Dec. 04, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-318 VETERAN ASTRONAUT CARL WALZ LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Carl Walz is leaving the agency to take a job in the private sector. Walz most recently served as director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Direct ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2008 Roselee Roberts Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2156 roselee.roberts@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-317 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DALE TO RESIGN ON JANUARY 17 WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday her intent to resign from the agency, effective Jan. 17, 2009, in advance of the new administration coming into office. She has served as NASA's second-in-command since November 2005. "It has been an honor for me to work with those who support America's space program,&q ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN THE VALE OF KASHMIR Lying between the Himalaya Range in the northeast and the Pir Panjal Range in the southwest, the Vale of Kashmir is an intermontane valley that houses a substantial portion of Kashmir’s population. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHaz ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 82 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY 2. ULTIMATE "ASK THE EXPERTS" EXPERIENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI STUDENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:08:14 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY December 3, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 Kylie Clem Johnson Space ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-245 ULTIMATE "ASK THE EXPERTS" EXPERIENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI STUDENTS HOUSTON -- Students from the STARBASE Atlantis Naval Air Station education program in Corpus Christi, Texas, will have an opportunity to experience the excitement of spaceflight first hand. The ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-244 NASA TO PROVIDE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY UPDATE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a briefing at noon EST, Thursday, Dec. 4, about the agency's Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL. The briefing will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, S.W., Washington. The MSL mission will assess a variety of scientific questions, including whether part of early Mars had ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRST WINTER STORM SLAMS ILLINOIS The first big winter storm of the 2008 season arrived in Illinois and surrounding states in early December, bringing heavy snow that caused fatal car accidents and delayed air travel in Chicago and regional airports for hours. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36057 ** ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-068 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012. The firm-fixed price extension cover ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-9210, ext. 174 john.leslie@noaa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-067 NASA SELECTS NOAA GOES-R SERIES SPACECRAFT CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmosphe ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-316 NASA INVITES YOUNG ENGINEERS TO ALABAMA STUDENT LAUNCH INITIATIVE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has invited 14 groups of ambitious young rocketeers from 11 middle schools, high schools and youth organizations around the country to light up the sky over North Alabama d ...Continue Reading