August 21, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-163 NASA TO AIR STEPHEN COLBERT MESSAGE ON EVE OF SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will broadcast a special message from comedian Stephen Colbert on Monday, Aug. 24, as the space shuttle Discovery prepares to deliver the COLBERT treadmill to the International Space Station. The message will air on NASA ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE BILL Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39879&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 4:24 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER THE PACIFI ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Maria Callier Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, Va. 703-696-7308 maria.callier@afosr.af.mil RELEASE: 09-194 NASA, AFOSR TEST ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ROCKET PROPELLANT WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALI ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-161 NASA SETS BRIEFING ON NEW SPACE STATION SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 23, to discuss new science experiments using the International Space Station's unique research environment. The briefing will originate from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2009 Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-160 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE CANCELS MEETING WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee determined the Aug. 24 contingency meeting announced in the Federal Register is not required. The committee has no plans for any additional public meetings. For committee information, materials, presentations and biographies, visit: http://hsf.nasa.gov For information abo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON VAMCO Typhoon Vamco built into a powerful storm as it tracked north across the Pacific in August 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39868&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20, 2009 (Posted on Aug 20, 2009 9:24 AM) HURRICANE BILL Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hu ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2009 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov John Leverence Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, North Hollywood, Calif. 818-754-2871 leverence@emmys.org RELEASE: 09-193 NASA TELEVISION RECEIVES PHILO T. FARNSWORTH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering excellence and commemor ...Continue Reading

August 20, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-159 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 Discovery. The shuttle's STS-128 mission to the International Space Station is ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 37 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASAS CLASS OF 2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORT FOR TRAINING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:22:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASAS CLASS OF 2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORT FOR TRAINING August 19, 2009 Rob Lazaro Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7690 Report #J009-025 NASA’S CLASS OF 2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORT FOR TRAINING HOUSTON ...Continue Reading

August 19, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Stuart Wolpert University of California, Los Angeles 310-206-0511 swolpert@support.ucla.edu RELEASE: 09-192 NASA RESEARCH REVEALS MAJOR INSIGHT INTO EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-cell ...Continue Reading