May 6, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-099 NASA'S SPITZER TELESCOPE WARMS UP TO NEW CAREER WASHINGTON -- The primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing the cosmos with its keen infrared eye. Within about a week of May 12, the telescope is expected to run out of the liquid ...Continue Reading

May 6, 2009 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-098 NASA WINS TWO WEBBY AWARDS FOR INTERNET EXCELLENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA has received two Webby awards for excellence on the Internet. NASA's main Web site, http://www.nasa.gov, won the People's Voice award for best government Web site. The Cassini mission Web site, http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov, received a ...Continue Reading

May 5, 2009 Michael Cabbage/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-076 NASA ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET BRIEFINGS FOR PRESS WASHINGTON -- NASA Acting Administrator Chris Scolese will brief the news media about the agency's fiscal year 2010 budget at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 7. The news conference will take place in NASA Headquarters' James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, located at 300 E St. S.W., in Washington ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF PAKISTAN AND IRAN Dust plumes blew off the coasts of Pakistan and Iran in early May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38405&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 04, 2009 (Posted on May 04, 2009 5:02 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

May 5, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-097 HERSCHEL AND PLANCK MISSIONS TO STUDY COSMOS SHARE RIDE TO SPACE WASHINGTON -- Two missions to study the cosmos, the Herschel and Planck spacecraft, are scheduled to blast into space May 14 aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The European Space Agency, or ESA ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA OFFICIALS TO PREVIEW START OF SIX-PERSON CREW ON SPACE STATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 14:05:29 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA OFFICIALS TO PREVIEW START OF SIX-PERSON CREW ON SPACE STATION May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #M09-073 NASA OFFICIAL ...Continue Reading

May 4, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-094 NASA TO LAUNCH IMAX 3-D CAMERA TO FILM HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA, the IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced Monday that IMAX 3-D cameras will return to space to document one of NASA's most complex space shuttle operations -- the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The IMAX 3-D cameras will launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis, which is scheduled to l ...Continue Reading

May 04, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-020 NASA SELECTS FUTURE PROJECTS TO STUDY MARS AND MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury. The projects, valued at approximately $38 million, also establish new alliances with the European Space Agency, or ESA. "The selections will furth ...Continue Reading

May 04, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stepanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-075 NASA CONNECTS ATLANTA STUDENTS TO ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE STATION **CORRECTION: This version corrects the date in the first sentence to Tuesday, May 5.** WASHINGTON -- Students from ...Continue Reading

May 4, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schieholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-095 NASA INVITES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR INSPIRE PROJECT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, known as Inspire, is accepting applications from high school students through June 30. NASA will make selections in September. The selectees will partici ...Continue Reading