March 21st 2009 PST
March 20, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Monica Talevi European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 31-71-565-3223 monica.talevi@esa.int RELEASE: 09-066 NASA AND ESA SELECT SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS FOR SOLAR ORBITER WASHINGTON -- NASA and the European Space Agency have selected 10 proposals for science instruments to fly aboard a spacecraft that will study the sun from a unique vantage point in space. The European-led mission, called the Solar Orbiter ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2009 PST
There are 2 messages totalling 59 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #08 2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:15:14 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #08 STS-119 Report #08 Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 9:00 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas A big power boost for the International Space Station comes today with the installation of the l ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2009 PST
March 19, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-013 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS ON SOLAR MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected three teams to design and build science instruments for a proposed European-led solar mission. The instruments, with a total value of approximately $81 million, are part of NASA's Living with a Star Program. The total amount for initial design of the instruments, known as Phase A, is $1.7 million. ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2009 PST
March 19, 2009 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: 09-064 ONLINE POLL FOR NASA'S MARS ROVER NAMING CONTEST OPENS MARCH 23 WASHINGTON -- NASA will post online nine names that are finalists for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission and invite the public to vote for its favorite. The non-binding poll to help NASA select a name opens online Monday, March 23, an ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2009 PST
March 19, 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: 09-065 FINAL HARDWARE FOR TEST OF NASA'S NEW ROCKET ARRIVES IN FLORIDA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a seven-day, 2,917-mile journey, a train carrying the four motor segments for the Ares I-X rocket arrived Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2009 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SUBMARINE ERUPTION IN THE TONGA ISLANDS A submarine volcanic eruption occurred in the Tonga Islands of the South Pacific in mid-March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37572&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 18, 2009 (Posted on Mar 18, 2009 5:05 PM) ------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2009 PST
There are 2 messages totalling 65 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #06 2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:24:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #06 STS-119 Report #06 Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:15 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The last set of American solar power panels for the International Space Station start the last ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2009 PST
March 18, 2009 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-063 NASA DEBUTS UNIQUE MOVIE ON A SPHERE ABOUT FROZEN EARTH WASHINGTON -- NASA has created a unique "spherical" movie about Earth's changing ice and snow cover as captured by NASA spacecraft. "Frozen," a 12-minute, narrated film, premieres at science centers and museums March 27. NASA's Godda ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2009 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN WEST AFRICA Agricultural and other land-management or trash-burning fires were widespread across West Africa in mid-March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37569&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 17, 2009 (Posted on Mar 18, 2009 1:52 PM) BUSHFIRES IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA Out-of-control bush ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2009 PST
March 18, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-061 NASA CELEBRATES SUN-EARTH DAY WITH ILLUMINATING WEBCAST GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA scientists will reveal new information and images about our sun and its influence on Earth and the solar system for Sun-Earth Day, recognized each year in conjunction with th ...Continue Reading
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