- NASA Awards Civil Design, Engineering and Services Contract
March 12, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.ste...@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beu...@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-013 NASA AWARDS CIVIL DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND SERVICES CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Jones Edmunds & Associates, - NASA Announces Systems Engineering Student Competition
March 12, 2010 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edward...@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.yo...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-064 NASA ANNOUNCES SYSTEMS ENGINEERING STUDENT COMPETITION WASHINGTON -- NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is - Heads of Agency International Space Station Joint Statement
March 11, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.brau...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-063 HEADS OF AGENCY INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JOINT STATEMENT TOKYO -- The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the United States met in - Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan
[link] Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 11, 2010 PASADENA, Calif. -- By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior. The subtle - NASA TV Provides Coverage of One Space Station Crew's Return to Earth and Another's Journey There
March 11, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembric...@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfi...@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-042 NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF ONE SPACE STATION CREW'S RETURN TO EARTH AND ANOTHER'S JOURNEY THERE - NASA TV Media Channel Provides Clean Feeds for News Organizations
March 11, 2010 Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.br...@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-044 NASA TV MEDIA CHANNEL PROVIDES CLEAN FEEDS FOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA Television provides a standard digital television channel as a resource for news media. The NASA Television media - Cassini Update - March 11, 2010
Cassini Significant Events for 03/03/10 - 03/09/10 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Mar. 9 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally. Information on the present position and speed of - NASA Offers 'FAST' Opportunities For Zero-G Technology Testing
March 11, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexan...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-064 NASA OFFERS 'FAST' OPPORTUNITIES FOR ZERO-G TECHNOLOGY TESTING WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced opportunities to test emerging technologies during flights on an airplane that simulates the - MRO HiRISE Images - March 10, 2010
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES March 10, 2010 o At the Summit of Arsia Mons Volcano [link] o Northern Hemisphere Gullies with Layers [link] o Candidate Landing Site in Possible Salt Playa [link] - NASA Hosts First-Ever Water Sustainability Forum March 16 -18
March 8, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trini...@nasa.gov Christina Valencia Launch, San Francisco 415-624-4832 christ...@launchorg.com RELEASE: 10-061 NASA HOSTS FIRST-EVER WATER SUSTAINABILITY FORUM MARCH 16 -18 WASHINGTON -- NASA today announced its founding partnership of Launch, - NASA Launches Interactive Simulation of Satellite Communications
March 9, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trini...@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.pru...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-062 NASA LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE SIMULATION OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA today unveiled an interactive computer - Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery
[link] Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 08, 2010 Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery. The operation on the historic - Mars Exploration Rovers Update: February 24 - March 3, 2010
[link] SPIRIT UPDATE: Winter Preparations Nearly Complete - sols 2185-2191, February 24 - March 02, 2010: Spirit is in her winter position, still embedded in the area called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts are nearing completion to prepare the rover for winter. Because - Student Teams Ready to Battle Lunar Terrain at NASA's 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
March 4, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexan...@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.sto...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-060 STUDENT TEAMS READY TO BATTLE LUNAR TERRAIN AT NASA'S 17TH ANNUAL GREAT MOONBUGGY RACE - NASA and NOAA's GOES-P Satellite Successfully Launched
March 4, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-350-0918 stephen.e.c...@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Suitland, Md. 301-713-2087 john.les...@noaa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.dil...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-059 - NASA Briefing Highlights Education Outreach During Next Shuttle Flight
March 5, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembric...@nasa.gov Jenna C Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.mad...@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-040 NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EDUCATION OUTREACH DURING NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT Next mission includes teacher turned astronaut Dottie - Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
[link] Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah? Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 04, 2010 Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan. Now, working with a "volunteer researcher" who has - Cassini Update - March 5, 2010
Cassini Significant Events for 02/24/10 - 03/02/10 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Mar. 2 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally. Information on the present - Mars Express: Phobos Flyby Success
[link] Phobos Flyby Success European Space Agency 4 March 2010 Mars Express encountered Phobos last night, smoothly skimming past at just 67 km, the closest any manmade object has ever approached Mars' enigmatic moon. The data collected could help unlock the origin of not - Herschel Finds Possible Life-Enabling Molecules in Space
[link] Herschel Finds Possible Life-Enabling Molecules in Space Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 04, 2010 The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potentially life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy. Herschel is led by the - Mars Dunes: On the Move?
