There are 3 messages totalling 108 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #24 2. NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL 3. STS-126 MCC Status Report #25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:07:59 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #24 STS-126 Report #24 Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The Multi-purpose Logistics Modu ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Gusty winds drove wildfires into southern California cities in mid-November 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36017 *** ALI(EO-1) image from Nov 18, 2008 (Posted on Nov 26, 2008 11:41 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE 06B OVER SRI LANKA AND INDIA In lat ...Continue Reading

Nov. 26, 2008 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: M08-239 NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL HOUSTON -- The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of fuel, food, supplies and holiday gifts on Sunday, Nov. 30. Docking of the cargo delivery spacecraft, known as ISS Progress 31, is set for 6:23 a.m. CST. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 26, 2008 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov June Malone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 june.e.malone@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-314 NASA USES ITUNES TO SHARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS OF ARES ROCKET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Video updates reporting progress made on NASA's newest family of exploration vehicles -- the Ares I crew launch vehicle and Ares V heavy cargo launch vehicle -- are now featu ...Continue Reading

Nov. 26, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@grc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-313 NASA CONDUCTS PILOT COGNITION STUDIES CLEVELAND -- NASA is investigating the best methods for monitoring brain activity as part of a study designed to help airplane pilots realize when they are operating under dangerous levels of stress, fatigue and distraction. Studies under way at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cl ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 71 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SHUTTLE AND STATION ASTRONAUTS SEND SPECIAL GREETINGS TO MILITARY 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:53:47 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SHUTTLE AND STATION ASTRONAUTS SEND SPECIAL GREETINGS TO MILITARY November 25, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-51 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Dust plumes blew off the north coast of Africa and over the eastern Mediterranean Sea in late November 2008. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35994 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 23, 2008 (Posted on Nov 24, 2008 2:22 PM) ---------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Members of this list will find the following link of interest. http://www.astronautical.org/committees/history/ Dr. Steven J. Dick NASA Chief Historian Director, NASA History Office NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, D.C. 20546-0001 Phone 202 358 0383 Fax 202 358 2866 Web site   http://www.history.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

Nov. 25, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Dominic Amatore Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 dominic.a.amatore@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-311 NASA CALLS FOR COMMENT ON DRAFT ARES V REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA has released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, regarding Phase I of its Ares V launch vehicle. The rocket will perform heavy lift and cargo functions as part of the next generation of spacecraft that will retu ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 66 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #20 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:54:40 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #20 STS-126 Report #20 Monday, November 24, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The fourth spacewalk by Endeavour astronauts outside the International Space Station will be th ...Continue Reading