April 16th 2009 PDT
April 15, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-084 NASA SELECTS 16 SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 16 proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The selected projects have a total value of approximately $9.6 million. The contracts will be awarded to 16 hi-tech firms partnered with 15 universities in 18 states. The Small Business Admini ...Continue Reading
April 16th 2009 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO Fires across the Yucatan Peninsula sent haze northward over the Gulf of Mexico and toward the United States in early April 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38215&src=nha *** image from Apr 12, 2009 (Posted on Apr 14, 2009 3:01 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES ...Continue Reading
April 16th 2009 PDT
April 15, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-060 PILOT OF FINAL SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE SET FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Gregory C. Johnson, a native of Seattle, will be available for live interviews via satellite from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 21. Johnson will make his first trip into space as the pilot of space shut ...Continue Reading
April 15th 2009 PDT
April 14, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-082 NASA NEW SPACE STATION MODULE NAME HONORS APOLLO 11 ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON -- The International Space Station module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After more than a million online responses, the node will be called "Tranquility." The name Tranquility was chosen from thousands of suggestions submitted by participants on NASA's Web site, www.nasa.gov. The "Help Name Node 3&qu ...Continue Reading
April 15th 2009 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA Severe weather in the second week of April 2009 fanned wildfires in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38202&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 09, 2009 (Posted on Apr 13, 2009 2:34 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images ...Continue Reading
April 15th 2009 PDT
April 14, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Rani Gran/Laura Layton Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483/8170 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov laura.a.layton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-083 NASA SPACECRAFT SHOW THREE DIMENSIONAL ANATOMY OF A SOLAR STORM WASHINGTON -- Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with their first view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or ...Continue Reading
April 15th 2009 PDT
April 14, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-058 ONLINE POLL FOR NASA'S GREATEST HITS FOR EARTH BEGINS TODAY WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting the public to vote online for the most important contribution the space agency has made to exploring Earth and improving the way we live on our home planet. NASA is conducting the survey as part of its celebration of Earth Day, April 22. Voting begins today, and closes on April 21. Poll results will be annou ...Continue Reading
April 14th 2009 PDT
April 13, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-059 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD FRIDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Endeavour's move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B on Friday, April 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 4.2-mile journey is scheduled to begin at 12:01 ...Continue Reading
April 14th 2009 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ERUPTION ON ISLA FERNANDINA In early April 2009, La Cumbre Volcano on Isla Fernandina in the Galapagos Islands erupted. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38197&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 11, 2009 (Posted on Apr 13, 2009 1:17 PM) REDOUBT VOLCANO STIRS After keeping volcanologist ...Continue Reading
April 11th 2009 PDT
April 10, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-057 NASA TO ANNOUNCE NEW SPACE STATION MODULE NAME APRIL 14 WASHINGTON -- NASA's newest module for the International Space Station will get a new name on April 14. The agency plans to make the announcement with the help of Expedition 14 and 15 astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report." The program will air at 11:30 p.m. EDT. The name, which wi ...Continue Reading
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