Dec. 08, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-246 NEWS MEDIA INVITED TO VIEW SPACE STATION'S SOLAR WINGS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center will provide an opportunity for reporters to see the International Space Station's next element at 10 a.m. EST, Thursday, Dec. 18. The S6 truss segment, with its set of large U.S. solar arrays, will be a ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 146 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. VETERAN ASTRONAUT CARL WALZ LEAVES NASA 2. NASA ASSIGNS ASTRONAUT CREWS FOR FUTURE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:37:30 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: VETERAN ASTRONAUT CARL WALZ LEAVES NASA December 5, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Ash ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCANIC HAZE OVER HAWAI'I Volcanic gases from Kilauea, the most active volcano in Hawai'i, blanketed the islands in thick haze in early December 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36089 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 03, 2008 (Posted on Dec 04, 2008 7:20 PM) -------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Dec. 05, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-321 NASA ASSIGNS ASTRONAUT CREWS FOR FUTURE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crews for space shuttle missions STS-130 and STS-131. The STS-130 mission will deliver a third connecting module to the International Space Station and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a contro ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS TARGET SHUTTLE LAUNCH DATE FOR HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 15:56:25 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS TARGET SHUTTLE LAUNCH DATE FOR HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION December 4, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Goddard ...Continue Reading

Dec. 04, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745/0697 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov, edward.s.campion@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-320 NASA SETS TARGET SHUTTLE LAUNCH DATE FOR HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Sp ...Continue Reading

Dec. 04, 2008 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: 08-319 NEXT NASA MARS MISSION RESCHEDULED FOR 2011 WASHINGTON -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental history of Mars. A launch date o ...Continue Reading

Dec. 04, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-318 VETERAN ASTRONAUT CARL WALZ LEAVES NASA HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Carl Walz is leaving the agency to take a job in the private sector. Walz most recently served as director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Direct ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2008 Roselee Roberts Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2156 roselee.roberts@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-317 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DALE TO RESIGN ON JANUARY 17 WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday her intent to resign from the agency, effective Jan. 17, 2009, in advance of the new administration coming into office. She has served as NASA's second-in-command since November 2005. "It has been an honor for me to work with those who support America's space program,&q ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN THE VALE OF KASHMIR Lying between the Himalaya Range in the northeast and the Pir Panjal Range in the southwest, the Vale of Kashmir is an intermontane valley that houses a substantial portion of Kashmir’s population. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHaz ...Continue Reading