The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER CHINA A winter inversion likely contributed to widespread haze over much of China on January 18, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42347&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 18, 2010 (Posted on Jan 19, 2010 3:52 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?i ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 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: 10-014 PUBLIC INVITED TO PICK PIXELS ON MARS - SCIENTISTS TAKING SUGGESTIONS ON WHERE TO IMAGE THE RED PLANET USING NASA SATELLITE TUCSON, Ariz. -- The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be t ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 2010 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-009 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the Flight Readiness Revi ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2010 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-013 NASA REVEALS NEW BATCH OF SPACE PROGRAM ARTIFACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human space flight technologies, processes and accomplishments from NASA's past and present space exploration programs. NASA partnered with th ...Continue Reading

The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the "Preview" release of the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) near-real-time (NRT) Level-2 (swath-based) ocean wind vector product produced by the KNMI/EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF). This product consists of two datasets: one with a spatial resolution of 12.5 km, the other 25 km. The data record begins on 1 September 2009 and continues through present day, updated every 2-3 hours. In the near future, we will provide the complete archive b ...Continue Reading

Jan. 20, 2010 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov C. Patton Tidmore NASA Shared Services Center, Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-813-6486 c.patton.tidmore@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-002 OUTSOURCING DESKTOP INITIATIVE FOR NASA (ODIN) CONTRACT EXTENDED STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., a contract extension to continue the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA, or ODIN, services to support the agency. The con ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2010 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Don Savage Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-8982 donald.savage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-008 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ON ADVANCED MISSION TO STUDY OUR SUN WASHINGTON -- NASA is scheduled to host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST, on Thursday, Jan. 21, to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The briefing on NASA's Solar Dynamics Ob ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2010 Morrie Goodman Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 morrie.goodman@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Goddard Space Flight Center Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-010 NASA NAMES NEW WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY DIRECTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named William Wrobel as director of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., and director of the center's Suborbital and Specia ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA A dust storm clouded the skies over Queensland, Australia, on January 17, 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42337&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 17, 2010 (Posted on Jan 19, 2010 1:28 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) - ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-007 NASA OFFERS TRANQUILITY NODE SATELLITE INTERVIEWS FROM LAUNCH PAD CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bill Dowdell, NASA Kennedy Space Center's deputy director for International Space Station and spacecraft processing, is available for satellite interviews from 6 to 9 a.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 22. Dowdell will cond ...Continue Reading