July 14, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-129 U.S. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC MEETINGS WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold three public meetings July 28-30. The meetings are open to news media representatives. No registration is required, but seating is limited to location capacity. The first meeting will be July 28 fro ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUME OFF WEST AFRICA Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa and over Cape Verde on July 12, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39337&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 12, 2009 (Posted on Jul 13, 2009 4:36 PM) DUST PLUMES FROM AFGHANISTAN Dust plumes blew along the border ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2009 The world's longest running, continuous, research quality, global SST data series has grown even longer. For the first time PO.DAAC is announcing the availability of AVHRR Pathfinder SST data from 1981 through 1985. These data from the NOAA-7 POES satellite were produced by the NODC using version 5.1 of the Pathfinder algorithm. Version 5.1 uses higher resolution reference data than 5.0 for the purpose of achieving better resolution in the coastal and high gradient SST regions. The Pathfinder data ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 39 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AND SAN DIEGO PADRES CELEBRATE 40 YEAR MILESTONES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:08:25 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AND SAN DIEGO PADRES CELEBRATE 40 YEAR MILESTONES July 13, 2009 Eldora Valentine Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1871 Victor Scott Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4942 Report #J009-023 NASA AND SAN DIEGO PADRES CELEBRATE 40 ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-127 COMMITTEE CHAIR SETS TELECONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW WASHINGTON -- Norman Augustine, chairman of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, will hold a media teleconference Friday, July 17, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. EDT, to give a status report and discuss the progress of the independent review. Reporters who would like ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2009 Mark Hess Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-6255 mark.s.hess@nasa.gov Tina Tate The Newseum, Washington 202-292-6620 ttate@newseum.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-125 NASA HOLDS BRIEFING TO RELEASE RESTORED APOLLO 11 MOONWALK VIDEO WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 16, at the Newseum in Washington to release greatly improved video imagery from the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The release will feature 15 key mom ...Continue Reading

July 13, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-128 NASA ANNOUNCES APOLLO ASTRONAUTS MEDIA BRIEFING WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing with astronauts from the Apollo program at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 20, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing. The news conference will take place in the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be carried live on NASA Televisi ...Continue Reading

July 11, 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: 09-163 LAUNCH OF NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour's launch to the International Space Station has been postponed until Sunday to give technical teams more time to evaluate lightning strikes at the launch pad that occurred during thunderstorms Friday. Liftoff ...Continue Reading

July 10, 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: C09-033 NASA AWARDS TOTAL AND SPECTRAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE SENSOR CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the development of the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor, or TSIS, a key i ...Continue Reading

July 10, 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: 09-159 NASA NAMES COLLEGE WINNERS IN SUPERSONIC DESIGN CONTEST WASHINGTON -- Eight college students have summer jobs at NASA this year, thanks to their participation in a contest to design a supersonic airliner. College students from the U.S., Japan and India researched technology and created concepts ...Continue Reading