April 03, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-055 NASA UPDATES TV COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LANDING HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the landing of the Expedition 18 crew and a visiting spaceflight participant on Wednesday, April 8. Russian managers on Friday postponed the Soyuz landing one day and switched to a more southerly landing site in Kazakhstan ...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 OFF LIBYA Dust blew off the coast of Libya and over the Mediterranean Sea on April 1, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37746&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 01, 2009 (Posted on Apr 02, 2009 3:47 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

April 03, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Scott Lusk Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md. 301-897-6934 scott.lusk@lmco.com RELEASE: 09-077 "SIGNATURES IN SPACE" CONNECTS KIDS TO SPACE DAY CELEBRATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA and Lockheed Martin's Student Signatures in Space (S3) program will be one of the highlighted projects during this year's Space Day, celebrated annually on the first Friday in May. The mission of Space Day is to use space-related ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 64 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:34:07 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE April 1, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, M ...Continue Reading

April 2, 2009 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-078 NASA INSPECTOR GENERAL ROBERT COBB RESIGNS WASHINGTON -- NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb submitted a letter of resignation to the White House on Thursday, April 2, 2009. President Barack Obama accepted Cobb's resignation, which is effective April 11. The text of the letter is: Dear Mr. President: With this letter I tender my resignation as the Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Heavy seasonal rain triggered floods in Angola and Namibia in March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37733&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 28, 2009 (Posted on Apr 01, 2009 5:23 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37730&src=nha *** ASTER( ...Continue Reading

April 02, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-076 NASA JOINS "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TELESCOPES" WASHINGTON -- A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event April 3 that will allow the public to get an inside look at how these missions are run. "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" is a 24-hour webcast that is part of the "100 Hours of Astronomy" event for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Durin ...Continue Reading

April 1, 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 Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 edward.s.campion@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-054 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION TO HUBBLE HOUSTON -- NASA will hold briefings Thursday, April 23, to update reporters about the space shuttle's fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubbl ...Continue Reading

April 1, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-016 NASA AWARDS INTERIM PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has awarded a contract to Space Gateway Support of Cape Canaveral, Fla., to continue providing protective services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This cost plus fixed fee contract begins on April 1, 2009, and will ...Continue Reading

April 1, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-053 NASA MEDIA BRIEFING PROVIDES CHECK-UP ON ARCTIC SEA ICE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo., will hold a media teleconference on Monday, April 6, at 11 a.m. EDT, to present the latest observations of sea ice conditions in the Arctic. Sea ice cover over the A ...Continue Reading