Feb. 20, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-035 SEGMENT OF ARES I-X TEST ROCKET ARRIVES AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The last newly manufactured section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday. Called the frustum, the section resemb ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CONTINUING EFFECTS OF CHAITEN VOLCANO Chile’s Chaitén Volcano remained active in early 2009, releasing plumes of ash and/or steam. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37087 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-029 NASA-INDUSTRY LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS WORKSHOP SET FOR FEB. 25-27 WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Space Enterprise Council will hold a workshop on lunar surface system concepts to support human and robotic exploration on the moon by 2020. The workshop will take place Feb. 25 - 27 at the U ...Continue Reading

Feb. 20, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: M09-034 BE PART OF HISTORY -- HELP NASA NAME THE NEXT SPACE STATION MODULE WASHINGTON -- NASA is asking the public to help name the International Space Station's next module - a control tower for robotics in space and the world's ultimate observation deck. Eight refrigerator-sized racks in the Node 3 module will provide room for many of the station's life support systems. A ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-028 NASA TEACHERS TURNED ASTRONAUTS HAVE MESSAGES FOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS HOUSTON -- NASA astronauts and educators Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold, members of the next space shuttle crew, have special announcements for teachers and students. The messages from Acaba and Arnold, both former middle and high ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov Jodi Smith Channel One News, New York 212-329-8359 jsmith@alloymarketing.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-027 NASA, CHANNEL ONE NEWS LINKUP WITH NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION; STUDENTS CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR ASTRONAUTS HOUSTON -- In a unique event, NASA and Channel One News will offer students ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-006 NASA AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR ROCKET ENGINE TESTING WASHINGTON -- NASA signed a contract Thursday with American Tank and Vessel Inc. of Mobile, Ala., for the installation of a test cell diffuser and associated systems in the A-3 test stand at NASA's Sten ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-026 NASA PLANS ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY POST-LAUNCH MEDIA BRIEFING WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 9 a.m. EST on the day the Orbiting Carbon Observatory spacecraft launches. The observatory is set to launch Feb. 24 at 4:51 a.m. EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The briefin ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 09-033 NASA'S FERMI TELESCOPE SEES MOST EXTREME GAMMA-RAY BLAST YET WASHINGTON -- The first gamma-ray burst to be seen in high-resolution from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is one fo ...Continue Reading

Feb. 19, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-035 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION TO SEEK OTHER EARTHS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad today and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could pot ...Continue Reading