The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN CHINA AND MONGOLIA A day before dust settled over eastern China, dust storms blew through northern China and southern Mongolia, on April 23, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38363&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 23, 2009 (Posted on Apr 28, 2009 3:37 PM) ------------ ...Continue Reading

April 29, 2009 Katherine Trinidad/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100/1600 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Scott Lusk Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md. 301-897-6934 scott.lusk@lmco.com RELEASE: 09-091 NASA AND LOCKHEED MARTIN CELEBRATE SPACE DAY 2009 WASHINGTON -- NASA, Lockheed Martin and learners of all ages around the world are celebrating Space Day 2009 beginning Friday, May 1. Space Day is an education and public outreach initiative that takes place a ...Continue Reading

April 29, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-071 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR JUNE SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle Endeavour is targeted to launch June 13 to begin its mission, designated STS-127. The 16-day flight will deliver a new station crew member and will complete construction of the Japan Ae ...Continue Reading

April 28, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-090 STUDENTS FROM NASA EXPLORER SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE MEET IN HOUSTON WASHINGTON -- Students and teachers from throughout the nation will be gathering at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston April 29-May 1 to present research results to fellow students and NASA scientists and engineers. The 62 students and 31 ed ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula released continuous plumes of ash and steam in late April 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38340&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 26, 2009 (Posted on Apr 27, 2009 4:35 PM) -------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

April 28, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-089 NASA NANOSATELLITE TO STUDY ANTIFUNGAL DRUG EFFECTIVENESS IN SPACE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The ...Continue Reading

April 27, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-069 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING TO DISCUSS NEW FINDINGS ABOUT PLANET MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, April 30, at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss new data and findings revealed by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, ...Continue Reading

April 28, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 09-088 NEW GAMMA-RAY BURST SMASHES COSMIC DISTANCE RECORD WASHINGTON -- NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five percent of its present age. The event, dubbed GRB 09 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. FORMER SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR LIVE TV INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:41:33 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: FORMER SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR LIVE TV INTERVIEWS April 27, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #M09-068 FORMER SPACE STA ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-070 NASA TV TO AIR U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION MAY 2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2009 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, May 2, at 3 p.m. ...Continue Reading