July 23, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-174 NASA STUDENT AIRBORNE RESEARCH PROGRAM TAKES FLIGHT EDWARDS, Calif. -- Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science field experience designed to immerse them in NASA's Earth Science research. The students represent 26 colleges and universiti ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: C09-34 NASA AWARDS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND PROJECT SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center has selected Mathematical Research Inc. of Houston to provide process improvement and project services for its engineering directorate. The maximum contract value is $30 million. Mathematical Research Inc., or MRI, will as ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: C09-036 NASA EXTENDS BIOASTRONAUTICS CONTRACT WITH WYLE HOUSTON -- NASA has exercised a $201 million second option on a contract with Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering Group of Houston to provide continuing support to the Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Cente ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER SOUTHERN BOLIVIA Dust blew across southern Bolivia on July 21, 2009. Most of the plumes arose from or near large salt flats along the western border. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39524&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 21, 2009 (Posted on Jul 22, 2009 3:21 PM) -- UNIQUE ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 09-171 NASA CELEBRATES CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON -- Ten years ago, on July 23, 1999, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia and deployed into orbit. Chandra has doubled its original five-year mission, ushering in an unprecedented decade of discove ...Continue Reading

There are 5 messages totalling 232 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #14 2. NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW 3. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 4. SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR SUNDAY 5. STS-127 MCC Status Report #15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:46:09 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #14 STS-127 Report #1 ...Continue Reading

July 22, 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: M09-137 SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR SUNDAY HOUSTON -- The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1:28 p.m. CDT on Sunday, July 26. Reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in H ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-035 NASA SELECTS ICESAT-II LASER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Fibertek Inc. of Herndon, Va., for a Laser Systems Engineering Services contract. The total value of this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity cost-plus award fee contract is $35 mi ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886, 757-344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-172 NASA RETURNS TO AIRVENTURE FLY-IN WITH PIECE OF THE MOON WASHINGTON -- Forty years and one week after humans first walked on the moon, visitors to the country's biggest annual air show will be able to see a piece of the lunar surface in person. This is a rare visit by a moon rock to EAA AirVent ...Continue Reading

July 22, 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: M09-136 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a series of media briefings on Monday, Aug. 10, to preview the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefings from NASA ...Continue Reading