There are 2 messages totalling 82 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY 2. ULTIMATE "ASK THE EXPERTS" EXPERIENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI STUDENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:08:14 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY December 3, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 Kylie Clem Johnson Space ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-245 ULTIMATE "ASK THE EXPERTS" EXPERIENCE FOR CORPUS CHRISTI STUDENTS HOUSTON -- Students from the STARBASE Atlantis Naval Air Station education program in Corpus Christi, Texas, will have an opportunity to experience the excitement of spaceflight first hand. The ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-244 NASA TO PROVIDE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY UPDATE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a briefing at noon EST, Thursday, Dec. 4, about the agency's Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL. The briefing will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, S.W., Washington. The MSL mission will assess a variety of scientific questions, including whether part of early Mars had ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRST WINTER STORM SLAMS ILLINOIS The first big winter storm of the 2008 season arrived in Illinois and surrounding states in early December, bringing heavy snow that caused fatal car accidents and delayed air travel in Chicago and regional airports for hours. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36057 ** ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-068 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012. The firm-fixed price extension cover ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-9210, ext. 174 john.leslie@noaa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-067 NASA SELECTS NOAA GOES-R SERIES SPACECRAFT CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmosphe ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-316 NASA INVITES YOUNG ENGINEERS TO ALABAMA STUDENT LAUNCH INITIATIVE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has invited 14 groups of ambitious young rocketeers from 11 middle schools, high schools and youth organizations around the country to light up the sky over North Alabama d ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO The Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat released a plume of ash and/or steam in late November 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36045 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 29, 2008 (Posted on Dec 01, 2008 3:22 PM) ------------------ ...Continue Reading

Dec. 02, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Leslie Williams Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3893 leslie.a.williams@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-243 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SET TO RETURN TO FLORIDA EDWARDS, Calif. -- After landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Nov. 30, space shuttle Endeavour is about to make its cross-count ...Continue Reading

Dec. 01, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-242 NASA TV TO AIR SPACE SHUTTLE COMMANDER REMARKS ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INAUGURAL STATION ASSEMBLY FLIGHT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In honor of the 10th anniversary of the first construction flight for the International Space Station, NASA Television will provide sound bites and video b-roll featuring the comma ...Continue Reading