Dec. 15, 2008 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-657-2194 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-259 NASA SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS AT THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING SAN FRANCISCO -- NASA researchers are presenting a wide range of science results at the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting, which opens Monday and continues through Friday, Dec. 19, at the Moscone Convention Center, features more than 15,000 talks and poster presentations about the latest in Earth and ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-261 SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who recently completed a six-month stay in space, will be available for satellite interviews from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. CST on Thursday, Dec. 18. Chamitoff returned to Earth on Nov. 30 with the STS-126 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2008 Michael Cabbage/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-322 NASA'S TOP SCIENCE, EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY STORIES OF 2008 WASHINGTON -- NASA landed on Mars, photographed distant worlds, added to the International Space Station, took part in a lunar science mission with India and made major progress toward returning astronauts to the moon as the agency celebrated its 50th birthday in 2008. Here on Earth, NASA rese ...Continue Reading

Dec. 16, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-327 NEW OCEANOGRAPHY MISSION DATA NOW AVAILABLE WASHINGTON -- Oceanography data that will help scientists around the world better understand climate change are now available. The data come from the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, also known as OSTM/Jason-2, a spacecraft developed jointly by NASA and the French spac ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:35:52 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS December 15, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M08-261 SPACE STATION AS ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2008 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov/ grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-3333 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-326 NASA'S STENNIS SPACE CENTER TO TEST ROCKET ENGINE FOR TAURUS II BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center will provide propulsion system acceptance testing for the Taurus II space launch vehicle, which Orbital Sciences ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-657-2194 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-325 SATURN'S DYNAMIC MOON ENCELADUS SHOWS MORE SIGNS OF ACTIVITY SAN FRANCISCO -- The closer scientists look at Saturn's small moon Enceladus, the more they find evidence of an active world. The most recent flybys of Enceladus made by NASA's Cassini spacecraft have provided new signs of ongoing changes ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER INDIA AND THE BAY OF BENGAL Thick haze collected south of the Himalaya in early December 2008, continuing a weeks-long pattern. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36158 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 11, 2008 (Posted on Dec 12, 2008 4:12 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated event ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2008 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-657-2194 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-259 NASA SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS AT THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING SAN FRANCISCO -- NASA researchers are presenting a wide range of science results at the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting, which opens Monday and continues through Friday, Dec. 19, at the Moscone Convention Center, features more than 15,000 talks and poster presentations about the latest in Earth and ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-261 SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who recently completed a six-month stay in space, will be available for satellite interviews from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. CST on Thursday, Dec. 18. Chamitoff returned to Earth on Nov. 30 with the STS-126 ...Continue Reading