The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER CENTRAL ASIA Dust plumes blew over central Asia in late March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37651&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 25, 2009 (Posted on Mar 25, 2009 4:47 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Heavy seasonal r ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2009 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Dominic Amatore Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6533 dominic.a.amatore@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-071 KING RETIRES AS DIRECTOR OF NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- David King, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., is retiring from the agency to accept a position as executive vice president of Dynetics in Huntsville, effective immediately. Robert M. ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2009 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: 09-069 NEW ASTRONAUT CREW LAUNCHES TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- The 19th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station launched into orbit Thursday morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Pa ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 114 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #20 2. NASA'S CONSTELLATION PROGRAM TESTS ORION RECOVERY PROCEDURES 3. STS-119 MCC Status Report #21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:42:32 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #20 STS-119 Report #20 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 7:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas After more than four months ...Continue Reading

March 25, 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: M09-046 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND SATURDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Discovery's crew is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 28. The return to Earth will conclu ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Florida 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-068 NASA'S CONSTELLATION PROGRAM TESTS ORION RECOVERY PROCEDURES WASHINGTON -- A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being tested in water under simulated and real landing weather conditions. Beginning March 23, a Navy-built, ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-047 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD TUESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 31, as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST EAST AND WEST OF THE RED SEA Dust stirred on either side of the Red Sea in late March 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37629&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 24, 2009 (Posted on Mar 24, 2009 5:14 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA Drenching ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Ruth Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-045 HAWAII STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SPECIAL CALL FROM SPACE HONOLULU -- The Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and Punahou School in Honolulu will host a live education downlink from space shuttle Discovery with STS-119 mission specialists Joe Acaba, Richard Arnold and Sandy Magnus. Acaba and Arnold are bot ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #18 2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:38:46 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #18 STS-119 Report #18 Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:30 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas The crew members on board space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station get a breat ...Continue Reading