July 02, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/5017 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Nicole Staab Arizona State University, Tempe 602-710-7169 nstaab@asu.edu RELEASE: 09-152 NASA'S LRO SPACECRAFT SENDS FIRST LUNAR IMAGES TO EARTH GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. The spacecraft has two ca ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE RED SEA A dust storm blew across the Red Sea on June 30, 2009, from Sudan toward Saudi Arabia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39148&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 01, 2009 (Posted on Jul 01, 2009 12:39 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.ph ...Continue Reading

June 30, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-151 SPACE STATION APPEARING NATIONWIDE OVER JULY 4 WEEKEND HOUSTON -- As America celebrates its 233rd birthday this holiday weekend, there will be an extra light in the sky along with the fireworks. Across the country, Americans will be treated to spectacular views of the International Space Station as it orbits 220 mi ...Continue Reading

June 30, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-119 NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION CREW'S MOVE OF RETURN CRAFT HOUSTON -- Three members of the International Space Station crew will board a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station and move it to a different docking port on Thursday, July 2. The journey will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Expeditio ...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 OVER TURKEY Dust plumes, which likely originated on the Arabian Peninsula, hovered over Turkey in late June 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39108&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 27, 2009 (Posted on Jun 29, 2009 3:10 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 ...Continue Reading

June 29, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-150 NASA, JAPAN RELEASE MOST COMPLETE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF EARTH WASHINGTON -- NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The new global digital elevation model of Ear ...Continue Reading

June 29, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-118 NASA HOLDS TEST TO VERIFY ENDEAVOUR TANK REPAIRS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will conduct a tanking test at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 1, to ensure repairs to ...Continue Reading

June 29, 2009 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 RELEASE: 09-149 NASA SELECTS NINE NEW ASTRONAUTS FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION HOUSTON -- After reviewing more than 3,500 applications, NASA has selected nine people for the 2009 astronaut candidate class. They will begin training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston this August. "This is a very talen ...Continue Reading

June 27, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-2087 john.leslie@noaa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-148 NASA AND NOAA'S GOES-O SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED WASHINGTON -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space today after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 74 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NEW FLIGHT DIRECTOR SCOTT STOVER TO LEAD NASAS MISSION CONTROL 2. NEW FLIGHT DIRECTOR DINA CONTELLA TO LEAD NASAS MISSION CONTROL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:31:34 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NEW FLIGHT DIRECTOR SCOTT STOVER TO LEAD NASAS MISSION CONTROL June 26, 2009 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston (281) 483-5111 Report #J09-015 NEW FLIGHT DI ...Continue Reading