The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MID-NOVEMBER COLORADO SNOWSTORM Not long after the snow from an October storm melted, the Denver area experienced another significant autumn snowstorm, in mid-November 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41305&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 17, 2009 (Posted on Nov 18, 2009 4:46 PM) ------ ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4709 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov Eva Pickens Texas Southern University, Houston 713-313-4205 pickens_ek@tsu.edu RELEASE: 09-264 STUDENTS SEND MICROBE EXPERIMENT ON SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS HOUSTON -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-217 INVENTORS TO COMPETE FOR $400,000 IN NASA ASTRONAUT GLOVE CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- Reporters and the public are invited to attend the 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge on Nov. 19 at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., near NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The $400,000 prize challenge is a nationwide competition that focuses on developing improved pressure suit gloves for astronauts to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA Fires burned in northwestern India near the Pakistan border in early November 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41241&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 08, 2009 (Posted on Nov 11, 2009 3:03 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARA ...Continue Reading

Nov. 12, 2009 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 RELEASE: 09-263 NASA TO BEGIN ATTEMPTS TO FREE SAND-TRAPPED MARS ROVER PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. Spirit has been lodged at a site scientists call "Troy&q ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM PHYAN Tropical Storm Phyan came ashore near the India-Pakistan border in early November 2009. The storm was expected to dissipate over land. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41234&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 11, 2009 (Posted on Nov 11, 2009 1:08 PM) TROPICAL STORM IDA Late in ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.b.clavin@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-216 WISE STAR AND ASTEROID-HUNTING SPACECRAFT TOPIC OF NASA BRIEFING WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at noon EST, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission. WISE is scheduled to launch Dec. 7, from Vandenberg Air Force Base ...Continue Reading

Nov. 10, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-215 NASA BRIEFS PRELIMINARY PLUME FINDINGS FROM MOON MISSION MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will hold a news conference Friday to talk about early science results from its successful moon impacting mission, the Lunar Crater Observation ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM IDA Late in the Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Ida soaked Central America in the first week of November 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41199&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Nov 08, 2009 (Posted on Nov 09, 2009 4:10 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ ...Continue Reading

Nov. 9, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-053 NASA AWARDS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected C&C International Computers and Consultants Inc. of Hollywood, Fla., to provide institutional support services at the agency's Kennedy Space Center. The new indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract wi ...Continue Reading