Feb. 26, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-070 NASA ANNOUNCES AGENCY QUALITY AWARD WINNERS WASHINGTON - NASA has presented its highest honor for quality and technical performance, the George M. Low Award, to four companies committed to innovative management, process quality and customer service. The awards were presented Tuesday at NASA's fifth annual Project Management Challenge Conference in Daytona Beach, Fla. Winners received a trophy with a meda ...Continue Reading

Feb. 26, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-069 NEW WEB FEATURE SHOWS HOW NASA TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVE OUR LIVES WASHINGTON - NASA has added to its Web site an interactive program that allows users to discover some of the many NASA technologies that positively impact everyday life. NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale unveiled NASA at Home and NASA City Tuesday in Denver at the 3rd Space Exploration Conference. The interactive site takes user ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-042 MEDIA BRIEFING TO DISCUSS NASA'S NEWEST EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference on Friday, Feb. 29, at 11 a.m. EST, to discuss the innovative science that will be made possible by two new Earth science missions announced earlier this month. The President's Fiscal Year 2009 budget request includes funding to start the Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) and the Ice, Cl ...Continue Reading

Feb. 25, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov June Malone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 june.e.malone@.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-066 NASA ISSUES DRAFT PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR SHUTTLE TRANSITION WASHINGTON - NASA has issued a draft programmatic environmental assessment on potential impacts resulting from the Space Shuttle Program's move toward retirement in 2010 and the transition to the Constellation Program. The assessment ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-041 SHUTTLE CREW TO VISIT NASA HEADQUARTERS, AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON - One week after the landing of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew, NASA Headquarters in Washington is preparing to welcome the astronauts of the STS-120 crew, which wrapped up a mission to the International Space Station in November. That 15-day mission added a key component to the station, the Harmony module, and feature ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-040 NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE ON STATUS OF NEXT SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., no earlier than 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Feb. 29, to discuss the status of the upcoming space shuttle mission. The news conference will begin after ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2008 Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 bdickey@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-039 NASA TO RELEASE ENHANCED RADAR IMAGERY OF LUNAR SOUTH POLE WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists have obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region and will discuss the imagery Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the 3rd Space Exploration C ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Emily Sturgill Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-272-9859 emily.r.sturgill@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-038 NASA CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT CHARLOTTE CIAA TOURNAMENT WASHINGTON - NASA is partnering with the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Discovery Place Inc. to celebrate the agency's 50th anniversary by bringing the excitement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics edu ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-065 NASA SELECTS NEW DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM MANAGER HOUSTON - NASA announced the selection of N. Wayne Hale, Jr. as NASA's deputy associate administrator for strategic partnerships on Friday. John Shannon, a Mission Management Team chairman and Hale's deputy since November ...Continue Reading

Feb. 22, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-064 INTERNATIONAL SOLAR MISSION TO END FOLLOWING STELLAR PERFORMANCE WASHINGTON - The joint NASA and European Space Agency Ulysses mission to study the sun and its influence on surrounding space is likely to cease operations in the next few months. The venerable spacecraft, which has lasted more than 17 years or almost four times ...Continue Reading