March 31, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Daniel Stolte University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 stolte@email.arizona.edu RELEASE: 10-071 NASA MARS SPACECRAFT SNAPS PHOTOS CHOSEN BY PUBLIC WASHINGTON -- The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has returned the first pictures of locations on the Red Planet suggested by the public. The ...Continue Reading

March 30, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-018 NASA SELECTS RAPID III CONTRACTORS FOR SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded contracts to eight aerospace firms for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III spacecraft and related services. Each contractor has one or more core spacecraft offerings available under it ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL Tropical Cyclone Paul traveled over the northern coast of Australia in late March 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43294&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Mar 28, 2010 (Posted on Mar 29, 2010 5:54 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43284&src=nha ...Continue Reading

March 29, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-019 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR SUPERCOMPUTING SUPPORT SERVICES MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will exercise a one-year extension option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham, Md., to provide supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Fie ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula released small plumes of ash and/or steam throughout 2009, and it remained active in early 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43264&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 26, 2010 (Posted on Mar 29, 2010 1:43 PM ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2010 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: M10-046 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, Fla., are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery. Shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission to the Interna ...Continue Reading

March 26, 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 RELEASE: 10-069 NASA SETS SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH DATE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT on April 5 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery's launch date for the STS-131 mission was announce ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-017 NASA AWARDS SPACE PROPULSION RESEARCH CONTRACTS TO FIVE FIRMS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to provide space propulsion systems technologies in support of research and technology development activities at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Each of the fiv ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-016 NASA AWARDS PROPULSION RESEARCH CONTRACTS TO FIVE FIRMS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to provide air-breathing engine technologies in support of aerospace propulsion research and technology development activities at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Each ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SPRING SANDSTORM SCOURS CHINA A huge sandstorm arrived in China on the first day of spring in 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43250&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 21, 2010 (Posted on Mar 25, 2010 5:48 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ERUPTI ...Continue Reading