Jan. 6, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-008 NASA SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT'S EDUCATE TO INNOVATE CAMPAIGN WITH SUMMER OF INNOVATION TO BRING STUDENTS THE UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- NASA has launched an initiative to use its out-of-this-world missions and technology programs to boost summer learning, particularly for underrepresented students across the nation. NASA's Summer of Innovation supports President Obama's Educate to Innovate campaign for excell ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-005 NASA'S WISE EYE SPIES FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE STARRY SKY; INFRARED ALL-SKY SURVEYING TELESCOPE SENDS BACK FIRST IMAGES FROM SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light. Launche ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN EASTERN CHINA AND KOREA Up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow fell on Beijing and the nearby port city of Tianjin in early January 2010. The snow was reportedly the heaviest to fall in the Chinese capital city since 1951. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42211&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2010 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: M10-002 NASA SHUTTLE AT LAUNCH PAD FOR FINAL SCHEDULED NIGHT LAUNCH; CREW SET TO ARRIVE FOR PRACTICE LIFTOFF CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission. Report ...Continue Reading

Jan. 6, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 10-001 NASA SETS JAN. 11 BRIEFING TO PREVIEW UPCOMING SPACEWALK, SOYUZ RELOCATION AND OTHER JANUARY SPACE STATION MILESTONES HOUSTON -- NASA officials will discuss an upcoming spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts, the relocation of a Soyuz spacecraft to a new docking port and other International Space Station ac ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-001 NASA AWARDS GODDARD UNIFIED ENTERPRISE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT GREENBELT -- NASA has selected ASRC Primus of Greenbelt, Md., for the Goddard Unified Enterprise Services and Technology (GUEST), Fixed Price-Incentive indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract. T ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-695-7140 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 10-003 NATURE'S MOST PRECISE CLOCKS MAY MAKE "GALACTIC GPS" POSSIBLE; PULSING PULSARS HELP IN SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES WASHINGTON -- Radio astronomers have uncovered 17 mil ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3449 alan.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-006 NASA NAMES NEW DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER DIRECTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has named David D. McBride director of the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "David has done a terrific job as the acting Dryden director, and I am pleased ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN EASTERN CHINA Up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow fell on the capital city of Beijing and port city of Tianjin in early January 2010. The snow was reputedly the heaviest to fall on the capital city since 1951. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42172&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3449 alan.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-006 NASA NAMES NEW DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER DIRECTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has named David D. McBride director of the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "David has done a terrific job as the acting Dryden director, and I am pleased ...Continue Reading