Nov. 5, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-213 CEREMONY RESET FOR ESA HANDOVER OF TRANQUILITY TO NASA WASHINGTON -- The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from the European Space Agency, or ESA, to NASA has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host the commemorative ceremony at NASA's ...Continue Reading

Nov. 5, 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: M09-212 POISK POISED FOR LIVE NASA TV SPACE STATION DOCKING HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the docking of the newest Russian module to the International Space Station starting at 9 a.m. CST Nov. 12. The Mini Research Module-2, known as "Poisk," which means "explore" in Russian, will ...Continue Reading

Nov. 4, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-211 NASA SETS STS-129 PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle's STS-129 mission to the International Space Station i ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Multiple fires burned along the coast of Queensland, Australia, in late October 2009 and into November. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40988&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 03, 2009 (Posted on Nov 04, 2009 12:51 PM) OIL FIRE IN INDIA An intense fire broke out at an oil ...Continue Reading

The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the availability of the /NASA Historical Data Book, Volume V//I//I//: // //NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science 1989-19//9//9/.  Ordering details for this large, useful reference work are attached.   You may also be interested in the attached information about an online educational conference regarding Apollo on November 10 and two notable events regarding the history of the Hubble Space Telescope on November 17 and 18 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jim Bradshaw Department of Education, Washington 202-401-2310 press@ed.gov Audrey Williams DC Public Charter School Board, Washington 202-328-2748 awilliams@dcpubliccharter.com Kate Harrison Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology, Rockville, Md. 301-279-3853 Kate_Harrison@mcpsmd.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-210 EDUCATION SECRETARY HOSTS DC STUDENTS FOR TALK WITH SPACE STATION WASHINGTO ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OCTOBER SNOW IN COLORADO A large storm blanketed Denver with heavy snow in late October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40977&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 31, 2009 (Posted on Nov 02, 2009 2:18 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 09-257 MESSENGER SPACECRAFT REVEALS MORE HIDDEN TERRITORY ON MERCURY WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unkno ...Continue Reading

Nov. 02, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-258 NASA AND X PRIZE ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF LUNAR LANDER CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again. NASA's Centennial Challenges program will give a $1 million first prize to Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif., and a $500,000 second prize t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA Agricultural fires burned in northwestern India in late October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40971&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 01, 2009 (Posted on Nov 02, 2009 12:36 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- GLACIAL DUST OFF ALASKA Fine d ...Continue Reading