The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOREST FIRES IN OREGON Lightning ignited several large fires in the Cascade Mountains in central Oregon in August 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45503&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 25, 2010 (Posted on Aug 27, 2010 12:41 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM M ...Continue Reading

Aug. 27, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov Susan Christian City of Houston 832-393-0868 susan.christian@cityofhouston.net RELEASE: 10-201 NASA RECEIVES SPIRIT OF HOUSTON AWARD HOUSTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden accepted the Spirit of Houston Award from the city's Mayor Annise Parker on Thursday. The award was established in 2004 t ...Continue Reading

Aug. 27, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-199 U2 AND NASA CREATE VIDEO TO CELEBRATE COLLABORATION WASHINGTON -- NASA and U2 released a commemorative video highlighting a year's worth of collaboration in space and on the Irish rock band's 360 Degree tour. U2 approached NASA in 2009 with an idea to include a dialogue between the band and the crew of the International Space Station during U2's world tour. The astronauts of Expedition 20, the crew then livi ...Continue Reading

Aug. 27, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-200 NASA TV AIRS INTERVIEW WITH TWIN ASTRONAUTS; KELLY BROTHERS SCHEDULED TO BE IN SPACE TOGETHER HOUSTON -- Interview footage of two NASA astronauts scheduled next year to become the first twins to rendezvous in space is available on NASA Television and the agency's websi ...Continue Reading

Aug. 26, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-048 NASA AWARDS FACILITY OPERATING SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD TERM PERIOD 1 WASHINGTON -- NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has exercised award term period 1 of the Facility Operating Services Contract (FOSC) with Jacobs Technology, Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn. The FOSC ...Continue Reading

Aug. 26, 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: 10-197 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION DISCOVERS TWO PLANETS TRANSITING SAME STAR WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star. The transit signatures of t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE FRANK Hurricane Frank strengthened from a tropical depression in late August 2010 over the eastern Pacific Ocean. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45460&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 25, 2010 (Posted on Aug 26, 2010 12:40 PM) -------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

NASA has commissioned the CFI Group, an independent research and consulting organization, to conduct a brief survey to rate the products and services NASA currently provides you from PO.DAAC-JPL, one of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers. Through the survey, we hope to assess your perceptions, learn more about your needs, and identify opportunities to improve service. Our records show that you have accessed products or services from PO.DAAC-JPL. When taking the survey, ple ...Continue Reading

Aug. 26, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-198 NASA ANNOUNCES HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION FOR FUTURE ENGINEERS: TEAMS TO DESIGN SOFTWARE FOR SMALL SATELLITES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA is challenging high school teams to design software to program small satellites aboard the International Space Station. The competition centers on the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellit ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTH AMERICA The annual fire season in Brazil and Bolivia ramped up in August 2010 with unusually widespread and intense fires. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45449&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 23, 2010 (Posted on Aug 25, 2010 1:25 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new ima ...Continue Reading