There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA KICKS OFF OPEN INNOVATION COMPETITION TO BENEFIT SPACEFLIGHT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:21:28 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA KICKS OFF OPEN INNOVATION COMPETITION TO BENEFIT SPACEFLIGHT October 21, 2009 William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-028 NASA KICKS OFF OPEN INNOVATION COMPETITION TO BENEFIT SPACEFLIGHT H ...Continue Reading

Oct. 21, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-244 NASA SELECTS 18 UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS FOR STECKLER SPACE GRANTS HOUSTON -- NASA has chosen 18 proposals from universities around the country to receive up to $70,000 for Phase One of the NASA Ralph Steckler Space Grant Colonization Research and Technology Development Opportunity. Grant money will support ...Continue Reading

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Oct. 21, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/757-272-9859 amy.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-243 NASA ANNOUNCES GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION AWARDS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $6.1 million in cooperative agreements to 15 organizations across the United States to enhance learning through the use of NASA's Earth Science resources. The selected organizations include colleges and univ ...Continue Reading

Oct. 21, 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: M09-204 NASA TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has scheduled a news conference for approximately 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 29, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The news conference, originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will begi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON LUPIT Lupit began as a tropical depression over the Western Pacific on October 14, 2009. By October 16, the storm had strengthened to a typhoon. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40851&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 21, 2009 (Posted on Oct 21, 2009 1:24 PM) TROPICAL STORM RICK Hurrican ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-203 NASA SETS BRIEFING ABOUT ARES I-X READINESS TO LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a news conference on Friday, Oct. 23, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the Ares I-X rocket launch. The briefing will begin at appr ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Multiple fires burned along the coast of Queensland, Australia, in late October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40834&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 17, 2009 (Posted on Oct 19, 2009 3:44 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natu ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Tracy Yates United Space Alliance, Houston 321-861-3956 tracy.e.yates@nasa.gov Jessica Rye ATK Space Systems, Magna, Utah 321-328-2468 jessica.rye@atk.com RELEASE: 09-247 NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD IN FLORIDA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time in mor ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TARGET LAUNCH DATE, CREW REHEARSAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:03:41 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TARGET LAUNCH DATE, CREW REHEARSAL October 19, 2009 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. ...Continue Reading