Nov. 24, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-238 SHUTTLE AND STATION ASTRONAUTS SEND SPECIAL GREETINGS TO MILITARY HOUSTON -- The combined crews of shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have sent a special greeting to members of the American military in time for the upcoming holiday season. From orbit 220 miles above Earth, Commander Chris Ferguso ...Continue Reading

Nov. 24, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-066 NASA AWARDS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide project management support services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The contract begins on Feb. 1, 2009, with a two-year base p ...Continue Reading

Nov. 24, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Mike Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-310 NASA SELECTS 382 SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded contracts to 382 small business proposals that address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The awards are part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program, ...Continue Reading

Nov. 24, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-309 NASA PREPARES FOR NEW JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER WASHINGTON -- NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter. Called Juno, the mission will be the first in which a spacecraft is placed in a highly elliptical polar orbit around the giant planet ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 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=35992 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Nov 22, 2008 (Posted on Nov 24, 2008 11:47 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a serv ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 67 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #18 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:20:42 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #18 STS-126 Report #18 Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 10 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke will continue work Sunday on a system in the International Sp ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 60 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #16 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:31:36 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #16 STS-126 Report #16 9 a.m. CST Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON – The third spacewalk by Endeavour astronauts outside the International Space ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 109 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #14 2. NASA TO BROADCAST SHUTTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION 3. STS-126 MCC Status Report #15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:57:11 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #14 STS-126 Report #14 Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas After completing a spacew ...Continue Reading

Nov. 21, 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: M08-237 NASA TO BROADCAST SHUTTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION WASHINGTON -- NASA Television is broadcasting highlights from the ongoing STS-126 space shuttle mission in high definition (HDTV). The NASA HDTV highlights will be broadcast on Saturday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 23, at 8:30 a.m. an ...Continue Reading

Nov. 21, 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: 08-306 NASA ASSIGNS SPACE STATION CREWS, UPDATES EXPEDITION NUMBERING HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have assigned the International Space Station's crew members through 2010. The numbering sequence of expeditions was modified to reflect the start of six-person crews. The update to the ...Continue Reading