Dec. 10, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-7199 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-178 NASA ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF ASSAULT BY A BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON - Astronomers will hold a media teleconference Monday, Dec. 17, at 1 pm EST to announce the discovery of a first-of-its-kind phenomenon inv ...Continue Reading

Dec. 9, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-273 NASA TARGETS SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH ON JAN. 2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station now is targeted to launch no earlier than Jan. 2 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The liftoff date depends on the resolution of a problem in a fuel sensor system. Early ...Continue Reading

Dec. 9, 2007 Mike Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-272 NASA POSTPONES SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has delayed Sunday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-122 mission to the International Space Station. Shuttle program managers made the decision at 7:24 a.m. EST after a failure occurred in a fuel sensor system while Atlantis' external fuel tank was being ...Continue Reading

Dec. 8, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-271 NASA TO LAUNCH SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS SUNDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3:21 p.m. EST, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Shuttle program managers made the liftoff decision after three days of reviewing data on a problem with fuel sensors. Atlantis' sche ...Continue Reading

Dec. 7, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-270 NASA TO LAUNCH SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS NO EARLIER THAN SUNDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is targeting the launch of space shuttle Atlantis no earlier than Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3:21 p.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Shuttle program managers made the decision after a meeting Friday to review data on a problem wit ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 December 2007. -- STORM (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE DAMAN Cyclone Daman tracked across the South Pacific Ocean in early December 2007, threatening Fiji with powerful winds. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14648 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 06 2007 (Posted on Dec 07 2007 1:08PM) FIRST SNOW IN US NORTHEAST A string of storms brought the season's first snow to the eastern United States from the mid-Atlantic states to New Englan ...Continue Reading

Dec. 7, 2007 Mike Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.j.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-268 VETERAN ASTRONAUT AND SPACEWALKER ROBERT CURBEAM LEAVES NASA HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam, Jr., has left NASA to take a job in the private sector. "Bob has served his country with distinction for more than 23 years, both as an astronaut and naval officer," said Brent Jett, director of the Flig ...Continue Reading

On November 16, 2007, a small degradation in the QuikSCAT spacecraft's battery capacity was detected during the eclipse period. In order to reduce the battery load, the QuikSCAT Project temporarily operated the SeaWinds instrument in receive-only mode during the eclipse periods between November 20 and 29 (days 324-333). As a result, there are data gaps at Northern high latitudes on these dates. A list of impacted orbits, including the start and end times for each sigma0 data gap, is available at: http://podaac.jpl.nas ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-267 NASA RESCHEDULES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The launch of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis will take place no earlier than Saturday, Dec. 8, at 3:43 p.m. EST. Thursday's scheduled liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., was postponed because of a problem with a fuel cutoff sensor system inside the ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/4997 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-175 NASA TO UPDATE MEDIA ON PROGRESS OF EXPLORATION WORK WASHINGTON - On Monday, Dec. 10, NASA briefs reporters on the efforts to return humans to the moon by 2020. The roundtable discussion will focus on the significant progress made during 2007. It also will look ahead to a fast-paced year of events in 2008, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ...Continue Reading