We are pleased to announce the availability of a new Monograph in Aerospace History.  Lane Wallace and Christian Gelzer, /Nose Up:  High Angle-of-Attack and Thrust Vectoring Research at NASA Dryden 1979-2001/ (NASA SP-2009-4534) is now available in hard copy format.  Interested readers should send a 9 ½ x 12” self-addressed, stamped envelope to Christian Gelzer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Building 4839, Edwards, CA 93523 for a free copy.   A pdf version of this ...Continue Reading

August 17, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Va. 757-864-6120/344-7211 h.k.henry@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-188 NASA LAUNCHES NEW TECHNOLOGY: AN INFLATABLE HEAT SHIELD WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and p ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Touch the Moon in South Dakota ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:21:58 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Touch the Moon in South Dakota August 14, 2009 Sean Wilson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7516 Report #M009-142 Touch the Moon in South Dakota South Dakotans will have the rare chance to touch a piece of moon rock starting next week in NASA ...Continue Reading

August 14, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-155 NASA SETS BRIEFING ABOUT SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S READINESS TO LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the end of the Flight ...Continue Reading

August 14, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-169 NASA COMPLETES ASSEMBLY OF ARES I-X TEST ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launc ...Continue Reading

August 14, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-156 NASA AND ATK SET NEW DATE FOR FULL-SCALE ARES I MOTOR TEST WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, will conduct the first full-scale, full-duration test of the new first-stage solid rocket motor for the Ares I rock ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA A large wildfire was burning in the Los Padres National Forest northwest of Santa Barbara, California, in mid-August 2009. Farther north, a wildfire near Santa Cruz forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate their homes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39783&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image ...Continue Reading

Readers:      Pardon me – the current issue is vol. 26 no. 2 and is available at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltr26-2.pdf_ online.  (It will also be available at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltr__c.pdf_ in about 20 minutes.)  The version I sent earlier this morning is an old one. Also some of you may not have gotten the previous attachment properly anyway.  So again please read it from _http://history.nasa.gov/nltr26-2.pdf_ . My apologies for the mix-up.      -Steve G ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS CEREMONY CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS CEREMONY CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY August12, 2009 Jenna C Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JE09-025 HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS CEREMONY CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN INTERIOR ALASKA "Lightning season" in interior Alaska peaks in late June and early July. Numerous lightning-triggered fires continued to burn in August 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39763&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 11, 2009 3:16 PM) ------------ ...Continue Reading