March 19th 2008 PDT
Listserv readers: As a correction to this previous email, this event is actually not formally open to the public and seating is quite limited. However, if any readers of this listserv in the Washington, DC area would like to attend this event, please contact me directly as soon as possible at stephen.j.garber@nasa.gov and I will do my best to try to make sure there is room for you. My apologies for miscommunicating about this event. -Steve Gar ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2008 PDT
Readers of this listserv may be interested in attending this upcoming public event. An electronic, translated copy of Noordung's short book is available at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4026/cover.html and the preface and foreword sections provide excellent background information on who Noordung was and the significance of this book. *From:* Launius, Roger [mailto:LauniusR@si.edu] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:04 AM*To:* Garber, Stephen J. (HQ-TC000)*Cc:* Dick, Steven J. (HQ-TC000)*Subject ...Continue Reading
March 18th 2008 PDT
March 17, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-014 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR DESIGN STUDY OF LUNAR LANDING CRAFT HOUSTON - NASA's Constellation Program has selected five space-related companies to receive contract awards for a 210-day study to independently evaluate NASA's in-house design concept for ...Continue Reading
March 18th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 14 March 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER SYRIA AND IRAQ A dust storm struck the Middle East in mid-March 2008, blowing primarily through Syria and Iraq. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14746 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 15 2008 (Posted on Mar 17 2008 1:53PM) DUST STORM AT WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO A dust storm struck White Sands National Monument in mid-March, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3 ...Continue Reading
March 15th 2008 PDT
March 14, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-012 NASA AWARDS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded Rede-Critique of Metairie, La., the contract for Kennedy institutional support services. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has an estimated value of $45 million dur ...Continue Reading
March 15th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 13 March 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER THE SEA OF JAPAN A thick swath of smog and/or dust swept over the Sea of Japan on March 11, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14741 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 11 2008 (Posted on Mar 13 2008 9:20AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://ea ...Continue Reading
March 15th 2008 PDT
March 14, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-058 HUBBLE DETECTS ORGANIC MOLECULE ON AN EXTRASOLAR PLANET WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 19, to report on the first-ever detection of the organic molecule methane in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star. Though the planet is too hot to su ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2008 PDT
March 13, 2008 Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-082 SHAPING THE MOONSCAPE: WORKERS READY COURSE FOR NASA'S 15TH ANNUAL GREAT MOONBUGGY RACE IN HUNTSVILLE, ALA., APRIL 4-5 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Each year around this time, John Tripp walks across a lunar surface, pondering the challenges ahead for explorers brave enough to take on its cratered terrain. For now ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2008 PDT
March 13, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-057 NASA MEDIA BRIEFING PROVIDES CHECK-UP ON POLAR SEA ICE WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, March 18, at 12 p.m. EDT, to present the latest satellite observations of changing sea ice conditions in Earth's northern and southern polar regions. Last September, sea ice levels reached record summertime lows in the Arctic, continuing a decades-long decline. This month, sea ice ar ...Continue Reading
March 13th 2008 PDT
March 12, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Emily Outen/Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/757-344-7211 emily.s.outen@nasa.gov, h.k.henry@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-081 NASA READIES HARDWARE FOR TEST OF ASTRONAUT ESCAPE SYSTEM HAMPTON, Va. - NASA has completed production of hardware for use in the first flight test of the astronaut escape system for the Constellation Program's Orion ...Continue Reading
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