Jan. 16, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-010 NASA RADAR PROVIDES FIRST LOOK INSIDE MOON'S SHADOWED CRATERS WASHINGTON -- Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters. The Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, has passed its initial in-flight tests and sent back its first data. The images show the floors of per ...Continue Reading

Jan. 16, 2009 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-009 REPORT CALLS AEROSOL RESEARCH KEY TO IMPROVING CLIMATE PREDICTIONS WASHINGTON -- Scientists need a more detailed understanding of how human-produced atmospheric particles, called aerosols, affect climate in order to produce better predictions of Earth's future climate, according to a NASA-led report issued by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program on Friday. "Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Cl ...Continue Reading

Jan. 15, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-003 NASA EXTENDS SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION SPACESUIT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has exercised an $86 million, one-year contract option with Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International of Windsor Locks, Conn., for work on spacesuits used on the space shuttles and the International Space Station. This wi ...Continue Reading

Jan. 15, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-011 ASTRONAUTS CALL LAKEBAY WASHINGTON STUDENTS FROM SPACE STATION MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Reporters are invited to witness students from Key Peninsula Middle School of Lakebay, Wash., while they chat with NASA Expedition 18 astronauts Mike Fincke and S ...Continue Reading

Jan. 15, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-012 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW LUNAR ROVER DRIVEN AT INAUGURAL PARADE WASHINGTON -- Reporters are invited to attend a briefing about the NASA Lunar Electric Rover concept vehicle that will be driven down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington as part of the presidential inaugural parade on Jan. 20. The rover is part of a new generation of prototype vehicles that NASA is evaluating for use when ast ...Continue Reading

Jan. 15, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones/Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/5017 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov, william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-006 DISCOVERY OF METHANE REVEALS MARS IS NOT A DEAD PLANET WASHINGTON -- A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically ...Continue Reading

Jan. 15, 2009 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-008 NASA DEBUTS GLOBAL HAWK AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT FOR EARTH SCIENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles have unveiled the first Global Hawk aircraft system to be used for environmental science research, heralding a new application for the world's first fully autonomous high ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:00:46 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW January 14, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #M09-008 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-010 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD, PRACTICE LIFTOFF SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-119 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the termi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Drenching wet-season rains led to extensive flooding in Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia, in early January 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36660 *** image from Dec 24, 2008 (Posted on Jan 13, 2009 5:18 PM) ------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading