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

Nov. 17, 2008 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-296 NASA RECEIVES FIRST STAGE ROCKET HARDWARE FOR ARES I-X TEST FLIGHT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival Nov. 10 of important hardware for the Ares I-X rocket's upcoming test flight. Called the forward skirt, the component is part of the rocket's first stage. The Ares I-X ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-296 NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station. Now the largest space ...Continue Reading