April 1, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281- 483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-020 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC. WASHINGTON -- NASA will exercise the second of two one-year options on a five-year contract to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., for test and evaluation support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. NASA's Johnson Space Center in ...Continue Reading

April 1, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-070 NASA RELEASES STUNNING HUBBLE TELESCOPE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK WASHINGTON -- NASA set out on a monumental journey with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. Since then, it has captured the minds and imaginations of people around the world. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this scientific icon, NASA has collaborated with leading illustrated book publisher Abrams to release a dy ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL Tropical Cyclone Paul traveled over the northern coast of Australia in late March 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43385&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 01, 2010 (Posted on Apr 01, 2010 1:09 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- N ...Continue Reading

April 01, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-2087 john.leslie@noaa.gov RELEASE: 10-072 NASA AND NOAA MARK 50 YEARS OF WEATHER WATCHING FROM SPACE WASHINGTON -- Fifty years ago, the world's first weather satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., opening a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting. Leaders from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL Tropical Cyclone Paul traveled over the northern coast of Australia in late March 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43297&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 30, 2010 (Posted on Mar 30, 2010 3:11 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- LATE MARCH ...Continue Reading

March 31, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Daniel Stolte University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 stolte@email.arizona.edu RELEASE: 10-071 NASA MARS SPACECRAFT SNAPS PHOTOS CHOSEN BY PUBLIC WASHINGTON -- The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has returned the first pictures of locations on the Red Planet suggested by the public. The ...Continue Reading

March 30, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-018 NASA SELECTS RAPID III CONTRACTORS FOR SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded contracts to eight aerospace firms for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III spacecraft and related services. Each contractor has one or more core spacecraft offerings available under it ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL Tropical Cyclone Paul traveled over the northern coast of Australia in late March 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43294&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Mar 28, 2010 (Posted on Mar 29, 2010 5:54 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43284&src=nha ...Continue Reading

March 29, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-019 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR SUPERCOMPUTING SUPPORT SERVICES MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will exercise a one-year extension option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham, Md., to provide supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Fie ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula released small plumes of ash and/or steam throughout 2009, and it remained active in early 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43264&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 26, 2010 (Posted on Mar 29, 2010 1:43 PM ...Continue Reading