Oct. 2, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Laura Layton Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-8170 laura.a.layton@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-188 NASA TO DISCUSS MISSION TO EXPLORE THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss the upcoming launch of the first spacecraft that will image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the c ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 155 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGE 2. NASA ASTRONAUTS RECEIVE AWARD FOR OXYGEN MASK INVENTION 3. NASA EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:32:23 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGE October 1, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-059 NASA EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded a two-year, $650 million contract extension to The Boeing Co. to continue engineering support of the International Space Station to Sept. 30, 2010. The action extends the U.S. On-Orbit Segment Acceptance and Vehicle Sustaining E ...Continue Reading

Oct. 01, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-189 NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGE WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast the launch of the next International Space Station crew Oct. 12 and the landing of the current crew Oct. 23. NASA's Expedition 18 Commander and Science Officer Mike Finc ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 30 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OFF WEST AFRICA Dust plumes blew off the west coast of northern Africa in late September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15093 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 29 2008 (Posted on Oct 01 2008 2:01PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE GULF COAST Hurricane Ike pushed water far inland over a wide swath of the Gulf Coast when the storm came as ...Continue Reading

Oct. 01, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 08-251 NASA'S MESSENGER SPACECRAFT RETURNS TO MERCURY WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys of Mercury on Oct. 6 to photograph most of its remaining unseen surface and collect science data. The MErcury Surface, ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 64 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S STS-129 MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:10:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S STS-129 MISSION September 30, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2008 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-247 'SMOG BLOG' FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN DEBUTS WASHINGTON -- NASA and its partners today unveiled a new way to connect satellite air quality data with communities in Central America and the Caribbean. The MesoAmerican and Caribbean Smog Blog, a Web site interpre ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-250 NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S STS-129 MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle Discovery's STS-129 mission. The flight will deliver two experiment racks to the International Space Station. Marine Col. Charlie Hobaugh wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 29 September 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON JANGMI Typhoon Jangmi was spinning off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines on September 26, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15085 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 28 2008 (Posted on Sep 29 2008 9:51AM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM RABAUL VOLCANO Rabaul Volcano released a plume of ash and steam in late September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa ...Continue Reading