Nov. 18, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rhea Borja Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 rhea.r.borja@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-298 NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS FIRST DEEP SPACE INTERNET PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the Himalaya in late October 2008. The haze probably resulted from a combination of agricultural fires and urban pollution, and may have contained some airborne dust. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35917 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 16, 2008 (Posted on No ...Continue Reading

Nov. 18, 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: 08-234 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO NAME NEW MARS ROVER WASHINGTON -- NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, will conduct a naming contest for its car-sized M ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 117 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #06 2. NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 3. STS-126 MCC Status Report #07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:35:47 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #06 STS-126 Report #06 9 a.m. CST Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON Â& ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2008 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-296 NASA RECEIVES FIRST STAGE ROCKET HARDWARE FOR ARES I-X TEST FLIGHT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival Nov. 10 of important hardware for the Ares I-X rocket's upcoming test flight. Called the forward skirt, the component is part of the rocket's first stage. The Ares I-X ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-296 NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station. Now the largest space ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2008 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-233 NASA SATELLITES CAPTURE IMAGES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES WASHINGTON -- Images from NASA satellites give a wider perspective of the full extent and devastation of the wildfires raging in Southern California. A pair of images from NASA's Aqua satellite show the Los Angeles metropolitan area on Nov. 16, 2008. The top image posted on NASA's Web site shows the Southern California area as a va ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Gusty winds drove wildfires into southern California cities in mid-November 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35909 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 16, 2008 (Posted on Nov 16, 2008 10:17 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER THE ARABIAN SEA M ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 63 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #04 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:44:14 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #04 STS-126 Report #04 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – It’s arrival day. The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to dock w ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 63 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #02 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:36:14 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #02 STS-126 Report #02 10:30 a.m. CST Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – It’s inspection day aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. Cr ...Continue Reading