August 03, 2009 Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-146 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES MEETING AGENDAS WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold public meetings Aug. 5 and 12. The meetings are open to the public and news media representatives. No registration is required, but seating is limited to the locations' capacity. The Aug. 5 meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to noon EDT at the Carnegie Ins ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN INTERIOR ALASKA "Lightning season" in interior Alaska peaks in late June and early July. In the first week of July 2009, numerous lightning-triggered fires were burning southwest of Fairbanks. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39639&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 02, 2009 (Posted on ...Continue Reading

-----Original Message----- From: Laura O'Hara [mailto:shfg.ebulletin@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 1:30 PM To: shfg.ebulletin@gmail.com Subject: SHFG E-Bulletin -Job Announcements To SHFG Members, I have received several submissions for job announcements, some of which have upcoming closing dates. I am sending out a special announcement listing these vacancies. All other announcements will appear in the regular August e-bulletin. Please see attached and direct any inquiries to those who are listed as conta ...Continue Reading

August 03, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2769 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-144 NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFING ABOUT KEPLER'S EARLY SCIENCE RESULTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss early science results of the Kepler mission. Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting star ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 28 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #32 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:24:10 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #32 STS-127 Report #32 Friday, July 31, 2009 - 11:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew landed at 9:48 a.m. CDT Friday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, capping off a 16-d ...Continue Reading

July 31, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-145 NASA CREW TAKES YOUTUBE QUESTIONS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH HOUSTON -- NASA's next space shuttle crew will answer questions submitted by YouTube users in both English and Spanish during the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. The crew is targeted to launch on the STS-128 mission ...Continue Reading

July 31, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Katherine Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-178 NASA AND CAFE ANNOUNCE GREEN AIRCRAFT CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation today announced the Green Flight Challenge. The contest is a flight efficiency competition for aircraft that can average at ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA Numerous lightning-caused fires were burning in Yukon Territory, Canada, in late July 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39626&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 30, 2009 (Posted on Jul 31, 2009 11:31 AM) FIRES IN INTERIOR ALASKA "Lightning season" in inter ...Continue Reading

July 31, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-179 SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR GLIDES HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a 10:48 a.m. EDT landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the flight, Endeavour delivered th ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 62 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #30 2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:10:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #30 STS-127 Report #30 1:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, July 30, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – Twin satellite deployments and a check of the systems that will control E ...Continue Reading