May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-073 NASA OFFICIALS TO PREVIEW START OF SIX-PERSON CREW ON SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA will discuss the inauguration of six-person crew operations aboard the International Space Station in a briefing scheduled for 1 p.m. CDT, Thursday, May 6, at the Johnson Space ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-074 NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle's STS-125 mis ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-018 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR SUPPORT AT MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Jacobs Technology of Tullahoma, Tenn., to receive the manufacturing support and facilities operations contract at the Michoud Facility Assembly in eastern New ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315/344-6111 marny.skora@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-019 NASA SELECTS NORTHROP GRUMMAN TO BUILD EARTH SCIENCE INSTRUMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman of Redondo Beach, Calif., to support the design, manufacture, a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM BATU TARA Batu Tara, a tiny volcanic island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, released a plume of ash and/or steam in late April 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38377&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 30, 2009 (Posted on Apr 30, 2009 2:53 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS $80,000 IN RICE ALLIANCE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION 2. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR JUNE SHUTTLE MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:15:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS $80,000 IN RICE ALLIANCE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION April 30, 2009 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-009 NASA AWA ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-093 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH ON MAY 11 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Commander Scott Altman and his six crewmates a ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 09-092 MESSENGER SPACECRAFT REVEALS A VERY DYNAMIC PLANET MERCURY WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet's atmosphere, the interaction of its surrounding magnetic field with the solar wind, and its geological past display grea ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN WESTERN RUSSIA Widespread agricultural fires were burning across western Russia in mid-April 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38371&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 24, 2009 (Posted on Apr 29, 2009 3:49 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PL ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-072 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR JUNE SHUTTLE MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a series of media briefings on Wednesday, May 27, to preview the upcoming space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will p ...Continue Reading