March 28, 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: 09-072 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY GLIDES HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 3:14 p.m. EDT Saturday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles. The STS-119 flight delivered the space station's fourth and ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 102 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #24 2. SPACE STATION CREWS HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM ORBIT 3. STS-119 MCC Status Report #25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:06:09 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #24 STS-119 Report #24 Friday, March 27, 2009 - 7:00 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The astronauts on space shuttle Discover ...Continue Reading

March 27, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-049 SPACE STATION CREWS HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM ORBIT HOUSTON -- The two crews aboard the International Space Station will answer questions about their upcoming change of command in a news conference at 9:10 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 1. Expedition 19 Commander Gen ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SUBMARINE ERUPTION IN THE TONGA ISLANDS A submarine volcanic eruption occurred in the Tonga Islands of the South Pacific in mid-March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37657&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 26, 2009 (Posted on Mar 27, 2009 9:30 AM) REDOUBT VOLCANO STIRS After k ...Continue Reading

There are 5 messages totalling 191 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #22 2. NASA'S LUNAR ROVER CONCEPT VISITS HOUSTON ROBOTICS COMPETITION 3. DALLAS FAMILY'S TRADITION BOOSTS NASA FOR 100 FLIGHTS 4. NEW ASTRONAUT CREW LAUNCHES TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 5. STS-119 MCC Status Report #23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:38:07 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #22 STS-119 ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-048 NASA BRINGS ORION SPACECRAFT TO NATIONAL MALL FOR PUBLIC VIEWING WASHINGTON -- NASA will showcase the next generation of spacecraft that will return humans to the moon in a day-long public event March 30 on the National Mall in Washington. The full-size mockup of the Orion crew exploration vehicle will be parked on the Mall between 4th and 7th Streets, SW, in fron ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2009 G. Michael Green Headquarters, Washington 202-358-7305 g.m.green@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-040 CELEBRATE APOLLO: NASA COMMEMORATES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON -- NASA is planning a number of activities and events in 2009 as America nears the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20. The events will celebrate the Apollo Program, its accomplishments, and the benefits to our lives today. "Celebrate Apollo: Exploring the Moon, Discovering Earth" is an effort to e ...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 OVER CENTRAL ASIA Dust plumes blew over central Asia in late March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37651&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 25, 2009 (Posted on Mar 25, 2009 4:47 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Heavy seasonal r ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2009 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Dominic Amatore Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6533 dominic.a.amatore@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-071 KING RETIRES AS DIRECTOR OF NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- David King, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., is retiring from the agency to accept a position as executive vice president of Dynetics in Huntsville, effective immediately. Robert M. ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-069 NEW ASTRONAUT CREW LAUNCHES TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- The 19th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station launched into orbit Thursday morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Pa ...Continue Reading