The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TAKLIMAKAN DESERT DUST STORM Thick dust clogged the air over the Taklimakan Desert in early September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45714&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 05, 2010 (Posted on Sep 08, 2010 1:30 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN ...Continue Reading

Sep. 08, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-212 NASA WANTS TO SHARE GREAT IDEAS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property transactions, such as patent brokering, to help transfer NASA-owned technologies into the U.S. marketplace. "Technology transfer always has been an important objective of America's aeronautics and space program," said NAS ...Continue Reading

Sep. 07, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-128 NASA SCIENTISTS TALK ABOUT ASTEROIDS PASSING NEAR EARTH WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON -- Two asteroids will pass within the moon's distance from Earth on Wednesday, Sept. 8. NASA scientists will be available for satellite interviews Tuesday, Sept. 7, and Wednesday morning to discuss these near- Earth objects. Th ...Continue Reading

Sep. 07, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-211 NASA LOVES A GOOD CHALLENGE-NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL WASHINGTON -- NASA's pioneering use of prize competitions and innovation challenges is a dramatic departure from government's traditional "business as usual." The agency's innovation and technology challenges include prizes that encourage independent teams to race to achieve bold goals -- without any upfront government funding. NASA benef ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOURMILE CANYON FIRE A wildfire broke out west of Boulder, Colorado, in early September 2010, threatening hundreds of structures and bathing Boulder in smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45675&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 06, 2010 (Posted on Sep 07, 2010 1:27 PM) ------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM IN THE BARENTS SEA A large phytoplankton bloom spread across the southern Barents Sea in late August 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45624&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 31, 2010 (Posted on Sep 03, 2010 4:41 PM) ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 108 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA INVITES MEDIA TO EXPERIENCE FUTURE OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION 2. NASA SETS BRIEFING ABOUT ASSISTANCE TO TRAPPED MINERS IN CHILE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 09:57:37 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA INVITES MEDIA TO EXPERIENCE FUTURE OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION September 3, 2010 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Braukus ...Continue Reading

Sep. 03, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz/John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-127 NASA SETS BRIEFING ABOUT ASSISTANCE TO TRAPPED MINERS IN CHILE HOUSTON -- A NASA team sent to Chile to aid trapped miners will hold a news conference about their work at the San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo at noon CDT, Tuesday, Sept. 7. The conference wil ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON KOMPASU Tropical Storm Kompasu formed over the western Pacific Ocean on August 30, 2010, and strengthened to a Category 3 typhoon the next day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45603&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 01, 2010 (Posted on Sep 02, 2010 4:42 PM) HURRICANE EARL Tropical Storm ...Continue Reading

Sep. 03, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Joseph Cuenco Science Center of Pinellas County, Inc. St. Petersburg, Fla. 727-384-0027 x226 MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-126 SPACE STATION CREW TALKS WITH STUDENTS AT FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER WASHINGTON -- Approximately 500 middle school students and teachers at the Pinellas County Science Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., will have an out-of-this-world phone conversation with NASA astronauts aboard the Internati ...Continue Reading