZIL AND URUGUAY Late November 2009 brought severe flooding to South America, affecting areas along the Atlantic coast, including northern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41479&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 01, 2009 (Posted on Dec 03, 2009 12:3 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 3, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-280 NASA PROGRAM OFFERS COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARS CHANCE TO DESIGN SPACE ROVERS, VISIT HOUSTON'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WASHINGTON -- NASA is offering community and junior college students from across the country an opportunity to participate in a semester-long scholars program, culminating in a three-day visit ...Continue Reading