Nov. 3, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jim Bradshaw Department of Education, Washington 202-401-2310 press@ed.gov Audrey Williams DC Public Charter School Board, Washington 202-328-2748 awilliams@dcpubliccharter.com Kate Harrison Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology, Rockville, Md. 301-279-3853 Kate_Harrison@mcpsmd.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-210 EDUCATION SECRETARY HOSTS DC STUDENTS FOR TALK WITH SPACE STATION WASHINGTO ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OCTOBER SNOW IN COLORADO A large storm blanketed Denver with heavy snow in late October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40977&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 31, 2009 (Posted on Nov 02, 2009 2:18 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 09-257 MESSENGER SPACECRAFT REVEALS MORE HIDDEN TERRITORY ON MERCURY WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unkno ...Continue Reading

Nov. 02, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-258 NASA AND X PRIZE ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF LUNAR LANDER CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again. NASA's Centennial Challenges program will give a $1 million first prize to Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif., and a $500,000 second prize t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA Agricultural fires burned in northwestern India in late October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40971&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 01, 2009 (Posted on Nov 02, 2009 12:36 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- GLACIAL DUST OFF ALASKA Fine d ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-256 NASA ANNOUNCES ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden held his first meeting with the restructured NASA Advisory Council this week at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Bolden has added four new committees to the council in key areas of importance to the agency's future: Commercial Space, Education and Public Outre ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL FIRE IN INDIA An intense fire broke out at an oil depot in western India on October 29, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40956&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30, 2009 (Posted on Oct 30, 2009 10:39 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM MIRINAE Tropical Storm ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-209 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO TRANQUILITY NODE CEREMONY AT KENNEDY WASHINGTON -- The European Space Agency, or ESA, will transfer ownership of the Tranquility node to NASA on Thursday, Nov. 19. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a commemorative ceremony at 3 p.m. EST. Tranquility is a pressurized module t ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-255 NASA GIVES GO FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH ON NOV. 16 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST. Atlantis' launch date was announ ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: M09-208 NASA TO RELEASE NEW IMAGES AND FINDINGS FROM THIRD MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to announce scientific findings and release new images from the third and final flyby of Mercury by the Mercury Surface, ...Continue Reading