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

There are 2 messages totalling 93 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH 2. NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:21:17 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH December 12, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Katherine Trinida ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LOW CLOUDS OVER CENTRAL CHINA A temperature inversion most likely created this stunning view of low clouds hugging the contours of the Sichuan Basin in Central China in early December 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36147 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 09, 2008 (Posted on Dec 12, 2008 10:20 AM) ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2008 Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-260 SPACE SHUTTLE FERRY FLIGHT ARRIVAL ON NASA TV'S PUBLIC CHANNEL WASHINGTON -- Today's arrival of space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be seen only on NASA Television's Public Channel (101) and NASA's Web site. System maintenance is being performed on the media (103) and education (102) channels. Mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, Endeavour ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rob Navias Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rob.navias-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-257 NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Dec. 18 to discuss an upcoming International Space Station spacewalk. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Dec. 22 spacewalk of Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yur ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-256 NASA TO UPDATE REPORTERS ABOUT CONSTELLATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. EST, to brief reporters about recent developments and ongoing progress in NASA's Constellation Program. Constellation will build the spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and r ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-258 SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH HOUSTON -- Soaring high above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station has beamed down season's greetings that will air on NASA Television starting Friday, Dec. 12. The public can return the extraterrestrial good will ...Continue Reading

Dec. 11, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-324 MARS ORBITER COMPLETES PRIME MISSION PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase. The spacecraft has found signs of a complex Martian history of climate change that produced a diversity of past watery environments. The orbiter has returned 73 ter ...Continue Reading

Dec. 11, 2008 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918/202-657-2194 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-251 NASA SCIENCE ON DISPLAY AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics during the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting runs from Monday, Dec. 15, through Friday, Dec. 19, at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center at 747 Howard St. News briefings held duri ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- PLUME FROM KLYUCHEVSKAYA VOLCANO The Klyuchevskaya Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula released a plume of ash in early December 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36125 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 10, 2008 (Posted on Dec 10 ...Continue Reading