There are 3 messages totalling 114 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #20 2. NASA'S CONSTELLATION PROGRAM TESTS ORION RECOVERY PROCEDURES 3. STS-119 MCC Status Report #21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:42:32 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #20 STS-119 Report #20 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 7:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas After more than four months ...Continue Reading

March 25, 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: M09-046 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND SATURDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Discovery's crew is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 28. The return to Earth will conclu ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Florida 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-068 NASA'S CONSTELLATION PROGRAM TESTS ORION RECOVERY PROCEDURES WASHINGTON -- A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being tested in water under simulated and real landing weather conditions. Beginning March 23, a Navy-built, ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-047 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD TUESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 31, as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST EAST AND WEST OF THE RED SEA Dust stirred on either side of the Red Sea in late March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37629&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 24, 2009 (Posted on Mar 24, 2009 5:14 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA Drenching ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Ruth Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-045 HAWAII STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SPECIAL CALL FROM SPACE HONOLULU -- The Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and Punahou School in Honolulu will host a live education downlink from space shuttle Discovery with STS-119 mission specialists Joe Acaba, Richard Arnold and Sandy Magnus. Acaba and Arnold are bot ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #18 2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:38:46 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #18 STS-119 Report #18 Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The crew members on board space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station get a breat ...Continue Reading

March 24, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-015 NASA AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR ROCKET ENGINE TESTING WASHINGTON -- NASA signed a contract Tuesday with Roy Anderson Corp. of Gulfport, Miss., for a general construction package on the A-3 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The five-year, indefinite delivery, ...Continue Reading

March 24, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rob Lazaro Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 robert.lazaro-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-070 VETERAN ASTRONAUT SCOTT PARAZYNSKI LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski is leaving the agency to take a job in the private sector. Parazynski, a medical doctor, is a veteran of five space shuttle flights and seven spacewalks. "Scott is an exceptional astronaut who has served NASA and the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 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=37619&src=nha *** image from Mar 23, 2009 (Posted on Mar 23, 2009 5:47 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- REBOUBT VOLCANO STIRS After keeping ...Continue Reading