Oct. 14, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-206 NASA SETS MEDIA BRIEFING FOR CREWS ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- The astronauts, cosmonauts and spaceflight participant aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 12:20 p.m. CDT, Monday, Oct. 20. Reporters at participating NASA centers may ask ques ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-205 NASA TO WEBCAST IBEX SPACECRAFT LAUNCH ON PEGASUS ROCKET OCT. 19 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-202 NASA RELEASES DOCUMENTARY CELEBRATING AGENCY'S FIRST 50 YEARS WASHINGTON -- In celebration of its 50th anniversary, NASA will premiere the documentary "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" on NASA Television's Public and Education channels Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 9 p.m. EDT. Neil Armstrong hosts the 90-minute documentary that features film and video highlights of ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 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: M08-203 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLS OFF LAUNCH PAD MONDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to await launch on its mission to repair the Hubble Space ...Continue Reading

Oct. 14, 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: M08-203 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLS OFF LAUNCH PAD MONDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20, to await launch on its mission to repair the Hubble Space ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 13 October 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES NEAR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Driven by powerful Santa Ana winds, wildfires raged near Los Angeles, California, in mid-September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15103 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 13 2008 (Posted on Oct 14 2008 1:31PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE NORBERT Forming in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Norbert became a severe hurricane. By October ...Continue Reading

This is just a reminder that the NASA History Division will be hosting a conference entitled NASA's First 50 Years:  A Historical Perspective on October 28-29, 2008 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.  This conference is free and open to the public.  No advance registration is necessary but seating is first-come first-served.  Please go to _http://history.nasa.gov/50thannnasaconf/_ for more details.  Please feel free to forward this information to local listservs and other people who may be ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 October 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE NORBERT Forming in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Norbert became a severe hurricane. By October 11, 2008, it was situated over Baja California. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15101 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 10 2008 (Posted on Oct 13 2008 12:36PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15100 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 09 2008 (Posted on Oct 10 2008 2:07PM) ----- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 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: 08-257 NEW CREW BLASTS OFF FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and Richard Garriott, a U.S. computer game ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 37 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC DEPUTY DIRECTOR HONORED AS HISPANIC 2008 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:16:23 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC DEPUTY DIRECTOR HONORED AS HISPANIC 2008 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Oct. 10, 2008 Jennifer Knotts Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J08-013 JSC DEPUTY DIRECTOR HONORED AS HISPANIC 2008 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR HOUSTO ...Continue Reading