The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- 7.3 MAGNITUDE QUAKE OFF THE HONDURAS COAST A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Honduras at 2:24 a.m. local time (08:24 UTC) on May 28, 2009. Smaller aftershocks followed the initial quake. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38851&src=nha *** RSI(FORMOSAT-2) image from May ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUME OFF THE LIBYAN COAST Dust blew off the coast of Libya, or Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, at the end of May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38833&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 31, 2009 (Posted on Jun 01, 2009 2:50 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.ph ...Continue Reading

June 2, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-126 NASA SELECTS FOUR PROPOSALS TO STUDY SPACE RADIATION RISKS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation's affects on human living in space. NASA selected proposals from the New York University School of Medicine in New ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 107 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS PREVIEW BRIEFING, TV SCHEDULE FOR STATION SPACEWALKS 2. NASA'S "ASTRO_MIKE" SET FOR TV INTERVIEWS, WEB APPEARANCE JUNE 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:38:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS PREVIEW BRIEFING, TV SCHEDULE FOR STATION SPACEWALKS June 1, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Brandi Dean Johnson Sp ...Continue Reading

June 1, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-127 NASA'S SHUTTLE PROGRAM HANDS OVER LAUNCH PAD TO CONSTELLATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The May 31 transfer of Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program is the next step in preparing the first flight ...Continue Reading

June 1, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-100 NASA SETS PREVIEW BRIEFING, TV SCHEDULE FOR STATION SPACEWALKS HOUSTON -- Two residents of the International Space Station will conduct a pair of spacewalks in the coming weeks to prepare the Russian segment of the station for future assembly work. The activities will be broadcast live on NASA Television and previewe ...Continue Reading

June 1, 2009 Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-123 NASA ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Monday the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. They are: - Norman Augustine (chair), retired chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corp., and former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - Dr. Wanda Austin, ...Continue Reading

May 29, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-099 NASA'S "ASTRO_MIKE" SET FOR TV INTERVIEWS, WEB APPEARANCE JUNE 3 HOUSTON -- Astronaut Mike Massimino will be available Wednesday, June 3, for media satellite interviews and questions from the public via a special interactive Internet appearance. He will discuss his space shuttle flight after ret ...Continue Reading

May 29, 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: C09-026 NASA AWARDS LIQUID NITROGEN AND LIQUID OXYGEN CONTRACTS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected three companies to provide liquid nitrogen, or LN2, and liquid oxygen, or LOX, to six agency facilities supporting activities for the Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration System Mission Directorate. Lind ...Continue Reading

May 29, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-025 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AIRSPACE CONCEPT EVALUATION SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the Raytheon Company of Waltham, Mass., to receive an Airspace Concept Evaluation System, or ACES, follow-on contract valued at $29 million. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that begins June 1. The base ...Continue Reading