[link] Mars Dunes: On the Move? Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 04, 2010 PASADENA, Calif. -- New studies of ripples and dunes shaped by the winds on Mars testify to variability on that planet, identifying at least one place where ripples are actively migrating and another where the ripples - Robot vs. Robot: Live In Washington and Across the Nation
March 4, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-039 ROBOT VS. ROBOT: LIVE IN WASHINGTON AND ACROSS THE NATION WASHINGTON -- NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms and sponsors, launches a nationwide series of high school robotics - NASA's International Space Station Program Wins Collier Trophy
March 3, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trini...@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphr...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-058 NASA'S INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM WINS COLLIER TROPHY WASHINGTON - NASA's International Space Station Program has won the - Science Team Says Giant Meteorite, Not Volcanoes, Killed Dinosaurs
[link] SCIENCE TEAM SAYS GIANT METEORITE, NOT VOLCANOES, KILLED DINOSAURS Ed Stiles Public Information Office Planetary Science Institute 520-248-7119 psin...@psi.edu March 4, 2010 - A team of scientists, including Elisabetta Pierazzo, a senior scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, has - NASA Mars Orbiter Speeds Past Data Milestone (MRO)
[link] NASA Mars Orbiter Speeds Past Data Milestone Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 03, 2010 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's newest Mars orbiter, completing its fourth year at the Red Planet next week, has just passed a data-volume milestone unimaginable a generation ago and still difficult to fathom: - MRO HiRISE Images - March 3, 2010
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES March 3, 2010 o Craters on an Ice-Rich Débris Apron [link] o Northern Meridiani Etched Terrain and Hematite Plains Contact [link] o Gullies and... Gullies? in Terra Sirenum [link] - Radar Map of Buried Martian Ice Adds to Climate Record (MRO)
[link] Radar Map of Buried Martian Ice Adds to Climate Record Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 02, 2010 PASADENA, Calif. -- Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble. - Mars Express Heading for Closest Flyby of Phobos
[link] Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos European Space Agency 1 March 2010 ESA's Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos on Wednesday evening. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the mysterious moon. - Aquarius Satellite Shaken By Quake, But Not Stirred
[link] Salt-Seeking Satellite Shaken By Quake, But Not Stirred Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 01, 2010 NASA's Aquarius instrument, and the Argentinian spacecraft that will carry it into space, the Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC-D), successfully rode out one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history - NASA Announces Agency Center Management Changes
March 1, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.good...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-054 NASA ANNOUNCES AGENCY CENTER MANAGEMENT CHANGES WASHINGTON -- Administrator Charles F. Bolden announced Monday leadership changes involving three of the agency's field centers, including NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., - NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on Moon
March 1, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trini...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-055 NASA RADAR FINDS ICE DEPOSITS AT MOON'S NORTH POLE; ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF WATER ACTIVITY ON MOON WASHINGTON -- Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near - MESSENGER's Odometer Reading: Four Billion Miles!
