There are 2 messages totalling 87 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM 2. NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:11 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM September 17, 2009 William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-013 JSC ACCEPTIN ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-180 NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who will command the next International Space Station mission, is using Twitter, a blog and short video clips to provide a unique, behind the scenes insight into his training in Russia. On ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON CHOI-WAN Super Typhoon Choi-Wan reached a dangerous Category 5 status as it tracked northwest across the western North Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40226&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 17, 2009 (Posted on Sep 17, 2009 10:26 AM) * http://ea ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones/Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/5017 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov, william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-215 NASA LUNAR SATELLITE BEGINS DETAILED MAPPING OF MOON'S SOUTH POLE GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA reported Thursday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit o ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-179 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIAL DEADLINES FOR ARES I-X FLIGHT TEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the Ares I-X flight test targeted to launch Oct. 31 from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Journalists must apply for credentials to attend. To be accr ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:00:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION September 16, 2009 James Hartfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M09-178 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- AUSTRALIAN DUST OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN A dense cloud of dust blew across southern Australia and over the Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40201&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 12, 2009 (Posted on Sep 16, 2009 11:05 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-178 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Friday, Oct. 16, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the briefings live. Reporters m ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-213 NASA AWARDS GRANTS FOR RESEARCH CENTERS AT 6 MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected six universities that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students to receive research grants totaling nearly $30 million. The funding will help the universities establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering and commercial research centers that contribute ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 126 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS 2. NASA CONCLUDES ROBOTICS TESTS FOR THE MOON IN ARIZONA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:18 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS September 15, 2009 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarte ...Continue Reading