[Thursday, April 1, 2010] 13,000 years ago the Earth was struck by thousands of Tunguska-sized cometary fragments over the course of an hour, leading to a dramatic cooling of the planet, according to astronomer Professor Bill Napier.

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[Thursday, April 1, 2010] I understand you will visit Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2010, presumably to provide details on your vision and plan for America's human space flight program.

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[Thursday, April 1, 2010] Fifty years ago, the world's first weather satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., opening a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting.

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[Thursday, April 1, 2010] Astronomers have their eyes on a hot group of young stars, watching their every move like the paparazzi.

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[Thursday, April 1, 2010] NASA engineers and contractors have worked together for the past two years on a technology that would make it easier for future space vehicles to dock to the International Space Station.

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[Thursday, April 1, 2010] "Hubble: A Journey Through Space and Time" takes an in-depth look at this unique, ground-breaking telescope. It serves as an authoritative account of the observatory, which has revolutionized astronomy and photography.

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[Friday, April 2, 2010] NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko safely launched to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Friday.

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[Saturday, April 3, 2010] Certification of the Falcon 9 FTS and subsequent range availability will put the first Falcon 9 test launch towards the latter half of the anticipated March-May window, with the first attempt no earlier than May 8, 2010.

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[Sunday, April 4, 2010] Soyuz TMA-18/22S docked successfully this morning at 1:25am ED at the MRM2 (Mini Research Module 2), 3 minutes ahead of schedule, ~20 min after local sunrise, on Soyuz orbit #34 (DO2).

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery lit up Florida's Space Coast sky about 45 minutes before sunrise Monday with a 6:21 a.m. EDT launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] A geomagnetic storm began at 05:55 AM EST Monday, April 5, 2010. Space weather storm levels reached Strong (G3) levels on the Geomagnetic Storms Space Weather Scale.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] Eighth grade students and children of the military community in California's Monterey Peninsula area will speak with astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth on Saturday, April 10.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] NASA, U.S. Navy and university researchers have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] The newest bird in NASA's flock -- the unmanned Global Hawk -- took off at 7 a.m. Pacific time today (April 2) from Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] From April 5 through April 9, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will conduct a third campaign to check whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has come back to life after experiencing a Martian arctic winter it was not designed to survive.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit skipped a planned communication session on March 30 and, as anticipated from recent power-supply projections, has probably entered a low-power hibernation mode.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] There seems to be a general consensus forming behind the scenes as to what sort of rethinking might be acceptable to all parties with regard to where NASA human spaceflight is going.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] The bill, sponsored by Senator Don Gaetz (R-Destin), entitled "Jobs for Florida" (SB1752), includes critical funding for Florida's aerospace industry.

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[Monday, April 5, 2010] Undergraduate and graduate students who want to apply for a NASA internship or fellowship soon will have access to all of NASA's opportunities at one Web site.

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[Tuesday, April 6, 2010] The cliche that youth grow up so fast is about to take on a new twist. This is due to the discovery of a very young planet-like object (with a mass somewhere between 5-10 times that of Jupiter), paired with a low-mass brown dwarf.

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[Tuesday, April 6, 2010] Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. (MSSS), has delivered the last two of four science cameras it developed for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover mission.

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[Tuesday, April 6, 2010] NASA has signed a $335 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related services in 2013 and 2014.

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[Tuesday, April 6, 2010] Ancient rocks hold ample evidence that the early Earth was awash in liquid water - a planetary ocean of it. So something must have compensated for the reduced solar output and kept Earth's water wet.

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[Wednesday, April 7, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew took up temporary residence at the International Space Station with a smooth rendezvous and docking at 2:44 a.m. CDT Wednesday, April 7.

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[Thursday, April 8, 2010] Administrator Bolden and Deputy Administrator Garver will outline the next steps in implementing the new exploration strategy outlined in the 2011 fiscal year budget proposal.

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[Thursday, April 8, 2010] Europe's first mission dedicated to studying the Earth's ice was launched today from Kazakhstan.

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[Thursday, April 8, 2010] 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.

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[Thursday, April 8, 2010] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver briefed reporters on Thursday, April 8, about the next steps in implementing the agency's new exploration initiatives outlined in the new fiscal year 2011 budget.

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[Thursday, April 8, 2010] For the first time, scientists have detected clear signs of recent lava flows on the surface of Venus.

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[Friday, April 9, 2010] Discovery Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson wound up a 6-hour, 27-minute spacewalk at 6:58 a.m. CDT

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[Saturday, April 10, 2010] Upon waking, the seven astronauts onboard Discovery and the International Space Station's Expedition 23 crew learned the mission would be extended one day to allow for a docked inspection of the shuttle's thermal protection system.

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[Sunday, April 11, 2010] Astronauts on space shuttle Discovery will enjoy some well-deserved off duty time in the morning, then continue to transfer items from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and prepare for the final spacewalk of the mission in the afternoon.

