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The Marshall News Release archive contains the latest news, media advisories, and status reports from Marshall, organized by date and year.

Chandra X-ray view of Earth’s polar region, shown on a simulated image of the Earth. 12.29.05: Chandra Looks Back at the Earth



Artist rendering of a small, powerful meteor strike on the Moon 12.23.05: NASA Astronomers Spot Rare Lunar Meteor Strike


12.23.05: International Space Station Expedition 12 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending December 23, 2005

12.12.05: International Space Station Expedition 12 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending December 9, 2005

12.08.05: NASA Helps High School 'Rocket Scientists'

John Chapman 12.05.05: John Chapman Selected to Lead External Tank Project Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center


Chandra X-ray image of the Perseus galaxy cluster 12.01.05: Chandra Proves Black Hole Influence Is Far Reaching


11.23.05: Marshall Center to Usher in Holiday Season With Tree Lighting Ceremony

11.17.05: NASA Brings Veteran Astronaut, Vision for Space Exploration to Murfreesboro Students

Chandra and optical image of the Supernova Remnants DEM L316. 11.17.05: Chandra Reveals Cat-shaped Image of Exploded Stars


11.15.05: NASA Brings Moon, Mars Experience to Homestead-Miami Speedway

11.14.05: NASA Brings Veteran Astronaut, Vision for Space Exploration to North Little Rock Students

Patricia Puckett 11.14.05: Ardmore Native Patricia Kay Puckett Honored With Women's Equality Day Award at NASA's Marshall Center

Teresa Foley-Batts 11.10.05: Nashville Native Teresa Foley-Batts Honored With Women's Equality Day Award at NASA's Marshall Center

Rose Caudle 11.10.05: Morrilton Native Rose Caudle Honored With Women's Equality Day Award at NASA's Marshall Center

Pam Bourque 11.10.05: Broussard Native Pamela Bourque Honored With Women's Equality Day Award at NASA's Marshall Center

11.09.05: NASA Brings Moon, Mars Experience to Florida Air Show

Michael Rudolphi 11.08.05: Michael Rudolphi to Lead NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Engineering Directorate


Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. 11.08.05: Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. Selected to Lead Space Shuttle Propulsion Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

STS-114 astronauts Steve Robinson, Jim Kelly, Andy Thomas, Wendy Lawrence, Charlie Camarda, Eileen Collins and Soichi Noguchi. 11.07.05: Space Shuttle STS-114 Crew to Visit NASA’s Marshall Center Nov. 9


Martin Kress 11.07.05: Martin Kress, Former NASA Center Deputy, Named Executive Director of National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Chandra X-ray image of the star cluster Westerlund 1 11.02.05: Neutron Star Discovered Where a Black Hole Was Expected


A 520-second space shuttle main engine test-firing at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi successfully demonstrated several objectives, including an improved engine monitoring system from start to cut-off. The continuing test series further enhances safety, reliability and overall performance of the space shuttle. 10.25.05: NASA Successfully Tests Space Shuttle Main Engine


10.25.05: International Space Station Expedition 12 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending October 21, 2005

10.24.05: NASA’s Marshall Center to Observe Safety Day Thursday, Oct. 27, Focusing on Lessons Learned and Risk-Management

10.18.05: Astronaut Helps Students Take Photographs from Space Station

10.14.05: NASA to Bring Moon, Mars Experience to California Speedway Oct. 15-16

Chandra X-ray image of the Milky Way galaxy, centered around the super-massive black hole, Sagittarius A*. 10.13.05: Stars Form Surprisingly Close to Milky Way's Black Hole


Roy Malone 10.13.05: Roy Malone, NASA Marshall Center Deputy Director for Safety and Mission Assurance, Appointed to Senior Executive Service

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, left, presents Jeffrey Jackson with an Exceptional Achievement Award. 10.12.05: East Ridge, Tenn., Native Jeffrey Jackson Receives NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal


10.07.05: Festival, annual youth conference highlight NASA, Redstone Arsenal Hispanic Heritage Month activities Oct. 13-14

Charles Scales 10.06.05: Charles Scales named Deputy Director, Office Of Center Operations at NASA's Marshall Center

