Jan. 5, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3449 alan.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-006 NASA NAMES NEW DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER DIRECTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has named David D. McBride director of the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "David has done a terrific job as the acting Dryden director, and I am pleased ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN EASTERN CHINA Up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow fell on the capital city of Beijing and port city of Tianjin in early January 2010. The snow was reputedly the heaviest to fall on the capital city since 1951. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42172&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3449 alan.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-006 NASA NAMES NEW DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER DIRECTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has named David D. McBride director of the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "David has done a terrific job as the acting Dryden director, and I am pleased ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN EASTERN CHINA Up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snow fell on the capital city of Beijing and port city of Tianjin in early January 2010. The snow was reputedly the heaviest to fall on the capital city since 1951. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42172&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Victor Scott Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 victor.j.scott@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-004 MOON ROCK GAINS TRAVELING COMPANION FOR HISTORIC RETURN TO SPACE HOUSTON -- A moon rock collected during the historic Apollo 11 mission more than 40 years ago will be heading back to space and a new home aboard the International Space Station, sharing quarters with a piece of Mt. Everest. On May 20, 2009, former NASA astr ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2010 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: 10-002 NASA'S KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE DISCOVERS FIVE EXOPLANETS Orbiting Telescope Designed to Find Earth-Like Planets MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, o ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Victor Scott Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 victor.j.scott@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-004 MOON ROCK GAINS TRAVELING COMPANION FOR HISTORIC RETURN TO SPACE HOUSTON -- A moon rock collected during the historic Apollo 11 mission more than 40 years ago will be heading back to space and a new home aboard the International Space Station, sharing quarters with a piece of Mt. Everest. On May 20, 2009, former NASA astr ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2010 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: 10-002 NASA'S KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE DISCOVERS FIVE EXOPLANETS Orbiting Telescope Designed to Find Earth-Like Planets MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, o ...Continue Reading

Jan. 01, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov Cheryl Gundy/Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4707/410-338-4514 gundy@stsci.edu villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 10-001 NASA ASTRONAUT JOHN GRUNSFELD, INSTRUMENTAL TO HUBBLE TELESCOPE REPAIR, WILL HELP OVERSEE ITS SCIENCE OPERATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld, w ...Continue Reading

Dec. 31, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256.544.6162 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-060 NASA EXTENDS CHANDRA SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has extended a contract with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to provide science and operational support for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, a powerful tool used to better understa ...Continue Reading