Aug. 6, 2010 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-188 NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR CUBESAT SPACE MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced a second opportunity for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. These CubeSats could be auxiliary cargo on previously planned missions. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are approximate ...Continue Reading

Aug. 6, 2010 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-185 NASA SEEKS DATA FROM INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to purchase specific data resulting from industry efforts to test and verify vehicle capabilities through demonstrations of smal ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN Widespread and heavy monsoon rains in late July 2010 led to deadly flooding in Pakistan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45062&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 04, 2010 (Posted on Aug 05, 2010 5:25 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading

Aug. 05, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-110 NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO SATURDAY HOUSTON -- The first of two spacewalks by NASA astronauts to replace a failed ammonia pump on the International Space Station has been moved to Saturday, Aug. 7. A second spacewalk is planned for Wednesday, Aug. 11, to complete the repairs. Team ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Scores of large forest fires burned throughout British Columbia, Canada, in late July and early August 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45056&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 04, 2010 (Posted on Aug 05, 2010 1:59 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 ne ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- GULF OIL SPILL (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- OIL SLICK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO On April 20, 2010, an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico left nearly a dozen workers missing and started a large fire. Oil remained visible on the surface in late July. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45041&src=nha *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Jul 23, 2010 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 70 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO FRIDAY, SETS BRIEFINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:30:27 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO FRIDAY, SETS BRIEFINGS Aug. 03, 2010 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-107 NA ...Continue Reading

Aug. 03, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-109 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO VIEW SPACE STATION CARGO FOR STS-133 MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a media event at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 12, to highlight the next hardware that will fly to the International Space Station. The permanent multi-purpose module, or PMM, will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- BULL FIRE IN CALIFORNIA The fast-moving Bull fire started near the southern edge of California's Sequoia National Forest on July 26, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44999&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Aug 01, 2010 (Posted on Aug 02, 2010 6:17 PM) FIRES IN EASTERN SIBERIA Fires burned across easte ...Continue Reading

Aug. 03, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-107 NASA MOVES SPACE STATION REPAIR SPACEWALK TO FRIDAY, SETS BRIEFINGS HOUSTON -- The first of two spacewalks by NASA astronauts to replace a failed ammonia pump on the International Space Station has been delayed by 24 hours to Friday, Aug. 6. A second spacewalk is planned for Monday, Aug ...Continue Reading