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

There are 4 messages totalling 165 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #28 2. VETERAN ASTRONAUT HEIDEMARIE M. STEFANYSHYN-PIPER LEAVES NASA 3. NASA PUBLISHES REPORT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SCIENCE 4. STS-128 MCC Status Report #29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:23:08 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #28 STS-128 Report #28 9 a.m. CDT Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 Mission ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-212 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY RETURNS TO EARTH AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION EDWARDS, Calif. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with an 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The missi ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2009 David Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Angela Pierce Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2813 angela.l.pierce@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-047 NASA SELECTS COMPANY FOR CENTRAL PROCESS SYSTEMS SERVICE CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center has selected Mainthia Technologies, Inc. (MTI), Cleveland, for a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract valued at $27 million to provide implementation, maintenance and operation of the central process systems. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-046 NASA EXERCISES PAYLOAD PROCESSING CONTRACT OPTION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is exercising its final option in the Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services contract known as CAPPS. The option is the second of two on the cost-plus-award-fee CAPPS contract awarded to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM LINDA Tropical Storm Linda traveled north-northwestward over the Pacific Ocean in early September 2009. As of September 11, the storm was expected to weaken as it traveled over cool waters. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40158&src=nha *** (QuikSCAT) image from Sep 10, 2009 (Posted on S ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-210 NASA'S LCROSS REVEALS TARGET CRATER FOR LUNAR SOUTH POLE IMPACTS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Obser ...Continue Reading