June 9, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-136 NASA PICKS 18 SMALL BUSINESS TECH TRANSFER PROJECTS FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 18 innovative technology proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Technology Transfer program, or "STTR." The selected projects have a total value of approximately $11 million. The contracts will be awarded to 18 high tech ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO In Democratic Republic of Congo south of the equator, the annual fire season was underway in mid-May 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44244&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 03, 2010 (Posted on Jun 08, 2010 2:58 PM) --------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 53 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PICTURE THEIR "FACE IN SPACE" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:59:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PICTURE THEIR "FACE IN SPACE" June 8, 2010 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-091 NASA INVITES THE PUB ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: C10-033 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR IRIS MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft known as IRIS. The spacecraft will fly in December 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vanden ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov RELEASE: C10-032 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR SPONSORED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA awards Smart Global Solutions JV LLC of Silver Spring, Md., the Sponsored Research and Education Support Services (SRESS) contract. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quan ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Louis Bergeron Stanford University News Service, Stanford, Calif. 650-725-1944 louisb3@stanford.edu RELEASE: 10-135 NASA ICEBREAKER VOYAGE TO PROBE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON ARCTIC WASHINGTON -- NASA's first dedicated oceanographic field campaign goes to sea June 15 to take an up-close look at how changing conditions in the Arctic are affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems that ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Wildfires burned along Australia's northern coast in early June 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44241&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 05, 2010 (Posted on Jun 08, 2010 1:41 PM) FIRES IN ALASKA AND YUKON TERRITORY Wildfires burned in Alaska and Yukon Territory in ea ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-091 NASA INVITES THE PUBLIC TO PICTURE THEIR "FACE IN SPACE" HOUSTON -- NASA is inviting members of the public to send electronic images of their faces into orbit aboard one of the final remaining space shuttle missions. Visitors to the "Face in Space" website can upload their portrait to fly wi ...Continue Reading

June 8, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Andrew Parton Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, N.Y. 516-572-4038 aparton@cradleofaviation.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-90 NEW YORK STUDENTS CONNECT WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT FOR OUT OF THIS WORLD CONVERSATION WASHINGTON -- Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, orbiting 220 miles above Earth, will discuss living and working in space with students gathered at the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE PHET Tropical Cyclone Phet headed for the coast of Oman in early June 2010, with maximum sustained winds of 125 knots and gusts up to 150 knots. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44210&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 06, 2010 (Posted on Jun 07, 2010 12:43 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND ...Continue Reading