July 16th 2009 PDT
July 15, 2009 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-164 STATEMENT FROM APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT MICHAEL COLLINS The following is a series of questions and answers prepared by Michael Collins, command module pilot for Apollo 11. Collins issued the following statement in lieu of media interviews: These are questions I am most frequently asked, plus a few others I have added. For more information, please consult my book, the 40th anniversary edition of CARRYING THE FIRE, ...Continue Reading
July 16th 2009 PDT
July 15, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-131 APOLLO 11 CONVERSATIONS EARTH DIDN'T HEAR NOW ONLINE AT NASA.GOV HOUSTON -- You're in a spacecraft, on a mission to land on the moon for the first time in history, and the microphone to Earth is off. What do you say? Now you can listen in on a NASA Web site and find out. As Neil Armstrong, Buzz A ...Continue Reading
July 16th 2009 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ON THE AMAZON Rivers in the Amazon basin flood annually, but 2009 brought extreme floods to the region near Manaus, Brazil. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39359&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jun 29, 2009 (Posted on Jul 14, 2009 4:37 PM) -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- D ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2009 PDT
July 14, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-130 NASA PLAYS AUDIO "TIME CAPSULE" OF HISTORIC APOLLO 11 MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will provide a unique audio "time capsule" in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. Audio from the entire Apollo 11 mission will be replayed and streamed on the I ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2009 PDT
July 14, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-162 NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADS TO DEFY GRAVITY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING HOUSTON -- NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to test experiments in microgravity aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder" aircraft. The opportunity is part of NASA's Reduced Gravity Educat ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2009 PDT
July 14, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-129 U.S. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC MEETINGS WASHINGTON -- The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold three public meetings July 28-30. The meetings are open to news media representatives. No registration is required, but seating is limited to location capacity. The first meeting will be July 28 fro ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2009 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUME OFF WEST AFRICA Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa and over Cape Verde on July 12, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39337&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 12, 2009 (Posted on Jul 13, 2009 4:36 PM) DUST PLUMES FROM AFGHANISTAN Dust plumes blew along the border ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2009 PDT
July 14, 2009 The world's longest running, continuous, research quality, global SST data series has grown even longer. For the first time PO.DAAC is announcing the availability of AVHRR Pathfinder SST data from 1981 through 1985. These data from the NOAA-7 POES satellite were produced by the NODC using version 5.1 of the Pathfinder algorithm. Version 5.1 uses higher resolution reference data than 5.0 for the purpose of achieving better resolution in the coastal and high gradient SST regions. The Pathfinder data ...Continue Reading
July 14th 2009 PDT
There is 1 message totalling 39 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AND SAN DIEGO PADRES CELEBRATE 40 YEAR MILESTONES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:08:25 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AND SAN DIEGO PADRES CELEBRATE 40 YEAR MILESTONES July 13, 2009 Eldora Valentine Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1871 Victor Scott Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4942 Report #J009-023 NASA AND SAN DIEGO PADRES CELEBRATE 40 ...Continue Reading
July 14th 2009 PDT
July 13, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-127 COMMITTEE CHAIR SETS TELECONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SPACE FLIGHT REVIEW WASHINGTON -- Norman Augustine, chairman of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, will hold a media teleconference Friday, July 17, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. EDT, to give a status report and discuss the progress of the independent review. Reporters who would like ...Continue Reading
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