An out-of-plane maneuver is scheduled for MetOp-A between 5 October 2010 0700 UTC and 6 October 2010 1100 UTC. Please note that all MetOp-A instrument data from 1150 UTC on 5 October 2010 until 0710 on 6 October 2010 will be severely degraded with respect to geolocation. This is also expected to impact the timeliness and continuity of the near-real-time dissemination of both ASCAT and AVHRR datasets at throughout the orbit maneuver. Should you have any questions or wish to provide feedback on the ASCAT datasets, pl ...Continue Reading

Oct. 05, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Janet L. Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-241 NASA, USAID EXPAND WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM SERVIR PROGRAM BRINGS SATELLITE IMAGERY, DECISION-SUPPORT TOOLS TO HIMALAYAN REGION WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have expanded their successful collaboration with international partners to ...Continue Reading

Oct. 4, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-246 NASA'S WISE MISSION WARMS UP BUT KEEPS CHUGGING ALONG WASHINGTON -- After completing its primary mission to map the infrared sky, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has reached the expected end of its onboard supply of frozen coolant. Although WISE has 'warmed up,' NASA has decided t ...Continue Reading

Oct. 4, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-245 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION WINS 2010 SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission Science Operations Center software system was named winner of the 2010 NASA Software of the Year Award by the NASA Software Advisory Panel. Designed, developed and operated by the Kepler Science Operat ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER EGYPT, LIBYA, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Dust hovered over Egypt, Libya, and the Mediterranean Sea at the beginning of October 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46256&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 01, 2010 (Posted on Oct 03, 2010 3:59 PM) DUST PLUMES OFF LIBYA Dual-toned ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER EGYPT, LIBYA, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Dust hovered over Egypt, Libya, and the Mediterranean Sea at the beginning of October 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46256&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 01, 2010 (Posted on Oct 03, 2010 3:59 PM) DUST PLUMES OFF LIBYA Dual-toned ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 127 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION SPACESUIT CONTRACT 2. INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS UPDATE SPACE STATION LAUNCH MANIFEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:10:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION SPACESUIT CONTRACT Sept. 30, 2010 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washi ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2010 Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-0040 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-234 NASA AWARDS $3.3 MILLION TO TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA will award $3.3 million over three years to support academic excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at tribal colleges and universities. The awards are part of a Cooperati ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN UTAH Dry weather and high winds fueled large fires in Utah in September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46199&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Sep 29, 2010 (Posted on Oct 01, 2010 1:26 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KAMCHATKA VOLCANOES Shiveluch and Kly ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-242 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS UPDATE SPACE STATION LAUNCH MANIFEST WASHINGTON -- NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) agreed on Friday to update the International Space Station launch schedule. The target launch dates for the last planned space shuttle flight, STS-134 on ...Continue Reading