The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRE AT OKANAGAN LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA British Columbia, Canada, was experiencing extremely dry conditions in July 2009, and hot, dry weather was predicted to continue. Those conditions set the stage for a large fire that broke out northwest of Kelowna in mid-July. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39553&src ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-138 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES MEETING AGENDAS WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold public meetings July 28, 29, 30, Aug. 5 and 12. The meetings are open to news media representatives. No registration is required, but seating is limited to the location's capacity. Agenda times ar ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Chris Danielsen National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore 410-659-9314, ext. 2330 cdanielsen@nfb.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-140 NASA PRESENTS COINS FLOWN IN SPACE TO NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND WASHINGTON -- During a ceremony July 31, senior NASA officials will present the National Federation of the Blind with two Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollars that flew on space shuttle Atlantis's missi ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 69 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #16 2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:47:02 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #16 STS-127 Report #16 Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 6:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Japan’s Koichi Wakata will inaugurate the use of Kibo’s robotic a ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-174 NASA STUDENT AIRBORNE RESEARCH PROGRAM TAKES FLIGHT EDWARDS, Calif. -- Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in NASA's Earth Science research. The students represent 26 colleges and universiti ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: C09-34 NASA AWARDS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND PROJECT SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center has selected Mathematical Research Inc. of Houston to provide process improvement and project services for its engineering directorate. The maximum contract value is $30 million. Mathematical Research Inc., or MRI, will as ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: C09-036 NASA EXTENDS BIOASTRONAUTICS CONTRACT WITH WYLE HOUSTON -- NASA has exercised a $201 million second option on a contract with Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering Group of Houston to provide continuing support to the Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Cente ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER SOUTHERN BOLIVIA Dust blew across southern Bolivia on July 21, 2009. Most of the plumes arose from or near large salt flats along the western border. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39524&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 21, 2009 (Posted on Jul 22, 2009 3:21 PM) -- UNIQUE ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 09-171 NASA CELEBRATES CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON -- Ten years ago, on July 23, 1999, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia and deployed into orbit. Chandra has doubled its original five-year mission, ushering in an unprecedented decade of discove ...Continue Reading

There are 5 messages totalling 232 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #14 2. NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW 3. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 4. SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR SUNDAY 5. STS-127 MCC Status Report #15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:46:09 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #14 STS-127 Report #1 ...Continue Reading