There is 1 message totalling 40 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION PROVIDES BOOST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:22:35 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION PROVIDES BOOST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA August 21, 2008 Jenna Mills Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-17 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-212 NASA KENNEDY TO REOPEN FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS FRIDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., plan to reopen the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first shift. A slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay has kept Kennedy closed since Tuesday. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/207-1323 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-055 NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday awarded a cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract valued at $ ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 20 August 2008. -- STORM (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM FAY Tropical Storm Fay became the sixth named storm system of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season after forming over the Dominican Republic on August 15. Without reaching hurricane strength, the storm still caused flooding throughout parts of Florida. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15023 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20 2008 (Posted on Aug 21 2008 1:43PM) TYPHOON NURI Typhoon Nu ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-211 FAY DELAYS NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PARTIAL REOPENING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are delaying reopening the center for mission essential personnel Thursday morning because of slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay. Personnel should not report for work at 10 a.m. EDT as previously directed, but i ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-210 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PARTLY REOPENS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will reopen Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT for "mission essential" personnel. Kennedy has been closed since Tuesday because of Tropical Storm Fay, which is continuing to bring heavy rain and wind to the region. Individual center ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 August 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BEIJING IMPLEMENTS NEW POLLUTION CONTROLS As Beijing prepared to host the Olympics August 8-24, 2008, and the Paralympics September 6-17, 2008, authorities implemented new procedures to reduce pollution. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15018 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 19 2008 (Posted on Aug 19 2008 12:29PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN IDAHO A handful of wil ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jenna Mills Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.mills@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-157 SPACE STATION PROVIDES BOOST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA HOUSTON -- Students from Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif., who are taking part in a 48 hour space station simulation, will get an extra boost when they receive a call from the real International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

Aug. 19, 2008 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/207-1323 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-054 NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AEROSPACE TESTING SUPPORT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Monday awarded a contract modification valued at $34.8 million to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 19, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 08-207 NASA SEEKS INPUT FOR COMMERCIAL LUNAR COMMUNICATIONS & NAVIGATION WASHINGTON -- NASA issued a Request for Information, or RFI, on Monday to gauge interest and solicit ideas from private companies in providing communications and navigation services that would support ...Continue Reading