May 29, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-095 NASA SETS BRIEFING ABOUT SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S READINESS TO LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Wednesday, June 3, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the end of the Flight Readiness R ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS FROM CYCLONE AILA IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH Cyclone Aila flooded large areas of India and Bangladesh in late May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38795&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 28, 2009 (Posted on May 29, 2009 9:09 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

May 29, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-097 NASA DRYDEN TO HOST 2009 POWER BEAMING CHALLENGE JULY 14 WASHINGTON -- NASA's Centennial Challenges Program and the Spaceward Foundation will hold the 2009 Power-Beaming Challenge, part of Spaceward's Space Elevator Games, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., o ...Continue Reading

May 29, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Leslie Williams Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3893 leslie.a.williams@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-098 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS SET TO RETURN TO FLORIDA EDWARDS, Calif. -- After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on May 24 following the successful Hubble Space Telescope servicing mi ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 90 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. TOLEDO NATIVE COMPLETES INTERNSHIP AT NASA 2. NEW STATION CREW LAUNCHES ON SOYUZ; BRIEFING FROM SPACE ON JUNE 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:41:02 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: TOLEDO NATIVE COMPLETES INTERNSHIP AT NASA May 28, 2009 Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-012 TOLEDO NATIVE COMPLETES INTERNSHIP AT NASA HOU ...Continue Reading

May 28, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-024 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $306 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation and related services in 2012 and 2013. The firm-fixed price modification ...Continue Reading

May 28, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-094 NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD, TCDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour now is planned to be moved from Launch Pad 39B to 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Sunday, May 31, weather permitting. Endeavour is targeted to lift off June 13 on a 16-day ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE AILA Tropical Storm Aila struck southern Bangladesh and eastern India in late May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38786&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 25, 2009 (Posted on May 28, 2009 9:09 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

May 28, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-124 NASA SATELLITE DETECTS RED GLOW TO MAP GLOBAL OCEAN PLANT HEALTH WASHINGTON -- Researchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants using a unique signal detected by NASA's Aqua satellite. Ocean scientists can now remotely measure the amount of fluorescent red light emitted by phytoplankton and assess how efficiently these microscopic plants turn sunlight and nu ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN RUSSIA'S FAR EAST Forest fires were burning in Russia's Far East in late May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38774&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 24, 2009 (Posted on May 26, 2009 3:55 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER INDIA AND PAKISTAN ...Continue Reading