March 18, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-061 NASA CELEBRATES SUN-EARTH DAY WITH ILLUMINATING WEBCAST GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA scientists will reveal new information and images about our sun and its influence on Earth and the solar system for Sun-Earth Day, recognized each year in conjunction with th ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 101 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #04 2. NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO ENTERPRISE ADVISORY SERVICES 3. STS-119 MCC Status Report #05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:10:53 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #04 STS-119 Report #04 Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 9:00 a.m. Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery ...Continue Reading

March 17, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-012 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO ENTERPRISE ADVISORY SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA will exercise the first of two one-year options on a three-year contract to Enterprise Advisory Services Inc. of Houston, for facility operations and support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. NASA's Johnson Spac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER ARGENTINA A dust storm struck the coast of Argentina in mid-March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37553&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 16, 2009 (Posted on Mar 17, 2009 12:58 PM) DUST OVER EASTERN CHINA Dust from China's interior deserts moved eastward across the ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 63 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #02 2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:56:40 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #02 STS-119 Report #02 Monday, March 16, 2009 - 9:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The astronauts on board space shuttle Discovery plan a day of orbiter inspection on their way to d ...Continue Reading

March 16, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-011 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT FOR FOUR MISSIONS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected United Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for the launch of two Science Mission Directorate and two Space Operations Mission Directorate payloads under the NASA Launch Services contract. The launches will oc ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOREST FIRES IN NEPAL Several large forest fires burned in the Himalaya Mountains of northern Nepal in mid-March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37518&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 12, 2009 (Posted on Mar 13, 2009 4:04 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 31 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:03:37 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #01 STS-119 Report #01 Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 7 p.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – Space shuttle Discovery blasted off Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center on the first shuttle flight of the year ...Continue Reading

March 15, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-060 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHES TO FULLY POWER SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crew member to the International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. RESULTS FROM VENUS, MOON MISSIONS HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE 2. FINAL PIECE OF NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION ROCKET HEADS TO LAUNCH SITE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:35:14 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: RESULTS FROM VENUS, MOON MISSIONS HIGHLIGHT CONFERENCE March 13, 2009 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Mary Cloud Lunar and Planetary Institute ...Continue Reading