Sep. 30, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Jeffrey G. Olson National Park Service, Washington 202-208-6843 jeffrey_olson@nps.gov RELEASE: 10-236 NASA GIVES DETAILS ON SPOTTING THE SPACE STATION AT NATIONAL PARKS WASHINGTON -- Plan your next camp out for a national park, and you might spot one of the gems of the night sky -- ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-238 NASA ADMINISTRATOR THANKS CONGRESS FOR 2010 AUTHORIZATION ACT SUPPORT WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden regarding Wednesday's action by the House of Representatives on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010. "We thank the Congress for their thoughtful deliberations about NASA' ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lisa-Joy Zgorski National Science Foundation, Washington 703-292-8311 lzgorski@nsf.gov RELEASE: 10-237 NASA AND NSF-FUNDED RESEARCH FINDS FIRST POTENTIALLY HABITABLE EXOPLANET WASHINGTON -- A team of planet hunters from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington has announced the discovery of a planet with three times the mass of Earth orbiting a nearby star at a dista ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-062 NASA AWARDS SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE CONTRACT MODIFICATION WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $60.3 million contract modification to space shuttle main engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. of Canoga Park, Calif., to provide continued space shuttle main engine prelaunch, launch and ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rani Gran/Darryl Mitchell Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483/5169 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov darryl.r.mitchell@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-230 NASA AND OPTIMUS PRIME COLLABORATE TO EDUCATE YOUTH WASHINGTON -- NASA has developed a contest to raise students' awareness of technology transfer efforts and how NASA technologies contribute to our everyday lives. NASA is collaborating with Hasbro using ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-138 NASA RESCHEDULES TELECONFERENCE ON IBEX SPACECRAFT FINDINGS WASHINGTON -- NASA has rescheduled the media teleconference to discuss new information about the boundary of our solar system obtained from the agency's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft. The telecon now is set for noon EDT, on Thursday, Sept. 30. The briefing participants are: - Arik Posner, IBEX program scientist, Heli ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace 757-636-6300 sherwood@nianet.org RELEASE: 10-232 NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO DISCUSS "WHAT MATTERS NEXT" AT TEDXNASA HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA is inviting the public to join agency leaders and innovators from a variety of fields on Nov. 4 t ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 62 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TO PREVIEW FINAL FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:02:26 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TO PREVIEW FINAL FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY Sept. 28, 2010 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-137 NASA TO PREVIEW FINAL FLIGHT OF SPACE SH ...Continue Reading

Sep. 28, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Patton Tidmore NASA Shared Services Center, Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-813-6486 c.patton.tidmore@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-063 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR SHARED SERVICES CENTER WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Computer Services Corporation (CSC) of Falls Church, Va., a modification to exercise the first option year under its existing contract. This is a one-year option period for the ...Continue Reading

Sep. 28, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6535 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-060 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT MODIFICATION TO JACOBS TECHNOLOGY HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has signed a contract modification extending the contract for Marshall Space Flight Center's engineering, science and technical services contract with Jacobs Technology Inc. by o ...Continue Reading