Nov. 20, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-276 SCIENCE MAGAZINES HONOR CUTTING-EDGE NASA PROGRAMS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's revolutionary planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has been honored with the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award from Popular Science Magazine and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics Magazine. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 20, 2009 Bert Ulrich/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1713/1600 bert.ulrich@nasa.gov bob.jacobs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-273 PLANET 51 STAR BRINGS NASA'S MESSAGE OF EXPLORATION DOWN TO EARTH WASHINGTON -- Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth. Johnson provides the voice of space ...Continue Reading

Nov. 20, 2009 Bert Ulrich/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1713/1600 bert.ulrich@nasa.gov bob.jacobs@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-221 PLANET 51 PSA CAMPAIGN BRINGS NASA'S MESSAGE OF EXPLORATION DOWN TO EARTH WASHINGTON -- Broadcast-quality digital public service announcements are available for download from NASA featuring actor Dwayne Johnson, star of the new film "Planet 51," discussing the importance of space exploration, diversity and education. NASA Television also will air the pu ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 113 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-129 MCC Status Report #06 2. SPACE STATION, SPACE SHUTTLE JOINT CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY 3. STS-129 MCC Status Report #07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:37:27 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #06 STS-129 Report #06 Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 - 3:30 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – A ...Continue Reading

Nov. 19, 2009 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: M09-220 SPACE STATION, SPACE SHUTTLE JOINT CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:13 a.m. CST on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Reporters can ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MID-NOVEMBER COLORADO SNOWSTORM Not long after the snow from an October storm melted, the Denver area experienced another significant autumn snowstorm, in mid-November 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41305&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 17, 2009 (Posted on Nov 18, 2009 4:46 PM) ------ ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov Eva Pickens Texas Southern University, Houston 713-313-4205 pickens_ek@tsu.edu RELEASE: 09-264 STUDENTS SEND MICROBE EXPERIMENT ON SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS HOUSTON -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-217 INVENTORS TO COMPETE FOR $400,000 IN NASA ASTRONAUT GLOVE CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- Reporters and the public are invited to attend the 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge on Nov. 19 at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., near NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The $400,000 prize challenge is a nationwide competition that focuses on developing improved pressure suit gloves for astronauts to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA Fires burned in northwestern India near the Pakistan border in early November 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41241&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 08, 2009 (Posted on Nov 11, 2009 3:03 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARA ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2009 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: 09-263 NASA TO BEGIN ATTEMPTS TO FREE SAND-TRAPPED MARS ROVER PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. Spirit has been lodged at a site scientists call "Troy&q ...Continue Reading