Author: N.A.S.A.

NASA centers across the nation invite journalists and the public to see and hear about the agency’s contributions to exploring and protecting our home planet during this year’s Earth Day celebrations.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…Earth_Day.html

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images of lightning on Saturn. The images have allowed scientists to create the first movie showing lightning flashing on another planet.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…lightning.html

NASA will hold a news briefing and unveil initial images from the Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 21, in the atrium of the Newseum.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…1st_Light.html

During the next space shuttle mission, NASA will host two Tweetups to give the public an insider’s look at the nation’s space program.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_Tweetups.html

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…onference.html

NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission, the final scheduled flight of space shuttle Atlantis, during a series of news briefings Monday, May 3, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…reflights.html

NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…10-086_R2.html

NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has selected five companies to provide the agency with support for analytical and experimental research and technology development, primarily for aerospace vehicles.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…C_SMAAART.html

NASA and the State of Hawaii agreed Tuesday to collaborate in a variety of activities involving small satellite development, advanced aviation, space exploration, education and science.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…awaii_SAA.html

A new agreement between NASA and Chrysler may put rocket science on the road and automotive technologies in space.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…rtnership.html

On the afternoon of Thursday, April 15 President Barack Obama will visit Cape Canaveral, Florida and deliver remarks on the bold new course the Administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…ma_at_KSC.html

NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to M&D Mechanical Contractors, Inc. of Decator, Ala., to provide general construction services at the center.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…struction.html

In a unique collaboration between national space agencies, the United States and Japan began combining elements of their satellite resources on Monday to increase a critical type of Earth observation data.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…NASA-JAXA.html

Astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth will speak with students in Gibsonville, N.C., on Wednesday, April 14.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…1_NC_link.html

The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 6:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 14.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…onference.html

NASA has successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk unpiloted aircraft system over the Pacific Ocean.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…80_GloPac.html

For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…Volcanoes.html

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver presented an outline for new and extended program assignments across the agency Thursday in support of the president’s fiscal year 2011 budget request.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…signments.html

Whether using social networks to allow students to interact directly with astronauts, or creating a cloud computing platform to give unprecedented access to scientific data, NASA’s embrace of Open Government has made it a leader among federal agencies.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…_Open_Gov.html

NASA has set a launch date and a media preview day for its next flight test, called Pad Abort 1.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010…PA-1_Test.html