May 20, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-118 NASA KICKS OFF VIRTUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will provide college students from across the country with the opportunity to participate in virtual interactive educational sessions focusing on NASA technical challenges and competitions. The agency's new Minority Innovation Cha ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 65 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-132 MCC Status Report #10 2. STS-132 MCC Status Report #11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 01:32:32 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-132 MCC Status Report #10 STS-132 Report #10 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 1:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON � The flight control team and on-orbit crew pr ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-117 NASA'S MARS ROVERS SET LONGEVITY RECORD ON THE RED PLANET; SATELLITE INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERT AVAILABLE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project will pass a historic Martian longevity record on Thursday, May 20. The Opportunity rover will surpass the duration record set by NASA's Viking 1 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE LAILA Tropical Cyclone Laila affected the Bay of Bengal, the northern Indian Ocean, India, and Sri Lanka in late May 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44031&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 19, 2010 (Posted on May 19, 2010 1:47 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated eve ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2010 Ashley Edwards/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/1979 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-075 NASA ANNOUNCES LIVE WEB STREAMING OF SPACE EXPLORATION WORKSHOP AND TELEPHONE MEDIA BRIEFING WASHINGTON -- The opening day activities of NASA's Exploration Enterprise Workshop will be Web-streamed live on Tuesday, May 25, from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. EDT. The Galveston, Texas, event is filled to capacity with more than 400 attendees. ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/ 757-272-9859 amy.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-116 NASA'S DIGITAL LEARNING NETWORK TEACHERS EARN PRESTIGIOUS AWARD HAMPTON, Va. -- The United States Distance Learning Association recognized NASA's Digital Learning Network (DLN) for its superior instructors by presenting the program with the Silver Award for Distance Learning Teaching. Sevent ...Continue Reading

There are 4 messages totalling 187 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-132 MCC Status Report #08 2. NASA ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION 3. NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BRINGING A NEW "DAWN" FOR SPACE STATION SCIENCE 4. STS-132 MCC Status Report #09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 02:31:04 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-132 MCC Status Report #08 STS-132 Report #08 2 a.m. CDT Tuesday, May ...Continue Reading

May 18, 2010 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-074 NASA ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- Space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are flying together 220 miles overhead until Sunday, May 23. Circling the Earth every 90 minutes, the spacecraft offer unique sighting opportunities for sky gazers around t ...Continue Reading

May 18, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-115 NASA MOVES 'FAST' FOR REDUCED-GRAVITY FLIGHT TESTING TECH PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA selected 17 technology demonstration projects for reduced-gravity aircraft flights to demonstrate whether emerging technologies can perform as expected in the reduced-gravity environment of the moon and Mars, or the zero-gravity environment of Earth orbit. NASA selected the projects through its Facilitated Access to ...Continue Reading

May 18, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-114 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BRINGING A NEW "DAWN" FOR SPACE STATION SCIENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is delivering science experiments and a new Russian laboratory to the International Space Station, continuing the transition from station assembly to continuous scientific research throu ...Continue Reading