Sept. 26, 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 Glenn Petersen U.S. Chess Federation, Crossville, Tenn. 732-252-8388 gpetersen@uschess.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-184 NASA ASTRONAUT IN SPACE CHALLENGES EARTHLINGS IN CHESS MATCH HOUSTON -- It will be Earth vs. space in a unique chess match, and you can help Earth win. NASA and the U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) are teaming up to ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 108 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. LIVE SPACE TALK NOW AVAILABLE 24/7 ON NASA WEB SITE 2. NASA STARDUST CAPSULE TO GO ON DISPLAY AT SMITHSONIAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:26:26 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: LIVE SPACE TALK NOW AVAILABLE 24/7 ON NASA WEB SITE September 25, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202- ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 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: M08-183 NASA TO DISCUSS PHOENIX MARS MISSION SCIENCE DATA WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Monday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss the latest developments, findings and upcoming science opportunities of the Phoenix Mars Lander. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters' James E. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-245 NASA STARDUST CAPSULE TO GO ON DISPLAY AT SMITHSONIAN WASHINGTON -- Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's Na ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Leslie McCarthy Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York 212-678-5507 leslie.m.mccarthy@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 202-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-242 SEND YOUR NAME AROUND THE EARTH ON NASA'S GLORY MISSION WASHINGTON - Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA's Glory satellite, the first miss ...Continue Reading

The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of 2007 AVHRR Pathfinder SST data. We will be upgrading late 2005 and all 2006 data Pathfinder data sets with the finalized version 5 products. The PO.DAAC is also re-organizing this distinguished long running product into distinct daytime and nighttime directories from 1985 through 2007. POET access to this data will be unavailable for a couple of days until upgrades are completed. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= User Se ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-182 LIVE SPACE TALK NOW AVAILABLE 24/7 ON NASA WEB SITE HOUSTON -- Conversations between astronauts aboard the International Space Station and flight controllers on the ground now are available for the public to hear live, 24 hours a day, seven days a week on NASA's Web site, www.nasa.gov . The streaming ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 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 Lori Stiles University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 lstiles@u.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-244 NASA ORBITER REVEALS ROCK FRACTURE PLUMBING ON MARS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of wat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 September 2008. -- FLOOD (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN ORISSA, INDIA A tropical storm and ongoing monsoon rains pushed the rivers in the east Indian state of Orissa to dangerous levels in September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15082 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 20 2008 (Posted on Sep 25 2008 1:27PM) FLOODS ON THE RIO GRANDE Rains in northern Mexico pushed the Rio Grande to near-record levels in mid-September 2008. * http:// ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-243 NASA DISCUSSES LUNAR EXPLORATION CONCEPTS AND PLANS WASHINGTON -- NASA managers briefed industry representatives, members of academia and reporters Thursday about the agency's initial plans for the Ares V heavy-lift rocket and Altair lunar lander. The Ares V and Altair are part of a fleet of vehicles NASA is developing for a new space transp ...Continue Reading