The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE PALOMA A late-season storm, Paloma developed as a tropical depression in the Caribbean off the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua on November 5, 2008, and became a hurricane the following day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35875 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 08, 2008 (Posted on Nov 10, 2008 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-065 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR SPACE FLIGHT PROJECTS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a contract to ZIN Technologies Inc., of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, for the definition, design, fabrication, assem ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster/Rhea Borja Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278/0850 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov, rhea.r.borja@jpl.nasa.gov Lori Stiles University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 lstiles@email.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-284 MARS PHOENIX LANDER FINISHES SUCCESSFUL WORK ON RED PLANET WASHINGTON -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipate ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Lynnette B. Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov, bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov Trina Patterson ATK, Promontory, Utah 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-225 NASA TO TEST MOTOR FOR ORION CREW CAPSULE'S LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM PROMONTORY, Utah -- NASA and ATK w ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE PALOMA A late-season storm, Paloma developed as a tropical depression in the Caribbean off the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua on November 5, 2008, and became a hurricane the following day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35869 *** (GOES) image from Nov 07, 2008 (Posted on Nov 10, 2008 10:14 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-231 NASA TELECONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT STATUS OF PHOENIX MARS LANDER WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EST today, Monday, Nov. 10, to discuss the status of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Phoenix has been operating on the Red Planet for more than five months. Participants will be: -- ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-230 NASA HOSTS SEMINAR ON EARTH'S ROLE IN OUR CARBON DIOXIDE FUTURE WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a seminar at 11 a.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 14, to discuss the current state of knowledge about how the "breathing" Earth influences current and future levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The seminar will take place in NASA Headquarters' James E. Webb Auditorium, 300 E Street, S.W., Washington. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Jeanne Ryba Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 jeanne.m.ryba@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-228 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH AND MISSION WEB COVERAGE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos will highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour is scheduled to lift off Friday, ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA CONTRACT INTEGRATES MISSION OPERATIONS, TRAINING FACILITIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:03:14 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA CONTRACT INTEGRATES MISSION OPERATIONS, TRAINING FACILITIES November 7, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #C08-064c NASA CONTRA ...Continue Reading

Nov. 7, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-64 NASA CONTRACT INTEGRATES MISSION OPERATIONS, TRAINING FACILITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a $667.3 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide integrated support for the hardware, software, data and displays used to train for and execute human spaceflight missions. ...Continue Reading