10.05.05: NASA selects 140 innovative small business projects

10.05.05: NASA to bring the Moon, Mars experience to New Mexico

Artist concept of Gravity Probe B orbiting the Earth to measure space-time, a four-dimensional description of the universe including height, width, length and time. 10.03.05: NASA'S Gravity Probe B Mission Completes Data Collection

09.30.05: NASA’s Marshall Center to Host Breast Cancer Awareness Program, Ribbon Walk

09.28.05: Horowitz Leads NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate

Dan Irwin, left, and Guatemalan builder Tito Chi tour the Carlos Soza Manzanero Community Playground in San Andres, Guatemala. 09.28.05: NASA'S Daniel Irwin Builds Environmental Monitoring Systems -- and Playgrounds -- to Improve Life in Rural Central America

A fully-deployed solar sail system developed by L'Garde Inc. of Tustin, Calif. 09.27.05: NASA, Industry Partners Complete Tests of Solar Sails


09.26.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending September 23, 2005

09.23.05: Marshall Space Flight Center Prepares to Implement Space Exploration Missions

Chandra image of Tycho’s supernova remnant 09.22.05: Tycho's Remnant Provides Shocking Evidence for Cosmic Rays


09.19.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending September 16, 2005

09.16.05: NASA's Bruce Anderson Named Chief Operating Officer of National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville

09.14.05: NASA's Marshall Center Continues to Aid Recovery of Coastal NASA Sites

09.13.05: NASA Awards Support Services Contract to Huntsville, Ala., Firm

09.08.05: NASA's Marshall Center Opens Relocation Assistance Center for Hurricane-Displaced NASA Employees

Dr. Rob Suggs and Dr. Bill Cooke 08.31.05: NASA Marshall Center Astronomers' Names Are Now 'in The Stars' With Asteroids Bearing Their Names

NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 08.31.05: NASA Researchers Back Home After Successful Tropical Storm Tracking Mission in Costa Rica

Earth as seen from NASA’S MESSENGER spacecraft. 08.26.05: See Earth From Mercury-Bound Spacecraft



Dr. Mian Abbas observes a single grain of lunar dust. 08.24.05: Unique NASA Science Lab Tackles 'Sticky' Issue of Lunar Dust


Artist concept of Chandra X-ray Observatory 08.22.05: Chandra Observatory Marks Six Years; Live Satellite Interviews Available


08.19.05: NASA Awards Engineering, Science and Technical Services Contract

08.19.05: Former Astronaut Walter Schirra to Visit Marshall Center Aug. 26

08.19.05: Mercury Astronaut Walter Schirra to Speak at Von Braun Forum in Huntsville Aug. 26

08.19.05: NASA Celebrates Six Years of Amazing Space Discoveries by Chandra X-ray Observatory

Chandra and Hubble images of Supernova 1987A. 08.18.05: Supernova 1987A: Fast Forward To The Past


A two-minute static firing of the Space Shuttle program's first Production Rate Motor was successfully tested Aug. 16 08.16.05: NASA Successfully Completes Solid Rocket Motor Test


08.09.05: NASA Contracting Opportunities Are Focus of Business Forum in Mobile Aug. 11

08.08.05: NASA to Bring the Moon, Mars Experience to Sedalia, Mo., Aug. 11-21

08.05.05: 'Celestial Fireworks' from Perseid Meteor Showers to Light Up the Sky Aug. 11-12!

David King 08.05.05: NASA'S Marshall Center Director David King Receives Presidential Rank Award -- Nation's Highest Honor for Federal Service

08.02.05: NASA to Bring the Moon, Mars Experience to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Aug. 5-7

08.02.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending July 29, 2005

Space Station Commander Leroy Chiao 07.29.05: Space Station Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao to Visit NASA’s Marshall Center Aug. 5


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.28.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.27.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


07.27.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending July 22, 2005

Illustration of neon abundance in stars. 07.27.05: NASA's Chandra Neon Discovery Solves Solar Paradox


A 20-meter solar sail and boom system 07.27.05: NASA, Industry Partner Test 20-Meter Solar Sail System


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.26.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.25.05: NASA'S Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


07.25.05: From Alabama, to Florida, to Space: Two NASA Marshall Center Engineers Partner Across State Lines for On-Orbit Success

NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.22.05: NASA'S Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


07.19.05: NASA to Bring the Moon, Mars Experience to Virginia

Chandra image of the globular star cluster 47 Tucanae. 07.20.05: Chandra Finds Link to Origin of Millisecond Pulsars


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.20.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.18.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.15.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


07.12.05: Media Invited to See Solar Sail -- Developing Technology to Propel Spacecraft of Future -- at NASA Research Center July 19

John Chapman 07.12.05: NASA Engineer John Chapman Never Stops Looking to the Sky


NASA’s ER-2 airplane departs the San Juan Santa Maria airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 6, 2005. 07.12.05: NASA'S Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica


Comprised of images taken by the targeting sensor on the Deep Impact probe, this movie captures the final seconds of Deep Impact's approach to comet Tempel 1. 07.06.05: Deep Impact Hits Target



07.06.05: NASA Engineers, Tennessee College Students Successfully Demonstrate Catch Mechanism for Future Space Tether

07.05.05: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Mission in Costa Rica

07.05.05: NASA to Bring Moon, Mars Experience to Henrietta, N.Y., July 13-17

06.23.05: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Recognizes Space Shuttle Prime Contractors for Commitment to Small and Disadvantaged Businesses

06.23.05: Into the Cradle of Thunder: NASA Researchers to Study Birthplace of Hurricanes, Tropical Storms Near Costa Rica in July

06.22.05: NASA Delays June 23 Test of Solid Rocket Motor in Utah

Linda Clark 06.21.05: NASA's Linda Clark Looks Through Walls to Ensure Shuttle Safety


06.21.05: NASA, Student Researchers Launch High-Flying Lab Experiments

06.17.05: NASA Will Test Solid Rocket Motor June 23 in Utah

06.17.05: NASA Hurricane Hunters to Enter 'Cradle of Thunder' in July; Telephone News Conference to Be Held June 23

06.17.05: NASA Technology Monitors U.S. Corn Crop; Farmers, Environment and Space Travelers Benefit From Research

Charles Darby 06.17.05: NASA Marshall Center's Charles Darby Chronicles History at Home, Lives History at Work


06.14.05: NASA Marshall Center's 'Walk for the Health of It' Encourages Employee Fitness

06.14.05: 'Keep Watching the Skies:' NASA Weather Expert Offers Safety Tips for National Lightning Awareness Week June 19-25

06.13.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending June 10, 2005

Robert Lake 06.08.05: NASA Marshall Center's Robert Lake Jr., Ensures Science Has a Place in Space


06.07.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending June 3, 2005

06.03.05: Lightning Season Brings Danger from 'Fire From Above;' NASA Studies Lightning to Improve Safety Here and in Space

06.01.05: NASA'S Marshall Center Honors 235 for Individual and Group Achievements at Annual Awards Ceremony

Chandra data implies that J0806 is a binary star system with two white dwarf stars orbiting each other. 05.31.05: Chandra Finds Two Stars Destined to Merge


Alberto Duarte 05.31.05: NASA'S Alberto Duarte a 'Safety Net' for Shuttle Safety


05.27.05: NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to Visit Marshall Space Flight Center June 3

05.27.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending May 27, 2005

Images taken Jan. 20, 2004, from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory indicate that Saturn may act as a mirror, reflecting explosive activity from the Sun.  Chandra captured the image at left just before a medium-sized flare occurred on the Sun. The image at right coincided with the solar flare and represents the first observation of an X-ray flare reflected from Saturn’s low-latitudes. 05.25.05: NASA's Chandra Finds Saturn Reflects X-Rays from Sun


05.20.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending May 20, 2005

05.17.05: NASA Announces 2005 NASA Explorer Schools

Angie Daniels 05.16.05: As Launch Nears, NASA's Angie Daniels Juggles Tanks, Taxes, Triplets


A NASA high-altitude research balloon 05.11.05: NASA, Universities Partner to Fly Student Experiments Aboard High-Altitude 'Research Lab' in Early May

05.09.05: International Space Station Expedition 11 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending May 6, 2005

05.03.05: NASA Gravity Probe B Mission, Testing Einstein's Theory of Gravity Completes First Year in Space

