Jan. 14, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma, Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120/344-7211 h.k.henry@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-009 JOURNALISTS INVITED TO SEE NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET TEST HARDWARE HAMPTON, Va. -- Reporters are invited to see spaceflight hardware at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., before it is airlifted to Florida for an important launch demonstra ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2009 Ashley Edwards, Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards1-@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-005 NASA TESTS ENGINE TECHNOLOGY FOR LANDING ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A technology development engine that may help NASA safely retur ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-008 NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Thursday, Jan. 22, at 1 p.m. CST, with the next resident crew of the International Space Station. The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Ho ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-007 NASA ASTRONAUT CONNECTS WITH UTAH STUDENTS FROM SPACE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Media are invited to witness a chat between students from Utah's only NASA Explorer School and Expedition 18 astronaut Sandra Magnus, who is aboard the International Space ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-006 SHUTTLE CREW TO VISIT NASA HEADQUARTERS, AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON -- NASA Headquarters will welcome the astronauts of the STS-126 space shuttle mission on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. EST. The crew completed a 16-day flight on Nov. 30 and delivered equipment to the International Space Station that will allow the outpost to house up to six astronauts for long-duration stays. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rita Karl Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Va. 703-535-1345 rkarl@challenger.org RELEASE: 09-007 NASA AND CHALLENGER CENTER ANNOUNCE NAME OF ANTARCTIC HABITAT WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education have selected the winner of the Antarctic habitat naming contest. The name "Resolution" took top honors in the & ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN GHANA Agricultural fires are widespread across Ghana in the dry season. This image shows hundreds of fires in Ghana and neighboring countries on January 11, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36511 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 11, 2009 (Posted on Jan 12, 2009 11:08 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-004 ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY FOREIGN MEDIA BADGING CLOSES JAN. 23 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- International journalists planning to attend the launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, at Vandenber ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-005 NASA SCIENCE UPDATE TO DISCUSS MARS ATMOSPHERE ACTIVITY WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a science update at 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 15, to discuss analysis of the Martian atmosphere that raises the possibility of life or geologic activity. The briefing will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA NAMES TEAM OF TEXAS SCIENTISTS TO LUNAR INSTITUTE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:08:04 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA NAMES TEAM OF TEXAS SCIENTISTS TO LUNAR INSTITUTE Jan. 9, 2009 William P. Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J09-001 NASA NAMES TEAM OF TEXAS SCIENTISTS TO LUNAR INSTITUTE HOUSTON—NASA has selected a t ...Continue Reading