Sept. 18, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-182 NASA INVITES NEWS MEDIA TO AMES FOR LCROSS IMPACT EVENTS MOFFETT FILED, Calif. -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, known as LCROSS, will culminate with two lunar impacts at approximately 4:30 a.m. PDT on Oct. 9. The mission ...Continue Reading

Sept. 18, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-218 NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR FINAL SCHEDULED SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010. The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurized logistics module to the station. Veteran shuttle commander ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON CHOI-WAN Super Typhoon Choi-Wan reached a dangerous Category 5 status as it tracked northwest across the western North Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40238&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 18, 2009 (Posted on Sep 18, 2009 8:25 AM) ------------ ...Continue Reading

Sept. 18, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Gwenaelle Verpeaux Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris +33-0-1-76-74-04 cnes-presse@cnes.fr RELEASE: 09-216 U.S. AND FRANCE SIGN AGREEMENTS FOR CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and French Space Agency President Yannick d'Escatha signed four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony Thursday at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Th ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 87 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM 2. NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:11 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM September 17, 2009 William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-013 JSC ACCEPTIN ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-180 NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who will command the next International Space Station mission, is using Twitter, a blog and short video clips to provide a unique, behind the scenes insight into his training in Russia. On ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON CHOI-WAN Super Typhoon Choi-Wan reached a dangerous Category 5 status as it tracked northwest across the western North Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40226&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 17, 2009 (Posted on Sep 17, 2009 10:26 AM) * http://ea ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones/Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/5017 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov, william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-215 NASA LUNAR SATELLITE BEGINS DETAILED MAPPING OF MOON'S SOUTH POLE GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA reported Thursday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit o ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-179 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIAL DEADLINES FOR ARES I-X FLIGHT TEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the Ares I-X flight test targeted to launch Oct. 31 from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Journalists must apply for credentials to attend. To be accr ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:00:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION September 16, 2009 James Hartfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M09-178 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER ...Continue Reading