August 14, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-169 NASA COMPLETES ASSEMBLY OF ARES I-X TEST ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launc ...Continue Reading

August 14, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-156 NASA AND ATK SET NEW DATE FOR FULL-SCALE ARES I MOTOR TEST WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, will conduct the first full-scale, full-duration test of the new first-stage solid rocket motor for the Ares I rock ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA A large wildfire was burning in the Los Padres National Forest northwest of Santa Barbara, California, in mid-August 2009. Farther north, a wildfire near Santa Cruz forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate their homes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39783&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image ...Continue Reading

Readers:      Pardon me – the current issue is vol. 26 no. 2 and is available at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltr26-2.pdf_ online.  (It will also be available at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltr__c.pdf_ in about 20 minutes.)  The version I sent earlier this morning is an old one. Also some of you may not have gotten the previous attachment properly anyway.  So again please read it from _http://history.nasa.gov/nltr26-2.pdf_ . My apologies for the mix-up.      -Steve G ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS CEREMONY CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS CEREMONY CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY August12, 2009 Jenna C Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JE09-025 HIGH SCHOOL AEROSPACE SCHOLARS CEREMONY CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN INTERIOR ALASKA "Lightning season" in interior Alaska peaks in late June and early July. Numerous lightning-triggered fires continued to burn in August 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39763&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 09, 2009 (Posted on Aug 11, 2009 3:16 PM) ------------ ...Continue Reading

August 12, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-185 SATELLITES UNLOCK SECRET TO NORTHERN INDIA'S VANISHING WATER WASHINGTON -- Using NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot p ...Continue Reading

August 11, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-154 VIRGINIA ASTRONAUT TO FLY ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, whose hometown is Springfield, Va., will make his third journey into orbit on space shuttle Discovery's next mission to the International Space Station. Disc ...Continue Reading

August 11, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-152 FLORIDA NATIVE TO LIVE ABOARD INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Nicole Stott, a native of Clearwater, Fla., will make her first journey into orbit on space shuttle Discovery's upcoming mission to the International Space Station. She will live and work ab ...Continue Reading

August 11, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-153 TEXAS NATIVE TO FLY ON NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA astronaut Danny Olivas, born and raised in El Paso, Texas, will conduct three spacewalks during the upcoming space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. This is the first shuttle flight to f ...Continue Reading