Sept. 16, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-178 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Friday, Oct. 16, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the briefings live. Reporters m ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-213 NASA AWARDS GRANTS FOR RESEARCH CENTERS AT 6 MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected six universities that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students to receive research grants totaling nearly $30 million. The funding will help the universities establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering and commercial research centers that contribute ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 126 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS 2. NASA CONCLUDES ROBOTICS TESTS FOR THE MOON IN ARIZONA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:18 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS September 15, 2009 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarte ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-214 NASA CONCLUDES ROBOTICS TESTS FOR THE MOON IN ARIZONA WASHINGTON -- NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. The Desert RATS -- or Research and Technology Studies -- in the Arizona desert at Black Point L ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-177 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO RETURN TO FLORIDA EDWARDS, Calif. -- After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sept. 11, space shuttle Discovery is about to start its cross-country journ ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 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: M09-176 NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the launch of the next two residents of the International Space Station, a spaceflight participant and the return of two members of the current station crew. Coverage begins with a broadcast of prela ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AND SMOKE IN BORNEO Thick smoke covered much of Borneo in September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40182&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 13, 2009 (Posted on Sep 14, 2009 2:51 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a se ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones/Andy Freeberg Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/0746 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov, andrew.h.freeberg@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-174 NASA TO RELEASE FIRST RESULTS FROM LUNAR MISSION THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA will showcase new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's seven instruments and provide updates about the topography of the moon's south pole durin ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-175 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle Atlantis and its six NASA astronauts are targeted to launch Nov. 12 to begin the STS-129 mission. Shuttle and station teams are assessing whether the target date can be moved up to ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-211 NASA ANNOUNCES SCREENING OF SPACE SHUTTLE ARTIFACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to begin registering to screen potential space shuttle artifacts. The artifacts represent significant human spaceflight technologies, processes and accomplishments of the shuttle program. More information about the types of artifacts that may be availa ...Continue Reading