Hyperspectral Imaging Camera 05.03.05: NASA’s Hall of Fame Technology and EPA Team to Improve Crop Management


05.03.05: International Space Station Expedition 10 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending April 29, 2005

David Martin 05.03.05: NASA's David Martin Ready to 'Bring the Noise' of Shuttle Liftoff


Chrissa Hall 05.02.05: NASA Marshall Center's Chrissa K. Hall Receives National Award


The Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator engine is successfully fired April 28 during testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center. 05.02.05: U.S. Air Force-NASA Technology Demonstrator Engine for Future Launch Vehicles Successfully Fired During Initial Full Duration Test

Plasma testing conducted in NASA’s Propulsion Research Laboratory 05.02.05: NASA Science Team Testing Innovative Plasma Technology That Could Propel Future Deep-Space Missions

X-ray image of a pair of interacting stars 04.28.05: X-rays Signal Presence of Elusive Intermediate-Mass Black Hole


Angelia Walker 04.26.05: As Shuttle Launch Nears, Duty Calls for Safety Guru Angelia Walker


Alberto Duarte 04.21.05: NASA Engineer Helps Return the Shuttle Safely to Flight


Teachers show their excitement during a robotics competition at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. 04.20.05: NASA's Marshall Center Workshop Turns Teacher-Astronauts Into Students for Two Days


Chandra X-ray image of supernova remnant G21.5-0.9 04.20.05: Cosmic Shell Seekers Find a Beauty



04.19.05: Seven-State High School Teams to Launch Student-Built Rockets in NASA Marshall Center Educational Initiative for America's Future Explorers

04.19.05: Media Invited to See Solar Sail -- Developing Technology to Propel Spacecraft of Future -- At NASA Research Center April 27

Jody Terek 04.19.05: For NASA's Jody Terek, 'Technical Conscience' Equals Shuttle Safety


04.16.05: On Orbit Anomaly Ends DART Mission Early

04.15.05: NASA Launches Dart Spacecraft to Demonstrate Automated Rendezvous Capability

Oxygen vapors stream from the Gaseous Oxygen Vent Hood positioned above Space Shuttle Discovery during the April 14 tanking test. 04.14.05: NASA Puts Redesigned Space Shuttle External Tank to the Test


One of NASA’s WB-57 jet planes takes to the skies, carrying a special nose-mounted imaging system that will help NASA track and safeguard Shuttle Discovery during STS-114: Space Shuttle Return to Flight. 04.14.05: NASA Imaging Team Develops 'Eye in Sky' for Shuttle Chase Planes


Judy Simonds 04.12.05: NASA's Judy Simonds Keeps Accounts As Shuttle Launch Nears


04.11.05: International Space Station Expedition 10 Science Operations Status Report for the Week Ending April 6, 2005

The team from Utah State University, Logan, Utah, pushes past a replica of a lunar lander in a 'moon crater' on its way to victory in the college division of the 12th Annual 'Great Moonbuggy Race' at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. 04.09.05: Utah State University Triumphs in College Division Of NASA's 12th Annual 'Great Moonbuggy Race' Saturday

Madison County Career Academy Team 1 from Huntsville, Ala., takes first place in the 12th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville. 04.08.05: Hometown Team Wins High School Division in NASA's 12th Annual 'Great Moonbuggy Race' Friday

In an artist's rendition, a concept design of an interstellar probe driven by a solar sail propulsion system travels through space on its way out of the Solar System. 04.06.05: NASA's Marshall Center to Begin Test of 20-Meter Solar Sail Technology That Could Use Sun's Energy for Future Space Missions

Era of galaxy and black hole growth spurt discovered 04.06.05: Era Of Galaxy and Black Hole Growth Spurt Discovered


04.06.05: Get 'Great Moonbuggy Race' Results from NASA Marshall News Center This Friday and Saturday

Mike Butler 04.5.05: NASA’s Mike Butler Maintains Bird’s Eye View of Shuttle External Tank


04.04.05: NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race Tests High School and College Teams This Weekend, April 8-9

04.01.05: Students from Your Area Gear Up to Go to the 'Moon;' Teams to Compete in Nasa’s 12th Annual 'Great Moonbuggy Race'