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[Sunday, April 11, 2010] Media are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A and the STS-132 crew's launch dress rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

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[Monday, April 12, 2010] Environmental Tectonics Corporation's NASTAR Center announced today that it is the first entity to receive a Safety Approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation.

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[Monday, April 12, 2010] Today, U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet met with NASA Administrator, General Charlie Bolden, to urge President Obama to re-evaluate his proposed cancellation of the Constellation program.

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[Monday, April 12, 2010] 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.

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[Monday, April 12, 2010] Bring the excitement of robotics and the STS-131 mission into the classroom with these resources available online.

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[Monday, April 12, 2010] 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.

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[Monday, April 12, 2010] America is faced with the near-simultaneous ending of the Shuttle program and your recent budget proposal to cancel the Constellation program. This is wrong for our country for many reasons

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[Tuesday, April 13, 2010] The Conrad Foundation's 2010 Innovation Summit concluded over the weekend with the announcement of this year's Spirit of Innovation Award winners

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[Tuesday, April 13, 2010] On Thursday, April 15, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the President will outline a bold strategy for human spaceflight that increases the NASA budget by $6 billion over the next five years.

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[Wednesday, April 14, 2010] Astronomers have snapped a picture of three planets orbiting a star beyond our own using a modest-sized telescope on the ground.

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[Wednesday, April 14, 2010] 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.

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[Wednesday, April 14, 2010] NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station.

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[Wednesday, April 14, 2010] NASA will hold a conference following President Obama's remarks about the bold new course the administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human spaceflight on Thursday, April 15, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Wednesday, April 14, 2010] Towards the end of its life, in around 5 billion years time, our Sun will evolve into a red giant star.

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[Wednesday, April 14, 2010] ESA's CryoSat-2 has delivered its first data just hours after ground controllers switched on the satellite's sophisticated radar instrument for the first time.

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[Thursday, April 15, 2010] Millennia from now, when the vast majority of the 20th century is reduced to a few footnotes known only to erudite scholars of history, they will still remember that was when we first set foot upon a heavenly body.

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[Thursday, April 15, 2010] In the years that have followed, the Space Race inspired a generation of scientists and innovators, including - I'm sure - many of you. It has contributed to immeasurable technological advances that have improved our health and well-being.

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[Thursday, April 15, 2010] The Commercial Spaceflight Federation strongly endorsed President Obama's space vision today.

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[Friday, April 16, 2010] As the solar wind flows over natural obstructions on the moon, it may charge polar lunar craters to hundreds of volts, according to new calculations by NASA's Lunar Science Institute team.

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[Friday, April 16, 2010] Join the Lunar and Planetary Institute on April 21, 2010, for a live video webcast with Delia Santiago. She will discuss an exciting new citizen scientist program called MoonZoo. The rest of the conversation is up to you!

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[Friday, April 16, 2010] This week in Washington, DC thousands of people will descend on the National Mall to see a variety of clean energy ideas as part of Earth Day. One of the pieces of technology on display is co-sponsored by the Challenger Center for Space Science Education.

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[Friday, April 16, 2010] 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.

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[Saturday, April 17, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 7:52 a.m. CDT, ending a stay of 10 days, 5 hours and 8 minutes. The visit included three spacewalks and delivery of more than seven tons of equipment and supplies.

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[Saturday, April 17, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Monday, April 19, after a 14-day mission. NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before permitting Discovery to land.

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[Monday, April 19, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery will spend another day in orbit after two landing opportunities at Kennedy Space Center in Florida were foiled by clouds and rain in the area.

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[Monday, April 19, 2010] In its first five years in orbit, NASA's Swift satellite has given astronomers more than they could have hoped for.

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[Monday, April 19, 2010] Aerospace companies must consider offering newly recruited workers flexible job assignments and a variety of projects to remain competitive with other scientific fields of employment.

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[Tuesday, April 20, 2010] Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT landing Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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[Tuesday, April 20, 2010] NASA and the National Science Teachers Association, or NSTA, have selected high school teachers from Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Missouri, New York, North Carolina and Washington to fly an experiment in microgravity.

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[Wednesday, April 21, 2010] NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered something odd about a distant planet -- it lacks methane, an ingredient common to many of the planets in our solar system.

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[Thursday, April 22, 2010] NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun's dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

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[Thursday, April 22, 2010] In the coming years, NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) intends to build a room-sized test cell that simulates the physical conditions on the surface of Venus.

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[Thursday, April 22, 2010] NASA is investigating the availability and feasibility of options for expanding its capability to provide in-space habitation systems for rodents (rats & mice) for scientific research on the International Space Station (ISS).

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[Thursday, April 22, 2010] A team from NASA, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by launching educational climate science activities on the National Park Service WebRangers site.

