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=44707&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 20, 2010 (Posted ...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=44697&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 19, 2010 (Posted ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-102 NASA ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING SPACE STATION CREW MEMBER FROM MARYLAND -- AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON -- NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 astronauts and International Space Station Expedition 22 and 23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer for a visit Monday, July 26, through Thursday, July 29. ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-042 NASA AWARDS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES II CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the Multi-Disciplinary Engineering and Technology Services II contract to ASRC Management Services of Greenbelt, Md. The 8A small business set-aside, cost-plus-award-fee, inde ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-173 FIRST MAP OF GLOBAL FOREST HEIGHTS CREATED FROM NASA DATA WASHINGTON -- Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world's forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how muc ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Cindy Ball Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, Ga. 770-860-4226 cball@rockdale.k12.ga.us MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-101 ISS EXPEDITION 24 CREW TO TALK WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GEORGIA WASHINGTON -- Students from the Conyers Middle School in Conyers, Ga., are expecting a very long-distance phone call Wednesday from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Ab ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover/Gretchen Curtis Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643/415-235-8733 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov/gretchen.curtis@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-172 NASA'S NEBULA CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN NEW OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE WASHINGTON -- The core technology developed for NASA's Nebula cloud computing platform has been selected as ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN SIBERIA Fires burned across eastern Siberia north of the Kamchatka Peninsula throughout July 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44683&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 19, 2010 (Posted on Jul 19, 2010 1:39 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM CONSO ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 630 2010 Jul 17 Somerville, MA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station ------------------- Soyuz TMA-19 undocked from Zvezda at 1913 UTC on Jun 28 and backed away to a distance of 30m, then flew around the station and redocked at the Rassvet module at 1938 UTC. This freed the Zvezda port for the planned arrival of Progress M-06M, which was launched on Jun 30. At around 1630 on Jul 2 ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-168 NASA'S WISE MISSION READY TO COMPLETE EXTENSIVE SKY SURVEY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, will complete its first survey of the entire sky on July 17. The mission has generated more than one million images so far, of everything from as ...Continue Reading