The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- RARE SNOW IN THE U.S. SOUTH A winter storm brought rare snow and ice to states across the U.S. South between January 9 and January 11, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48570&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 12, 2011 (Posted on Jan 12, 2011 7:10 PM) WINTER STORM ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST A ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-003 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT NEXT EARTH SCIENCE MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. EST, about the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, Glory, scheduled to launch on Feb. 23. During the briefing at NASA Headquarters in Washington, panelists will discuss the spacecraft's mission to study the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- RARE SNOW IN THE U.S. SOUTH A winter storm brought rare snow and ice to states across the U.S. South between January 9 and January 11, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48570&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 12, 2011 (Posted on Jan 12, 2011 7:10 PM) WINTER STORM ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST A ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-015 NASA ANNOUNCES BACKUP COMMANDER FOR STS-134 MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Thursday that astronaut Rick Sturckow will serve as a backup commander for the STS-134 space shuttle mission to facilitate continued training for the crew and support teams during STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly's absence. K ...Continue Reading

Jan. 13, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-016 NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES FOR TWO FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is targeting 4:50 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, for the launch of space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. The liftoff of shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 flight is planned for 7:48 p.m. EDT on April 19, from N ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Leslie McCarthy Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York 212-678-5507 leslie.m.mccarthy@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-014 NASA RESEARCH FINDS 2010 TIED FOR WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD WASHINGTON -- Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2011 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: M11-006 NASA TO PREVIEW FEBRUARY COMET ENCOUNTER WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 19, to discuss the Feb. 14 Stardust-NExT mission flyby of comet Tempel 1. The encounter will mark the first time scientists can look for changes on a comet's surface caused by a close fl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST ACROSS CENTRAL AFRICA Dust mixed with smoke across central Africa in early January 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48556&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 09, 2011 (Posted on Jan 12, 2011 12:08 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA Widespread ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-013 NASA TELESCOPES HELP IDENTIFY MOST DISTANT GALAXY CLUSTER WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancient collection of galaxies presumably grew into a modern galaxy cluster similar to the massive ones seen today ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-009 NASA NAMES DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun has announced the appointment of Michael J. Gazarik as the agency's deputy chief technologist. Gazarik will be a key member of the office responsible for coordination, integration and tracking of all technology investments across the agency, as well as management of NASA's Space Tec ...Continue Reading