[link] MESSENGER Mission News February 27, 2010 MESSENGER's Odometer Reading: Four Billion Miles! Today the MESSENGER spacecraft crossed the four-billion-mile mark since its launch. The probe has completed about 81 percent of its journey toward its destination to be the first spacecraft inserted into orbit - NASA Opens High Frontier to Education and Not-For-Profit Groups
Feb. 26, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembric...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-052 NASA OPENS HIGH FRONTIER TO EDUCATION AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT GROUPS WASHINGTON -- NASA is announcing a new initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites for education and not-for-profit - NASA Pioneer Aaron Cohen Dies
Feb. 26, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.ste...@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfi...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-053 NASA PIONEER AARON COHEN DIES WASHINGTON -- Spaceflight pioneer Aaron Cohen, a former director of - Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report - February 26, 2010
Feb. 26, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.dil...@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-022610 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-P) Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Launch Pad: Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Cassini: Rhea Flyby on March 2, 2010
[link] Cassini Rhea Flyby (R-2) - March 2, 2010 Cassini swoops down to within about 100 kilometers of Rhea to "sniff" the moon. Particle and fields instruments will try to determine what is coming off Rhea. The last targeted flyby of Rhea happened in November 2005. - NASA Announces 2010 Carl Sagan Fellows
[link] NASA Announces 2010 Carl Sagan Fellows Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 26, 2010 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA has selected seven scientists as recipients of Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in exoplanet exploration for 2010. The Sagan Fellowships support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists - New Horizons: The Approach Begins
[link] New Horizons The Approach Begins February 25, 2010 Another milestone passed! Today NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is 15.96 astronomical units (about 2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) from the Sun - putting it halfway between Earth's location on - NASA Extends Johnson Space Center Facilities Contract
Feb. 25, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.ste...@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfi...@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-010 NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FACILITIES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA exercised two one-year extension options with a - Cassini: Helene Flyby on March 3, 2010
[link] Cassini Helene (Quasi-targeted) Flyby - March 3, 2010 Helene Quasi-targeted Flyby Following a day after a targeted flyby of the moon Rhea, the Cassini spacecraft makes its closest approach of the mission to Helene at about 1,800 kilometers (1,131 miles). The small moon is referred to as a - Cassini Update - February 26, 2010
Cassini Significant Events for 02/17/10 - 02/23/10 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Feb. 23 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Canberra, Australia. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally. Information on the present - Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: February 22-24, 2010
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES February 22-24, 2010 o Gale Crater (22 February 2010) [link] o Dunes (23 February 2010) [link] o Pasteur Crater (24 February 2010) [link] All of the THEMIS images are archived here: - No Signal Heard During First Day of Resumed Listening for Phoenix
[link] No Signal Heard During First Day of Resumed Listening for Phoenix Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 23, 2010 Mars Odyssey and Phoenix Mars Lander Missions Status Report PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Odyssey began a second campaign Monday to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has revived itself after the - Mars Express to Make Closest Ever Approach to Phobos
[link] Mars Express to make closest ever approach to Phobos European Space Agency 24 Feb 2010 On 3 March 2010 Mars Express will make its closest ever approach to Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons. During a series of flybys, spanning six weeks, all seven instruments onboard Mars Express will be - NASA and Italian Space Agency Find New Use for Module
Feb. 26, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.cu...@nasa.gov Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.brau...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-044 NASA AND ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY FIND NEW USE FOR MODULE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Italian Space Agency announced a new use - NASA Ground-Breaking Unearths New Generation Of Deep Space Network Antennas
Feb. 25, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trini...@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jia-rui.c.c...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-050 NASA GROUND-BREAKING UNEARTHS NEW GENERATION OF DEEP SPACE NETWORK ANTENNAS - NASA's Space Shuttle Program Successfully Conducts Final Motor Test In Utah
Feb. 25, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trini...@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e....@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-057 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS FINAL MOTOR TEST IN UTAH HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final - Dawn Journal - February 24, 2010
[link] Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman February 24, 2010 Dear Dawnthropoids, Pushing ever farther into space, deeper into the asteroid belt, Dawn is continuing to progress smoothly on its solar system journey. The spacecraft spends most days climbing away from the Sun atop - Science Team From Ames Research Center Wins 2009 NASA Software Of Year Award
Feb. 25, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexan...@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.pru...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-049 SCIENCE TEAM FROM AMES RESEARCH CENTER WINS 2009 NASA SOFTWARE OF YEAR AWARD MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The NASA World Wind Java computer program - MRO HiRISE Images - February 24, 2010
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES February 24, 2010 o DTM: Channels from Hale Crater [link] o A Field of Secondary Craters [link] o Central Deposits in Pasteur Crater [link] |