Nov. 19, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-235 ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR FRIDAY HOUSTON -- The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 2:05 p.m. CST on Friday, Nov. 21. Reporters may ask questions in person only from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Housto ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN ETHIOPIA Heavy rains starting on November 2 pushed several rivers in southeastern Ethiopia over their banks. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35935 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 18, 2008 (Posted on Nov 19, 2008 1:40 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading

Nov. 19, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-301 MYSTERIOUS SOURCE OF HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RADIATION DISCOVERED WASHINGTON -- Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a previously unidentified nearby source of high-energy cosmic rays. The finding was made with a NASA-funded balloon-borne instrument high over Antarctica. Researchers from the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) collaboration, led by scientists at Louisiana State University, ...Continue Reading

Nov. 19, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Rhea Borja Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 rhea.r.borja@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-299 NASA PLANS TEST OF 'ELECTRONIC NOSE' ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 64 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #08 2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:02:49 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #08 STS-126 Report #08 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The first of four spacewalks scheduled for Endeavour crew members at the International Space S ...Continue Reading

Nov. 18, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-297 NASA'S QUIKSCAT OCEAN-OBSERVING SATELLITE MISSION HONORED WASHINGTON -- An Earth-observing satellite that has provided early detection of ocean storms and advanced the scientific exploration of global ocean wind patterns has been recognized for helping scientists better understand our home planet. NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior Tuesday presented William T. Pecora Awards to NASA's Quick Scatt ...Continue Reading

Nov. 18, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rhea Borja Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 rhea.r.borja@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-298 NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS FIRST DEEP SPACE INTERNET PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the Himalaya in late October 2008. The haze probably resulted from a combination of agricultural fires and urban pollution, and may have contained some airborne dust. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35917 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 16, 2008 (Posted on No ...Continue Reading

Nov. 18, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-234 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO NAME NEW MARS ROVER WASHINGTON -- NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, will conduct a naming contest for its car-sized M ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 117 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #06 2. NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 3. STS-126 MCC Status Report #07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:35:47 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #06 STS-126 Report #06 9 a.m. CST Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON Â& ...Continue Reading