Oct. 5, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-190 NASA MEDIA BRIEFING TO PREVIEW MAJOR ANTARCTIC RESEARCH CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 8, to preview the agency's largest airborne research effort ever to study Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves and sea ice. The flights are part of NASA's Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year airborne campaign to each of Earth's polar regions that wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN AFRICA Fires burned near the shores of three East African lakes in early October 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40572&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 01, 2009 (Posted on Oct 02, 2009 5:15 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- TYPHOON PARMA Typhoon Parma moved ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 70 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER TOPS A MILLION FOLLOWERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:14:10 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER TOPS A MILLION FOLLOWERS October 2, 2009 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M009-187 FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER ...Continue Reading

Oct. 02, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-186 AUGUSTINE SPACE FLIGHT COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MEETING WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold a public teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 8, from approximately 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. The only topic for discussion will be finalization of scoring of options the committee presented in their summary repor ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-187 FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT ON TWITTER TOPS A MILLION FOLLOWERS HOUSTON -- The first astronaut to tweet from space has passed another social media milestone. NASA's Mike Massimino, known as @Astro_Mike on Twitter, now shares his daily experiences with more than a million followers on the micro-blogging s ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-051 NASA EXTENDS ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL SERVICES CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has signed a contract modification with Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., to exercise the final option of the Engineering, Science and Technical Services Contract at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN CHINA Patches of gray-white haze covered eastern China and snaked east to Korea on October 2, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40557&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 02, 2009 (Posted on Oct 02, 2009 12:58 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Duncan Wardle Walt Disney World Public Relations, Orlando, Fla. 407-566-6397 duncan.wardle@disney.com RELEASE: 09-229 NASA LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES WITH DISNEY'S BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WASHINGTON -- NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mat ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-227 NASA SPONSORS STUDENT WATER RECYCLING COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is inviting fifth through eighth grade students to participate in a waste limitation management and recycling design challenge. Participants in the competition will design and test water recycling systems that could be used for future ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-185 NASA HOSTS LONG-DISTANCE TWEETUP WITH ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- For the first time, NASA's Twitter followers will have the opportunity to directly talk live with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NASA is hosting this unique Tweetup for 35 people from 10 a.m. to noon EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E ...Continue Reading