An applicant should go to the web site: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=85445605&aid=85220793-8110&WT.mc_n=125 and follow the instructions. An electronic application must be sent no later than 11:59 PM Eastern time on this coming Wednesday. This is a short window as the position closes at midnight January 13. Call if you have any questions. Bob Duffner robert.duffner@kirtland.af.mil Chief, Historical Information Office 505 846-4319 . _______________________________________________ history mailing l ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-002 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE CREW IN WASHINGTON, AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON -- NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 astronauts for a visit on Monday, Jan. 11, through Thursday, Jan. 14. The crew wrapped up an 11-day journey in space of nearly 4.5 million miles on Nov. 27. Commander Charlie Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore, Mission Specialists Leland Me ...Continue Reading

Jan. 8, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz/David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov david.steitz@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-009 NASA CHOOSES STUDENT TEAMS TO DROP SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected teams of middle school and high school students to test their science experiments in microgravity competitions that simulate the microgravity in space. High school students wil ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN Winds blowing out of the north sent a thick plume of dust over western Afghanistan and eastern Iran on January 7, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42242&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 07, 2010 (Posted on Jan 07, 2010 6:02 PM) --------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE EDZANI Tropical Cyclone Edzani formed over the Southern Indian Ocean in early January 2010 and intensified rapidly. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42229&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 07, 2010 (Posted on Jan 07, 2010 8:19 AM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 159 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. MOON ROCK GAINS TRAVELING COMPANION FOR HISTORIC RETURN TO SPACE 2. NASA ASTRONAUT JOHN GRUNSFELD, INSTRUMENTAL TO HUBBLE TELESCOPE REPAIR, WILL HELP OVERSEE ITS SCIENCE OPERATIONS 3. NASA SETS JAN. 11 BRIEFING TO PREVIEW UPCOMING SPACEWALK, SOYUZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:12:39 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: MOON ROCK GAINS TRAVELING COMPANION FOR HI ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-008 NASA SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT'S EDUCATE TO INNOVATE CAMPAIGN WITH SUMMER OF INNOVATION TO BRING STUDENTS THE UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- NASA has launched an initiative to use its out-of-this-world missions and technology programs to boost summer learning, particularly for underrepresented students across the nation. NASA's Summer of Innovation supports President Obama's Educate to Innovate campaign for excell ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-005 NASA'S WISE EYE SPIES FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE STARRY SKY; INFRARED ALL-SKY SURVEYING TELESCOPE SENDS BACK FIRST IMAGES FROM SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light. Launche ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN EASTERN CHINA AND KOREA Up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow fell on Beijing and the nearby port city of Tianjin in early January 2010. The snow was reportedly the heaviest to fall in the Chinese capital city since 1951. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42211&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-002 NASA SHUTTLE AT LAUNCH PAD FOR FINAL SCHEDULED NIGHT LAUNCH; CREW SET TO ARRIVE FOR PRACTICE LIFTOFF CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission. Report ...Continue Reading