Sept. 8, 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: M09-172 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CREW SET TO RETURN TO EARTH THURSDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth Thursday after a 13-day mission. Two landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are available at 7:05 p.m. and 8:42 p.m. EDT. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 8, 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: M09-171 NASA SELECTS TARGET CRATER FOR LUNAR IMPACT OF LCROSS SPACECRAFT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has identified the spot where it will search for water on the moon. Reporters are invited to attend the announcement of the target location where the Lunar Crat ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 62 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #20 2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:53:40 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #20 STS-128 Report #20 Monday, Sept. 9, 2009 - 11 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – The 13 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station and space shuttle ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 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=40113&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 06, 2009 (Posted on Sep 07, 2009 1:27 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40110&src=nha *** ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 88 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #17 2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #18 3. STS-128 MCC Status Report #19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 01:12:28 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #17 STS-128 Report #17 1:30 a.m. CDT Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – Discovery’s astronauts ha ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 34 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:24:56 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #16 STS-128 Report #16 Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 - Noon CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – The space shuttle and International Space Station crews will turn their focus to the third and final spacewalk of ...Continue Reading

There are 4 messages totalling 140 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #13 2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #14 3. TWIN NASA COMMANDERS TWITTER ABOUT POSSIBLE SPACE MEETING 4. STS-128 MCC Status Report #15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:56:41 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #13 STS-128 Report #13 2 a.m. CDT Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTO ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-170 NASA AND ATK SCHEDULE MOTOR TEST FOR ARES ROCKET ON SEPT. 10 WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, have rescheduled the test of the new first-stage solid rocket motor for the Ares I rocket. The static firing of the five- ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-204 TWIN NASA COMMANDERS TWITTER ABOUT POSSIBLE SPACE MEETING HOUSTON -- Two NASA astronaut commanders have perspectives like no others on Twitter -- the views of twin brothers preparing on opposite sides of the world to command both the space shuttle and the International Space Station. The tweeting twins are ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE JIMENA Hurricane Jimena headed toward the Baja Peninsula as a Category 4 hurricane on August 30, 2009. The storm had weakened by September 3, 2009, but poured heavy rain on Mexico. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40058&src=nha *** CPR(CloudSat) image from Sep 02, 2009 (Posted on Sep 03, 2009 ...Continue Reading