May 20, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-089 NASA OPENS MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR LAUNCH OF MOON MISSIONS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, missions to the moon are preparing for launch. The missions are targeted ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-114 NASA FLIGHT FACILITY SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NANOSATELLITE WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA's PharmaSat nanosatellite successfully la ...Continue Reading

There are 6 messages totalling 258 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #16 2. ENDEAVOUR ASTRONAUT LANDS IN KERR COUNTY 3. NASA SETS NEW DATE FOR JUNE SHUTTLE MISSION BRIEFINGS 4. NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR STS-132 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 5. STS-125 MCC Status Report #17 6. HUBBLE SERVICING CREW TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM SPACE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 03:32:04 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-12 ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-087 NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFING ABOUT SATELLITE MISSIONS TO THE MOON WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a briefing about two upcoming lunar missions scheduled to launc ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2009 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: M09-088 NASA CANCELS MAY 20 MEDIA EVENT FOR ARRIVAL OF TRANQUILITY NODE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Because bad weather conditions are forecast at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and arrival time of the Tranquility node is uncertain, the media event scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, is canceled. Reporters will hav ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM BATU TARA Batu Tara, a tiny volcanic island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, released a plume of ash and/or steam in late April 2009. The volcano remained active in May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38663&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 18, 2009 (Posted on May 18, 200 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #14 2. STS-125 MCC Status Report #15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 04:32:31 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #14 STS-125 Report #14 Monday, May 18, 2009 - 5:00 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas As AtlantisÂ’ crew begins their eighth day in space, astronauts Drew Feustel and John Gru ...Continue Reading

May 18, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Michael Finneran Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6110/344-4611 michael.p.finneran@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-022 NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Safety and Quality Assurance Alliance of Cleveland to provide safety and mission assurance services at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The contract, to be administered through NASA's Off ...Continue Reading

May 18, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-109 NASA SELECTS 21 TECH PROJECTS FOR REDUCED-GRAVITY FLIGHT TESTING WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 21 technology demonstration projects to fly on reduced gravity aircraft flights during the week of Aug. 10 through its Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology Development and Training program known as FAST. The FAST program is designed to enable new technologies to be incorporated ...Continue Reading

May 18, 2009 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: M09-086 HUBBLE SERVICING CREW TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM SPACE HOUSTON -- The seven astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis will hold a news conference at 9:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 20, to discuss their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Reporters may ask questions from NASA's Johnson ...Continue Reading