There is 1 message totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:00:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION September 16, 2009 James Hartfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M09-178 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- AUSTRALIAN DUST OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN A dense cloud of dust blew across southern Australia and over the Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40201&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 12, 2009 (Posted on Sep 16, 2009 11:05 AM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-178 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NOVEMBER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Friday, Oct. 16, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the briefings live. Reporters m ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-213 NASA AWARDS GRANTS FOR RESEARCH CENTERS AT 6 MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected six universities that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students to receive research grants totaling nearly $30 million. The funding will help the universities establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering and commercial research centers that contribute ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 126 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS 2. NASA CONCLUDES ROBOTICS TESTS FOR THE MOON IN ARIZONA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:18 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS September 15, 2009 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarte ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-214 NASA CONCLUDES ROBOTICS TESTS FOR THE MOON IN ARIZONA WASHINGTON -- NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. The Desert RATS -- or Research and Technology Studies -- in the Arizona desert at Black Point L ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-177 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO RETURN TO FLORIDA EDWARDS, Calif. -- After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sept. 11, space shuttle Discovery is about to start its cross-country journ ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-176 NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the launch of the next two residents of the International Space Station, a spaceflight participant and the return of two members of the current station crew. Coverage begins with a broadcast of prela ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AND SMOKE IN BORNEO Thick smoke covered much of Borneo in September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40182&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 13, 2009 (Posted on Sep 14, 2009 2:51 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a se ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones/Andy Freeberg Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/0746 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov, andrew.h.freeberg@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-174 NASA TO RELEASE FIRST RESULTS FROM LUNAR MISSION THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA will showcase new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's seven instruments and provide updates about the topography of the moon's south pole durin ...Continue Reading