There are 2 messages totalling 63 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #02 2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:56:40 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #02 STS-119 Report #02 Monday, March 16, 2009 - 9:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The astronauts on board space shuttle Discovery plan a day of orbiter inspection on their way to d ...Continue Reading

March 16, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-011 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR FOUR MISSIONS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected United Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for the launch of two Science Mission Directorate and two Space Operations Mission Directorate payloads under the NASA Launch Services contract. The launches will oc ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOREST FIRES IN NEPAL Several large forest fires burned in the Himalaya Mountains of northern Nepal in mid-March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37518&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 12, 2009 (Posted on Mar 13, 2009 4:04 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 31 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:03:37 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #01 STS-119 Report #01 Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 7 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – Space shuttle Discovery blasted off Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center on the first shuttle flight of the year ...Continue Reading

March 15, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-060 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHES TO FULLY POWER SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crew member to the International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. RESULTS FROM VENUS, MOON MISSIONS HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE 2. FINAL PIECE OF NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION ROCKET HEADS TO LAUNCH SITE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:35:14 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: RESULTS FROM VENUS, MOON MISSIONS HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE March 13, 2009 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Mary Cloud Lunar and Planetary Institute ...Continue Reading

March 13, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-041 NASA SETS SATURDAY BRIEFING FOR DISCOVERY'S STS-119 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a prelaunch news conference no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 14, to discuss the status of space shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Statio ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST CLOUDS OVER CENTRAL AFRICA Dust plumes blew over central Africa in early March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37485 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 10, 2009 (Posted on Mar 12, 2009 4:29 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA Drenching wet-season rain ...Continue Reading

March 13, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov/grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Daniel Kanigan Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 daniel.n.kanigan@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-060 FINAL PIECE OF NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION ROCKET HEADS TO LAUNCH SITE PROMONTORY, Utah -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket l ...Continue Reading

March 12, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-039 NASA HOLDS BRIEFING FRIDAY ON STATUS OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 13, to discuss the status of space shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station. Launch currently is targeted for no earlier than ...Continue Reading