July 16, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov Jim Scott University of Colorado at Boulder 303-492-3114 jim.scott@colorado.edu RELEASE: 09-167 NASA AIRBORNE EXPEDITION CHASES ARCTIC SEA ICE QUESTIONS WASHINGTON -- A small NASA aircraft completed its first successful science flight Thursday as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-134 NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW HOUSTON -- A NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonaut and the founder of Cirque du Soleil will hold a news conference at 8 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 23 to discuss their upcoming flight to the International Space Station. Jeff Williams, Maxim Sur ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Andy Freeberg Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0746 andy.freeberg@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-133 NASA BRIEFS MEDIA ON NEW IMAGES OF APOLLO LUNAR LANDING SITES GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has sent back its first images of Apollo lunar landing sites. The agency will release the images Friday, July 17, at noon and hold a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE RED SEA Dust blew across the Red Sea, from Sudan toward Saudi Arabia, in mid-July 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39379&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 15, 2009 (Posted on Jul 15, 2009 5:22 PM) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-132 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Aug. 18 to begin its mission, designated STS-128. Discovery's seven-member crew will deliver 33,000 pounds of equipment including: science and storage r ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2009 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1760 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov Mark Hess Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-6255 mark.s.hess@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-166 NASA RELEASES RESTORED APOLLO 11 MOONWALK VIDEO WASHINGTON -- NASA released Thursday newly restored video from the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The release commemorates the 40th anniversary of the first mission to land astronauts on the moon. The initial video release, part of a ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 613 2009 Jul 16 Somerville, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station -------------------- Gennadiy Padalka (Commander, Russia), Mike Barratt (Flight Engineer 1, NASA), Koichi Wakata (FE2, Japan-JAXA), Roman Romanenko (FE3, Russia), Frank DeWinne (FE4, European Space Agency) and Bob Thirsk (FE5, Canadian Space Agency) are aboard the station as Expedition 20. Soyuz TMA-15 and Soyuz TMA-1 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 78 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. APOLLO 11 CONVERSATIONS EARTH DIDN'T HEAR NOW ONLINE AT NASA.GOV 2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:24:50 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: APOLLO 11 CONVERSATIONS EARTH DIDN'T HEAR NOW ONLINE AT NASA.GOV July 15, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Re ...Continue Reading

July 15, 2009 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-165 BOLDEN AND GARVER CONFIRMED BY U.S. SENATE WASHINGTON -- Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the twelfth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lori Beth Garver was confirmed as NASA's deputy administrator. As administrator, Bolden will lead the NASA team and manage its resources to advance the agency's missions and goals. "It is a ...Continue Reading

July 15, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-160 NASA'S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCHES TO COMPLETE JAPANESE MODULE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew launched at 6:03 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will deliver the final segment to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo lab ...Continue Reading