August 7th 2009 PST
August 07, 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: M09-148 NASA AND ATK TO CONDUCT FULL-SCALE MOTOR TEST FOR ARES I ROCKET WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] will conduct the first full-scale, full-duration test of the new first-stage solid rocket motor for the Ares I roc ...Continue Reading
August 7th 2009 PST
The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the availability of Boris Chertok’s /Rockets a//nd People: Hot Days of the Cold War/ (NASA SP-2009-4110). This is the third volume in the planned four volume memoir series by this eminent Russian aerospace engineer. More details about this book and how to purchase a copy are included in the attached flyer. We plan to post a pdf version of this large book to our Web site in the future. Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail S ...Continue Reading
August 7th 2009 PST
August 6, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-180 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION SPIES CHANGING PHASES IN A DISTANT WORLD WASHINGTON -- NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. The discovery will be published Friday ...Continue Reading
August 7th 2009 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE FELICIA Hurricane Felicia became a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it tracked west across the Pacific Ocean in August 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39708&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 05, 2009 (Posted on Aug 06, 2009 10:05 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated even ...Continue Reading
August 6th 2009 PST
Jonathan's Space Report No. 614 2009 Aug 6 Somerville, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station -------------------- Endeavor docked to the Station at 1747 UTC on Jul 17. The hatches were open by 1948 UTC, and at 2122 UTC Tim Kopra replaced Koichi Wakata on the Expedition 20 crew. During the flight there were a record 13 people on board the Station; this also equals the record total number of people in space at ...Continue Reading
August 6th 2009 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE FELICIA Hurricane Felicia became a major hurricane as it moved west across the Pacific Ocean in early August 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39693&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 05, 2009 1:32 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- S ...Continue Reading
August 6th 2009 PST
August 05, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-181 NASA'S SPITZER SEES THE COSMOS THROUGH 'WARM' INFRARED EYES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up. The infrared telescope ran out of coolant May 15, 2009, more than five-and-one-half-years after launch ...Continue Reading
August 5th 2009 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in British Columbia in the first week of August 2009 because of hundreds of forest fires. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39671&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 04, 2009 (Posted on Aug 04, 2009 11:57 AM) FIRES IN INT ...Continue Reading
August 5th 2009 PST
August 04, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-182 NASA SELECTS FIRST INNOVATION AMBASSADORS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program, in coordination with the agency's Office of the Chief Engineer and Office of Human Capital Management, has announced the selection of the 2009 Innovation Ambassadors. The Innovation Ambassador program allows some of NASA's most talented scientists and engineers to work at several of America's l ...Continue Reading
August 4th 2009 PST
August 04, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-147 NASA ASTRONAUT SENDS FIRST TWEETS FROM SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Col. Tim Kopra has become the first International Space Station crew member to use the social media tool Twitter to discuss living and working in orbit. Kopra (@Astro_Tim) recently joined the Expedition 20 ...Continue Reading
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