Feb. 26, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-053 NASA PIONEER AARON COHEN DIES WASHINGTON -- Spaceflight pioneer Aaron Cohen, a former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, died Thursday, Feb. 25, after a lengthy illness. He was 79. Cohen had a 33-year career with NASA. He was a steady hand at the helm of Johnson as NASA recovered from the ...Continue Reading

Feb. 26, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-052 NASA OPENS HIGH FRONTIER TO EDUCATION AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS WASHINGTON -- NASA is announcing a new initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites for education and not-for-profit organizations. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called picosatellites, having a size of approximately four inches, a volume of about one quart, and weighing no more than 2.2 pounds. This is NASA's firs ...Continue Reading

Feb. 26, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-044 NASA AND ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY FIND NEW USE FOR MODULE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Italian Space Agency announced a new use for an existing Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) known as "Leonardo." It will be transformed into a Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) for the International Space Station. For nearly ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 91 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE 2. NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:36:05 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: RESULTS FROM MOON, WATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE Feb. 25, 2010 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Mary Cloud Lunar and Planetary Institut ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-010 NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA exercised two one-year extension options with a combined value of $130 million for a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas. The contract is for facilities maintenance, operations, design, construction and o ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-057 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS FINAL MOTOR TEST IN UTAH HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds -- th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW BLANKETS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS Winter snowstorms blanketed the Rocky Mountains in late February 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42797&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 23, 2010 (Posted on Feb 24, 2010 2:38 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natura ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Susan Arensman Wichita Public Schools, Wichita, Kansas 316-973-4582 SArensman@usd259.net MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-038 KANSAS STUDENTS CONNECT WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW FOR OUT OF THIS WORLD CONVERSATION WASHINGTON -- Astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth will discuss science and living in space with students from Mueller Aerospace and Engineering Discovery Magnet School in Wichita, Kan., on Tue ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-049 SCIENCE TEAM FROM AMES RESEARCH CENTER WINS 2009 NASA SOFTWARE OF YEAR AWARD MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The NASA World Wind Java computer program developed at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is the winner of NASA's 2009 Software of the Year Award. Software engineers at Ames ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-050 NASA GROUND-BREAKING UNEARTHS NEW GENERATION OF DEEP SPACE NETWORK ANTENNAS WASHINGTON -- NASA officials broke ground near Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, beginning a new antenna-building campaign to improve Deep Space Network communications. Following the recommendations of an inde ...Continue Reading