Oct. 6, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.d.marlaire@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-230 NASA INVITES YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE VIRTUAL SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory. NASA has developed a new ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHERN INDIA Several days of heavy rain in southern India left millions homeless in October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40601&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 05, 2009 (Posted on Oct 05, 2009 3:58 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40596&src=nha ...Continue Reading

Oct. 6, 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: M09-193 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD, PRACTICE LIFTOFF SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' move to the launch pad on Oct. 13 and the STS-129 mission crew's dress rehearsal activities Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis ...Continue Reading

Oct. 6, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-192 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO EVENTS FOR LCROSS LUNAR IMPACT WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting journalists to events this week in Washington and California to observe the twin impacts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and its rocket ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 36 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUT FERNANDO CALDEIRO DIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:34:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT FERNANDO CALDEIRO DIES October 5, 2009 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-015 ASTRONAUT FERNANDO CALDEIRO DIES HOUSTON – NASA astronaut Fernando “Frank” Calde ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jennifer Knotts Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7671 norma.j.knotts@nasa.gov Greg Marshall Rice University, Houston 713-348-6774 greg.marshall@rice.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-188 NASA HONORS JFK WITH MOON ROCK TO BE DISPLAYED AT RICE UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON -- On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, NASA honored President John F. Kennedy with an Ambassador of Exploration A ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-191 NASA UPDATES TUESDAY SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE TIME HOUSTON -- The nine residents of the International Space Station will hold a news conference Tuesday at 8:55 a.m. CDT, 15 minutes earlier than previously announced. Aboard the station are NASA astronauts Mike Barratt, Nicole Stott and Jeff Willi ...Continue Reading

Oct. 5, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-190 NASA MEDIA BRIEFING TO PREVIEW MAJOR ANTARCTIC RESEARCH CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 8, to preview the agency's largest airborne research effort ever to study Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves and sea ice. The flights are part of NASA's Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year airborne campaign to each of Earth's polar regions that wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN AFRICA Fires burned near the shores of three East African lakes in early October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40572&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 01, 2009 (Posted on Oct 02, 2009 5:15 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- TYPHOON PARMA Typhoon Parma moved ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 70 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER TOPS A MILLION FOLLOWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:14:10 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER TOPS A MILLION FOLLOWERS October 2, 2009 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M009-187 FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER ...Continue Reading