August 20, 2009 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov John Leverence Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, North Hollywood, Calif. 818-754-2871 leverence@emmys.org RELEASE: 09-193 NASA TELEVISION RECEIVES PHILO T. FARNSWORTH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering excellence and commemor ...Continue Reading

August 20, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-159 NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery. The shuttle's STS-128 mission to the International Space Station is ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 37 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASAS CLASS OF 2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORT FOR TRAINING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:22:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASAS CLASS OF 2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORT FOR TRAINING August 19, 2009 Rob Lazaro Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7690 Report #J009-025 NASA’S CLASS OF 2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORT FOR TRAINING HOUSTON ...Continue Reading

August 19, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Stuart Wolpert University of California, Los Angeles 310-206-0511 swolpert@support.ucla.edu RELEASE: 09-192 NASA RESEARCH REVEALS MAJOR INSIGHT INTO EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-cell ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- HURRICANE BILL Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39855&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 5:30 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39851&src=nha *** MODIS( ...Continue Reading

August 19, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-191 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH ON AUG. 25 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has completed a two-day review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected Aug. 25 as the official launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:36 ...Continue Reading

August 18, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beautel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-158 NASA MOVES SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LAUNCH READINESS BRIEFING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's news conference about the status of the next space shuttle launch will follow the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review, originally expected to concl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN RUSSIA Intense fires burning in the boreal forests of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and Canada in July 2009 filled Arctic skies with smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39833&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:13 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

August 18, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-157 NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH MEMBERS OF FUTURE SPACE STATION CREWS HOUSTON -- Three future residents of the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA Te ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LOCKHEED FIRE, SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS On August 12, 2009, the Lockheed Fire broke out in the mountains southwest of San Jose, California, and burned through an estimated 2,600 acres of brush and timber by the morning of August 14. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39817&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 13, ...Continue Reading