May 22, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-023 NASA AWARDS EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA SERVICES BRIDGE CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Raytheon Company of Riverdale, Md., for the continuation of services currently provided through the Earth Observing System Data and Information System, or EOSDIS, maintenance and develo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA Large, smoky fires were burning in the forested mountains of Russia's Buryatia region and Mongolia's Belenge province in May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38712&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 22, 2009 (Posted on May 22, 2009 10:08 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 up ...Continue Reading

May 22, 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 RELEASE: 09-118 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE LANDING DELAYED BY WEATHER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew will stay in space another day after bad weather prevented them from landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Flight Director Norm Knight and the entry team will evaluate weather c ...Continue Reading

May 22, 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: M09-092 NASA SETS SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD, PRACTICE LIFTOFF CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Journalists are invited to cover two upcoming events at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the STS-127 space shuttle mission in June. Shuttle Endeavour will move from Launch Pad 39B to pad 39 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 79 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #20 2. STS-125 MCC Status Report #21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 02:09:21 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #20 STS-125 Report #20 Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 2:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The crew of Atlantis will spend the day preparing the shuttle for tomorrow’s retur ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-091 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW SPACE STATION'S TRANQUILITY MODULE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will provide an opportunity for reporters to see the newest section of the International Space Station, the Tranquility module, at 2 p.m. EDT, Monday, June 8. Tranquility is a pressuri ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-116 NASA DETAILS PLANS FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION ROBOTIC MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the launch ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Gay Yee Hill Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0344 gay.y.hill@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-117 NASA ROVER SEES VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AT MARTIAN CRATER PASADENA, Calif. -- One of NASA's two Mars rovers has recorded a compelling saga of environmental changes that occurred over billions of years at a Martian crater. The Mars rover, Opportunity, surveyed the rim and interior of Victoria Crater o ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA Large, smoky fires were burning in the forested mountains of Russia's Buryatia region and Mongolia's Belenge province in May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38697&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 21, 2009 (Posted on May 21, 2009 11:30 AM) ------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

May 21, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-112 NASA SHARES COLLIER TROPHY AWARD FOR AVIATION SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON -- For the second year in a row, NASA is part of a team chosen to receive one of the most prestigious awards in aviation. On May 28, the National Aeronautics Association will present the 2008 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the Co ...Continue Reading