The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE FRED Hurricane Fred traveled northwestward across the Atlantic Ocean in early September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40143&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 09, 2009 (Posted on Sep 09, 2009 3:24 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-203 NASA PUBLISHES REPORT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SCIENCE HOUSTON -- Advances in the fight against food poisoning, new methods for delivering medicine to cancer cells, and better materials for future spacecraft are among the results published in a NASA report detailing scientific research accomplishments made ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 62 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #24 2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:35:45 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #24 STS-128 Report #24 10:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – As they wind down their mission, space shuttle Discovery ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Canadian Space Agency 450-926-4370 www.asc-csa.gc.ca RELEASE: 09-206 U.S. AND CANADA SIGN AGREEMENT ON CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Canadian Space Agency President Steve MacLean signed a framework agreement Wednesday for cooperative activities in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. Canadian Ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson h ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2009 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-044 NASA AWARDS SOFIA CONTRACT OPTION TO L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract modification to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P., of Waco, Texas, for further developmental engineering in support of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy mission, known as ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Rob Lazaro Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 robert.lazaro-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-207 VETERAN ASTRONAUT HEIDEMARIE M. STEFANYSHYN-PIPER LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper has left NASA to return to the Navy. Stefanyshyn-Piper is a veteran of two space shuttle flights and five spacewalks. "Heide has been an outstanding astronaut, contributing sign ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY Wildfires raged in Los Angeles County in late August and early September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40118&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Sep 06, 2009 (Posted on Sep 08, 2009 2:41 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40115&src=nha *** ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu Rachel MacKnight Office of U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Washington 202-228-1122 Rachel_MacKnight@Mikulski.senate.gov RELEASE: 09-205 SEN. MIKULSKI UNVEILS FIRST IMAGES FROM REJUVENATED HUBBLE WASHINGTON -- Astronomers dec ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #22 2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:08:12 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #22 STS-128 Report #22 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – After closing the hatches between the two spacecraft last night, the two crew ...Continue Reading

Sept. 8, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-045 NASA AWARDS HELIUM CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected five companies to provide liquid and gaseous helium for 17 agency locations, including centers and facilities. This new fixed-price requirements contract with economic price adjustment is for the acquisition of approximately 12.5 million liter ...Continue Reading