Nov. 2, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-256 NASA ANNOUNCES ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden held his first meeting with the restructured NASA Advisory Council this week at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Bolden has added four new committees to the council in key areas of importance to the agency's future: Commercial Space, Education and Public Outre ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL FIRE IN INDIA An intense fire broke out at an oil depot in western India on October 29, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40956&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30, 2009 (Posted on Oct 30, 2009 10:39 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM MIRINAE Tropical Storm ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-209 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO TRANQUILITY NODE CEREMONY AT KENNEDY WASHINGTON -- The European Space Agency, or ESA, will transfer ownership of the Tranquility node to NASA on Thursday, Nov. 19. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a commemorative ceremony at 3 p.m. EST. Tranquility is a pressurized module t ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-255 NASA GIVES GO FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH ON NOV. 16 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST. Atlantis' launch date was announ ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 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: M09-208 NASA TO RELEASE NEW IMAGES AND FINDINGS FROM THIRD MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to announce scientific findings and release new images from the third and final flyby of Mercury by the Mercury Surface, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL SLICK IN THE TIMOR SEA An oil rig in the Timor Sea began leaking oil and gas on August 21, 2009, and fuel continued to spill into the sea in mid-September. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40944&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 29, 2009 11:15 AM) -------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 48 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:59:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST October 28,2009 Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 Report #H09-252 NASA'S ARES I-X R ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-253 NASA AWARDS EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded education grants to five minority serving institutions to develop innovative projects in support of higher education teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. NASA ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 09-254 FERMI TELESCOPE CAPS ITS FIRST YEAR WITH A GLIMPSE OF SPACE-TIME WASHINGTON -- During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky w ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-253 NASA AWARDS EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded education grants to five minority serving institutions to develop innovative projects in support of higher education teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. NASA ...Continue Reading