Oct. 1, 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: 09-227 NASA SPONSORS STUDENT WATER RECYCLING COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge. Participants in the competition will design and test water recycling systems that could be used for future ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-185 NASA HOSTS LONG-DISTANCE TWEETUP WITH ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- For the first time, NASA's Twitter followers will have the opportunity to directly talk live with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NASA is hosting this unique Tweetup for 35 people from 10 a.m. to noon EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON PARMA Typhoon Parma moved westward across the Pacific Ocean in late September 2009. The storm was headed for the Philippines, which had already experienced the worst flooding in decades from Tropical Storm Ketsana. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40550&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 0 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 96 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NEW SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCHES; IN-ORBIT NEWS CONFERENCE SET 2. NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER SUPPORT CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:09:13 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NEW SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCHES; IN-ORBIT NEWS CONFERENCE SET September 30, 2009 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washingt ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-052 NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY-DRIVEN RISK REDUCTION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to International Trade Bridge Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to support agency-wide efforts to reduce the environmental impact of NASA activities and improve energy conservation. International Trade Bridge Inc. will provide engineering, technical and administrative support for activities under t ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-050 NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded a three-year contract extension to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., for engineering and science support at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract extension has an estimated value of $978 million. The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN YELLOWSTONE Fires broke out in Yellowstone in September 2009. The Arnica fire near Yellowstone lake started on September 13 but grew dramatically starting on September 24, thanks to warm, dry weather. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40508&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 27, 2009 (Posted on Sep ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 616 2009 Sep 30 Somerville, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station -------------------- The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle, HTV-1, was launched on Sep 10 into a 185 x 301 km x 51.6 deg orbit. This was the first launch of the H-IIB rocket, which has a larger diameter first stage than the old H-IIA, with two LE-5A main engines instead of one, and four large SRB-A strapons instead of two ...Continue Reading

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Sept. 30, 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 RELEASE: 09-226 NEW SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCHES; IN-ORBIT NEWS CONFERENCE SET HOUSTON -- The next residents of the International Space Station launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and spaceflight participant ...Continue Reading