March 09, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Lisa Mata Honeywell International, Morris Township, N.J. 973-455-4248 lisa.mata@honeywell.com RELEASE: 09-052 NASA AND HONEYWELL LAUNCH 2009 FMA LIVE! SPRING TOUR WASHINGTON -- NASA and Honeywell are kicking off the Spring 2009 tour of their award-winning science education program FMA LIVE! This innovative, traveling hip-hop science concert will reach more than 17,000 mi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN INDIA AND NORTHWEST BURMA Agricultural and other land-maintenance fires are common in eastern India and northwest Burma (Myanmar) during the winter dry season. Scores of fires were burning across the region on March 9, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37340 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Ma ...Continue Reading

March 09, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-036 NASA TV TO AIR TUESDAY'S SPACE STATION SPACEWALK HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the March 10 spacewalk of Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov. The pair will complete unfinished work from their December 2008 excursion outside the orbiting labor ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7643 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-052 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION ROCKETS TO SPACE IN SEARCH OF OTHER EARTHS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kepler mission ...Continue Reading

March 06, 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: M09-037 NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media briefings, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery. The STS-119 mission to the I ...Continue Reading

March 06, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-051 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH ON MARCH 11 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the Inte ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS MARCH 6 NEWS BRIEFING ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:44:53 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS MARCH 6 NEWS BRIEFING ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION March 5, 2009 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M09-035 NASA SETS MARCH 6 NEWS ...Continue Reading

March 5, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Larine Barr Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 937-522-3525 larine.barr@wpafb.af.mil RELEASE: 09-050 NASA AND AIR FORCE DESIGNATE NATIONAL HYPERSONIC SCIENCE CENTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA and the United States Air Force have designated three university and industry partners in California, Texas and Virgin ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- UTAH DUST STORM Strong winds created a dust storm in northern Utah on March 4, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37312 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 04, 2009 (Posted on Mar 05, 2009 12:57 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA Days of heavy rain ...Continue Reading

March 05, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-048 NASA HOSTS 'MISSION MADNESS' TOURNAMENT TO VOTE ON GREATEST MISSION WASHINGTON - March means tournament time for college basketball fans, and NASA wants to make sure space exploration fans aren't left out of the action. So, beginning March 9, the agency kicks off NASA's 2009 Mission Madness tournament. This inte ...Continue Reading