Oct. 29, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: M09-208 NASA TO RELEASE NEW IMAGES AND FINDINGS FROM THIRD MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to announce scientific findings and release new images from the third and final flyby of Mercury by the Mercury Surface, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL SLICK IN THE TIMOR SEA An oil rig in the Timor Sea began leaking oil and gas on August 21, 2009, and fuel continued to spill into the sea in mid-September. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40944&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 29, 2009 11:15 AM) -------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 48 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:59:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST October 28,2009 Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 Report #H09-252 NASA'S ARES I-X R ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-253 NASA AWARDS EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded education grants to five minority serving institutions to develop innovative projects in support of higher education teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. NASA ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 09-254 FERMI TELESCOPE CAPS ITS FIRST YEAR WITH A GLIMPSE OF SPACE-TIME WASHINGTON -- During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky w ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-253 NASA AWARDS EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded education grants to five minority serving institutions to develop innovative projects in support of higher education teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. NASA ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER CHINA Thick haze covered eastern China on October 28, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40941&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 28, 2009 1:31 PM) DUST STORM IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTRALIA A dust storm blew across Northern Territory and Queensland in Aust ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 09-254 FERMI TELESCOPE CAPS ITS FIRST YEAR WITH A GLIMPSE OF SPACE-TIME WASHINGTON -- During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky w ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-252 NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minut ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 119 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS 2. NASA SELECTS 18 UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS FOR STECKLER SPACE GRANTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:41 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS October 27, 2009 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 2 ...Continue Reading