03.30.05: NASA’s Marshall Center to Host Physics Conference April 5-7 for Noted Researchers, Future Scientists

DART artist concept 03.25.05: NASA Announces DART Launch Date & Press Conference


The 28-second firing tested a 48-inch-diameter, modified NASA motor, and is part of the Space Shuttle program's ongoing verification of components, materials and manufacturing processes of Shuttle parts. 03.24.05: NASA's Marshall Center Successfully Tests 48-Inch Solid Rocket Motor March 24

03.23.05: International Space Station Expedition 10 Science Operations Status Report, March 18, 2005

M74: X-rays signal presence of elusive intermediate-mass black hole 03.22.05: X-rays Signal Presence of Elusive Intermediate-Mass Black Hole


03.21.05: Solid Rocket Motor to be Tested at Marshall Center March 24

ET-121 rolls out at the Michoud Assembly Facility. 03.04.05: Space Shuttle's Second Redesigned External Tank to Ship from Michoud


03.03.05: With Eyes on the Moon, Students on Earth Prepare for NASA's 12th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race April 8-9

Dallias S. Pearson 03.02.05: NASA Engineer Driving Force Behind Space Exploration Vehicles


Chandra probes high-voltage auroras on Jupiter. 03.02.05: Chandra Probes High-Voltage Auroras on Jupiter


International Space Station Node 2 03.02.05: Space Station Node 2 'Moves' Toward Major Milestone


03.01.05: Two Plus One Makes History

The aurora borealis 02.24.05: Alaskan high schoolers help NASA record, share 'Earth music'


Dr. Richard Hoover and Dr. Elena Pikuta 02.23.05: NASA Astrobiologist Identifies New 'Extreme' Life Form


Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Flight Verification Test 02.17.05: NASA Solid Rocket Motor Test is Success



02.17.05: NASA Teams with Students for Space Station Training Equipment

Lockman Hole: Weight limits for big black holes 02.16.05: Weight Limits for Biggest Black Holes Confirmed


02.10.05: NASA to Sign Space Act Agreement with Two North Alabama High Schools

02.10.05: NASA Will Test Solid Rocket Motor Feb. 17 in Utah

02.07.05: Three Companies Honored for Contributions, Service to NASA's Marshall Center and Human Spaceflight Mission

02.03.05: Local High School Engineering Teams to Give News Media Sneak Preview of ‘FIRST’ Competition Robots Feb. 10

Chandra finds missing matter 02.02.05: Lost and Found: X-Ray Telescope Locates Missing Matter


Student team members from Athens Bible School in Athens, Ala., get ready to launch their rocket at NASA's 2004 Student Launch Initiative. 02.02.05: High School Teams from Across the U.S. Build Rockets for Springtime Launch


NASA scientist and SERVIR project manager Daniel Irwin unveils the NASA-NSSTC laboratory where he and his partners developed the environmental monitoring system. The facility is identical to a new research center NASA will open Thursday in Panama with its partner organizations. 01.31.05: NASA Research Supports Environmental Management in Mesoamerica


Melissa McGrath 01.28.05: Dr. Melissa McGrath Named Deputy Director of Science, Technology Directorate at NASA's Marshall Center

Reginald Cobb 01.27.05: Testing Einstein's Theory: Camden, Ala., Native Plays Role in NASA Gravity Probe B Mission


01.25.05: NASA Education Program to be Highlighted Thursday During Iowa’s Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Day at State Capitol

01.18.05: NASA Announces Financial Management Contract Modification

Audrey Robinson 01.13.05: NASA's Audrey Robinson Named Director of Marshall Center's Equal Opportunity Office


Astronaut Michael Fincke, Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, Performs an Experiment in the Space Station's Destiny Laboratory During Expedition 9. 01.11.05: Space Station Expedition 9 Crew Member Michael Fincke to Visit Marshall Center Jan. 18


Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologist Dr. K. Christopher Beard Introduces Samson to a Group of Students at the Museum. 01.10.05: No Bones About It: Marshall Center Analyzes 65-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skull


Chandra finds swarm of black holes 01.10.05: Chandra Finds Evidence for Swarm of Black Holes Near the Galactic Center


Chandra discovers most powerful eruption in Universe. 01.05.05: Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered
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