May 04, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-020 NASA SELECTS FUTURE PROJECTS TO STUDY MARS AND MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury. The projects, valued at approximately $38 million, also establish new alliances with the European Space Agency, or ESA. "The selections will furth ...Continue Reading

May 04, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stepanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-075 NASA CONNECTS ATLANTA STUDENTS TO ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE STATION **CORRECTION: This version corrects the date in the first sentence to Tuesday, May 5.** WASHINGTON -- Students from ...Continue Reading

May 4, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schieholz@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-095 NASA INVITES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR INSPIRE PROJECT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, known as Inspire, is accepting applications from high school students through June 30. NASA will make selections in September. The selectees will partici ...Continue Reading

May 04, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stepanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-075 NASA CONNECTS ATLANTA STUDENTS TO ASTRONAUTS ON SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- Students from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Atlanta will participate in an out-of-t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN RUSSIA In late April 2009, widespread fires burned in the Amur River region of eastern Russia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38399&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 29, 2009 (Posted on May 01, 2009 2:07 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM D ...Continue Reading

-----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 10:46 PM To: Jim Kirkpatrick Subject: Eilene Galloway Dear Jim, Eilene Galloway passed away at her home in DC on Saturday May 2. Her son Jonathan Galloway has asked me to distribute her obituary, which I wrote for her. It contains everything she wanted people to know about her. Regards, Linda Billings ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- The following informa ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-073 NASA OFFICIALS TO PREVIEW START OF SIX-PERSON CREW ON SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA will discuss the inauguration of six-person crew operations aboard the International Space Station in a briefing scheduled for 1 p.m. CDT, Thursday, May 6, at the Johnson Space ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-074 NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis. The shuttle's STS-125 mis ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-018 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR SUPPORT AT MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Jacobs Technology of Tullahoma, Tenn., to receive the manufacturing support and facilities operations contract at the Michoud Facility Assembly in eastern New ...Continue Reading

May 01, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315/344-6111 marny.skora@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-019 NASA SELECTS NORTHROP GRUMMAN TO BUILD EARTH SCIENCE INSTRUMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman of Redondo Beach, Calif., to support the design, manufacture, a ...Continue Reading