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[Thursday, April 22, 2010] The Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334, is a huge stellar nursery, the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars.

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[Thursday, April 22, 2010] Robert Dickman, executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, today issued the following statement in support of HR 5903, the "Space to Schools Act of 2010":

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[Friday, April 23, 2010] As the Hubble Space Telescope achieves the major milestone of two decades on orbit, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute are celebrating Hubble's journey of exploration with a stunning new picture and several online educational activities.

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[Friday, April 23, 2010] Observations with Subaru Telescope's Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) have revealed an extended structure of the spiral galaxy Messier 81 (M81) that may hold a key to understanding the formation of galaxies.

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[Friday, April 23, 2010] Mineta stated, "As President Barack Obama outlined in a historic speech last week, NASA will now partner with commercial space companies to bring that Silicon Valley spirit to all of NASA and breathe new life into the space industry."

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[Monday, April 26, 2010] New images from ESA's Planck space observatory reveal the forces driving star formation and give astronomers a way to understand the complex physics that shape the dust and gas in our Galaxy.

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[Monday, April 26, 2010] About 10 miles off the Santa Barbara coast, at the bottom of the Santa Barbara Channel, a series of impressive landmarks rise from the sea floor.

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[Monday, April 26, 2010] Scientists study 'glaciovolcanoes,' mountains of fire and ice, in Iceland, British Columbia, US Study of volcano-ice interaction offers window into geologic past and clues about Earth's long-term climate cycles.

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[Monday, April 26, 2010] NASA is partnering with the Space Grant Consortia of Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming in the Summer of Innovation initiative to use the agency's out-of-this-world missions and technology programs to boost summer learning.

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[Monday, April 26, 2010] We sent out a manager information packet March 26 to give you accurate FY 2011 budget request information. In the interest of providing you with the most current information possible, we want to send you this update on the study teams and their progress.

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[Monday, April 26, 2010] NASA is operating a share of the United States accommodations on the International Space Station as a national laboratory in accordance with Section 507 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-155).

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] NASA will hold a news media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, April 28, to discuss the status of agency-sponsored astrobiology research, including the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life and the study of how life began on Earth.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] Please join Administrator Charlie Bolden as he addresses the entire NASA workforce during a brief program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, April 28, at noon EDT.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] The director of NASA's Ames Research Center, S. Pete Worden, was recognized Tuesday by The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation for his leadership in space exploration.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] These ESA Envisat images capture the oil that is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico after a drilling rig exploded and sank off the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, USA, on 22 April.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be gliding low over Saturn's moon Enceladus for a gravity experiment designed to probe the moon's interior composition.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that it successfully launched the first Minotaur IV rocket in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) program.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] The ultimate goal of this research is to develop a system applicable to future habitation modules deployed on the lunar surface or in space.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] Bacteria common to spacecraft may be able to survive the harsh environs of Mars long enough to inadvertently contaminate Mars with terrestrial life.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] From better brakes and safer tires to heat-resistant paint and cleaner emissions, NASA's contributions to the racing world will be featured in the traveling exhibit the weekend of April 30-May 1 at the Richmond International Raceway.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] We present an updated dynamical and statistical analysis of outer Oort cloud cometary evidence suggesting the sun has a wide-binary Jovian mass companion.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] Taking advantage of NASA's 'Operation Ice Bridge' campaign, measurements of Arctic sea ice have been made from an aircraft flying directly under CryoSat-2's orbital path.

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[Tuesday, April 27, 2010] ESA's small Proba-1 Earth-watcher has pinpointed the source of the ash that recently paralysed Europe, peering in high resolution from 600 km up at the volcano smouldering through Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull glacier.

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[Wednesday, April 28, 2010] The cold hard facts of the discovery of the frosty mixture on one of the asteroid belt's largest occupants, suggests that some asteroids, along with their celestial brethren, comets, were the water carriers for a primordial Earth.

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[Thursday, April 29, 2010] A new NASA study of Earth's polar ozone layer reinforces scientists' understanding of how human-produced chlorine chemicals involved in the destruction of ozone interact with each other.

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[Thursday, April 29, 2010] NASA Television will provide live coverage of the May 6 launch of the Pad Abort 1 flight test. The broadcast will begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT from the launch site at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, N.M.

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[Thursday, April 29, 2010] I have come home to Houston and JSC to address a critical issue for our Agency and the actions I feel will be necessary for our Nation to achieve a more exciting and productive future in space.

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[Thursday, April 29, 2010] New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton strengthens the case that two mid-sized black holes exist close to the center of a nearby starburst galaxy.

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[Thursday, April 29, 2010] With the help of amateur astronomers, the composite infrared spectrometer instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken its first look at a massive blizzard in Saturn's atmosphere.

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[Friday, April 30, 2010] NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites are helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keep tabs on the extent of the recent Gulf oil spill with satellite images from time to time.

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