Jan. 15, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-006 AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT WASHINGTON -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, a congressionally mandated group of independent experts established after the 1967 Apollo 1 fire, has released its 2009 annual report. Following the 2003 space shuttle Columbia accident, Congress directed the ASAP to submit an annual report to Congress and the NASA administrat ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- RAPID SEA ICE BREAKUP ALONG THE RONNE-FILCHNER ICE SHELF On the morning of January 13, the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite spotted a large area of sea ice breaking away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42302 ...Continue Reading

The Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) would like to announce the upcoming GHRSST XI Meeting June 21-25 in Lima, Peru. The meeting will be held at the beautiful Plaza Del Bosque Hotel. Information and registration can be found at http://www.ghrsst.org. Please register and make hotel reservations at the same time. Current deadline for Hotel reservations is January 15, with possible extensions depending on number of registrants. ------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- 7.0 QUAKE NEAR PORT AU PRINCE On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Hispaniola Island, just 15 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. More than 30 aftershocks rocked the region over the next day. Authorities feared that the disaster had killed thousands. * http://eartho ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. MEET THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW: NASA HOLDS BRIEFING AND ONE-ON-ONE MEDIA INTERVIEWS ON JAN. 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:19:22 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: MEET THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW: NASA HOLDS BRIEFING AND ONE-ON-ONE MEDIA INTERVIEWS ON JAN. 21 January 12, 2010 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483- ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-005 MEET THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW: NASA HOLDS BRIEFING AND ONE-ON-ONE MEDIA INTERVIEWS ON JAN. 21 HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a briefing for journalists with the next set of residents of the International Space Station at 1 p.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 21, from NASA's Johnson Space Cente ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- SNOW ACROSS U.S. MIDWEST Cold and snow gripped much of the U.S. Midwest in early January 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42273&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 10, 2010 (Posted on Jan 11, 2010 5:26 PM) TROPICAL CYCLONE EDZANI Tropical Cyclone Edzani formed over the Southern Indian Ocean i ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz/David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-007 NASA'S NEW MUSEUM GRANT ALLIES WILL MAKE THE UNIVERSE ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES FROM ALASKA TO FLORIDA WASHINGTON -- Interactive museum exhibits about climate change, Earth science, and missions beyond Earth are among the projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding. Nine informal education providers from Alaska to New York will share $6.2 million ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 59 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW YEAR'S FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION RESCHEDULED ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:47:03 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW YEAR'S FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION RESCHEDULED January 11, 2010 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-004 NAS ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2010 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: M10-004 NASA BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW YEAR'S FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION RESCHEDULED HOUSTON -- The news briefings to preview the year's first space shuttle mission have been rescheduled to Friday, Jan. 29, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the b ...Continue Reading