April 08, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-058 NASA ASTRONAUT AND NEW YORKER SET FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, a native of Franklin Square, N.Y., will be available for live interviews via satellite from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. CDT on Monday, April 13. Massimino is training to fly on space shuttle Atlantis' mission to s ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-081 SPACE STATION CREW LANDS IN SOYUZ AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION HOUSTON -- Two members of the 18th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station and a spaceflight participant returned to Earth at 2:16 a.m. CDT Wednesday. NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and spaceflight ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 63 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SELECTS MATERIAL FOR ORION SPACECRAFT HEAT SHIELD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:05:01 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SELECTS MATERIAL FOR ORION SPACECRAFT HEAT SHIELD April 7, 2009 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Report ...Continue Reading

April 7, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-080 NASA SELECTS MATERIAL FOR ORION SPACECRAFT HEAT SHIELD HOUSTON -- NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ERUPTION FROM LLAIMA VOLCANO, CHILE After months of low-level seismic activity, Llaima Volcano in Chile erupted in early April 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37797&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 04, 2009 (Posted on Apr 06, 2009 4:18 PM) ------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 48 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TWEETS PROVIDE INSIDE LOOK AT MISSION TRAINING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:14:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TWEETS PROVIDE INSIDE LOOK AT MISSION TRAINING April 06, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #M09-056 NASA ASTRONAUT TWEETS PROVID ...Continue Reading

April 06, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-056 NASA ASTRONAUT TWEETS PROVIDE INSIDE LOOK AT MISSION TRAINING HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is using Twitter to provide a unique, behind the scenes peek at the last weeks of his training for the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Massimino, whose Twi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHERN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA Scores of fires were burning in southern Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula, and in northern Guatemala and northern Honduras in early April 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37782&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 04, 2009 (Posted on Apr 06, 2009 9:50 AM) - ...Continue Reading

April 06, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jane Beitler National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colo. 303-492-1497 jbeitler@nsidc.org RELEASE: 09-079 SATELLITES SHOW ARCTIC LITERALLY ON THIN ICE WASHINGTON -- The latest Arctic sea ice data from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing. New evidence from satellite observations also shows that the ice cap is thinning as well. A ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 48 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA UPDATES TV COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LANDING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:47:12 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA UPDATES TV COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LANDING April 03, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #M09-055 NASA UPDATES TV COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LANDING HOUSTON -- ...Continue Reading