March 4, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-047 NASA TV TO BROADCAST MAIDEN LAUNCH OF EUROPE'S STATION CARGO SHIP HOUSTON - NASA Television coverage of the maiden launch of the European Space Agency's "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle, or ATV, to the International Space Station will begin Saturday, March 8, at 9:15 p.m. CST. Liftoff of the A ...Continue Reading

March 3, 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@email.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-073 NASA SPACECRAFT PHOTOGRAPHS AVALANCHES ON MARS Pasadena, Calif. -- A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole. The image shows tan clouds billowing away fr ...Continue Reading

March 3, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-046 NASA SETS INTERVIEWS WITH FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON - International Space Station Flight Director Dana Weigel will be available for satellite interviews Friday, March 7, from 6 to 8 a.m. CST. Weigel will lead NASA's Mission Control Center during the next space shuttle mission to the statio ...Continue Reading

Feb. 29, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-008 NASA AWARDS EXTERNAL TANK CONTRACT MODIFICATION WASHINGTON - NASA has signed a $47.5 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin, New Orleans, for space shuttle external fuel tanks. The modification aligns and extends all activities associated with the production contract to include final assembly o ...Continue Reading

Feb 28, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-043 HOME FROM SPACE, CHICAGO ASTRONAUT DANIEL TANI SET FOR INTERVIEWS HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Daniel Tani of Chicago, who returned to Earth Feb. 20 after approximately four months on the International Space Station, will be available for satellite interviews from 6 - 8 a.m. CST on Wednesday, March 5. Tani was part of the stat ...Continue Reading

Feb. 27, 2008 Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov, bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-007 NASA AWARDS CONSTELLATION PROGRAM SUPPORT CONTRACT WASHINGTON - NASA has awarded SGT Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., a contract for support services for Constellation Program, which is developing new spacecraft to travel beyond lo ...Continue Reading

Feb. 27, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/2087 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-068 NASA VIEWS LANDING SITE THROUGH EYES OF FUTURE MOON CREW WASHINGTON - NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region, with a resolution to 20 meters per pixel. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., collected the data usin ...Continue Reading

Feb. 27, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/2087 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-068 NASA'S NEWEST CONCEPT VEHICLE TAKES OFF-ROADING OUT OF THIS WORLD HOUSTON - In a car commercial, it would sound odd: active suspension, six-wheel drive with independent steering for each wheel, no doors, no windows, no seats and the only color available is gold. But NASA's latest concept vehicle is meant to go w ...Continue Reading

Feb. 27, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/1272 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@grc.nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-067 NASA TEAM DEMONSTRATES ROBOT TECHNOLOGY FOR MOON EXPLORATION CLEVELAND - During the 3rd Space Exploration Conference Feb. 26-28 in Denver, NASA will exhibit a robot rover equipped with a drill designed to find water an ...Continue Reading

Feb. 26, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-070 NASA ANNOUNCES AGENCY QUALITY AWARD WINNERS WASHINGTON - NASA has presented its highest honor for quality and technical performance, the George M. Low Award, to four companies committed to innovative management, process quality and customer service. The awards were presented Tuesday at NASA's fifth annual Project Management Challenge Conference in Daytona Beach, Fla. Winners received a trophy with a meda ...Continue Reading