The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS Hundreds of wildfires burned through drought-dried vegetation along the southern Mississippi River in October 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46697&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 30, 2010 (Posted on Nov 01, 2010 1:21 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 99 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPACE STATION WITH CREW NEWS CONFERENCE AND NEW WEB CONTENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:47:46 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPACE STATION WITH CREW NEWS CONFERENCE AND NEW WEB CONTENT Oct. 28, 2010 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Wa ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRE NEAR VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA A fire burned on the southern edge of Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California on October 28, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46678&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2010 (Posted on Oct 29, 2010 12:39 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-153 NASA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPACE STATION WITH CREW NEWS CONFERENCE AND NEW WEB CONTENT WASHINGTON -- The International Space Station partner agencies will mark a major milestone on Nov. 2 with the 10-year anniversary of people living permanently aboard the space station. NASA will commemorate the event wit ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-284 PRESIDENT OBAMA AND NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES FOR ROLES IN CHILEAN MINER RESCUE WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama welcomed NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and a NASA team that assisted trapped Chilean miners to the Oval Office on Thursday for a ceremony that recognized Americans involved in the rescue. After the White House event, Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garve ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-066 NASA AWARDS ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the Enterprise Applications Service Technologies contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in McLean, Va. SAIC will provide all services in support of the NASA Enterprise ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-279 NASA SURVEY SUGGESTS EARTH-SIZED PLANETS ARE COMMON WASHINGTON -- Nearly one in four stars similar to the sun may host planets as small as Earth, according to a new study funded by NASA and the University of California. The study is the most extensive and sensitive planetary census of its kind. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KAMCHATKA VOLCANOES Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya volcanoes continue their long-running eruptions. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46660&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2010 (Posted on Oct 28, 2010 11:31 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Na ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-278 NASA TRAPPED MARS ROVER FINDS EVIDENCE OF SUBSURFACE WATER PASADENA, Calif. -- The ground where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit became stuck last year holds evidence that water, perhaps as snow melt, trickled into the subsurface fairly recently and on a continuing basis. Stratified soil layers wit ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2010 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-282 TWO NASA SPACECRAFT BEGIN NEW EXPLORATION ASSIGNMENTS WASHINGTON -- Two NASA spacecraft have been assigned a new mission after successfully completing their original science objectives earlier this year. The duo began making observations this week to study how solar wind electrifies, alters and erodes the moon's surface. Data could reveal valuable information for future explorers and give planetary ...Continue Reading