The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER CHINA Thick haze covered eastern China on October 28, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40941&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2009 (Posted on Oct 28, 2009 1:31 PM) DUST STORM IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTRALIA A dust storm blew across Northern Territory and Queensland in Aust ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 09-254 FERMI TELESCOPE CAPS ITS FIRST YEAR WITH A GLIMPSE OF SPACE-TIME WASHINGTON -- During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky w ...Continue Reading

Oct. 28, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-252 NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minut ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 119 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS 2. NASA SELECTS 18 UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS FOR STECKLER SPACE GRANTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:41 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS October 27, 2009 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 2 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-249 NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is funding 12 proposals from nine states to investigate questions about the effects of space radiation on human explorers. The selected proposals from researchers in Alabama, California, Colorado, Massa ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM MIRINAE Tropical Storm 23 strengthened to a named storm, Mininae, in late October 2007. Initially located northwest of Guam, the storm was expected to strengthen further to a typhoon and head toward the Philippines. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40928&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image fr ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-251 NASA'S ARES I-X LAUNCH RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA mission managers canceled Tuesday's scheduled launch of the Ares I-X flight test because of weather concerns at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Another launch attempt is targeted for Wednes ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2009 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-207 NASA'S FERMI TELESCOPE CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR OF GAMMA-RAY SCIENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to discuss the first-year science results from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This event replaces the originally scheduled Oct. 29 media conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Fermi studies gamma rays, the highest-energy ...Continue Reading

-----Original Message----- From: Laura O'Hara [mailto:shfg.ebulletin@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 2:19 PM To: shfg.ebulletin@gmail.com Subject: SHFG E-Bulletin - Urgent Announcement - Senior Executive Service Career Opportunity The Office of the Secretary of Defense, Administration and Management is recruiting for a Chief Historian Senior Executive Service position. Attached is the Chief Historian job announcement which closes on Friday, December 4, 2009. If any modifications to the job announcement a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MINCHINMAVIDA AND CHAITEN VOLCANOES, CHILE Chile’s Chaiten Volcano remained active throughout 2009, releasing plumes of ash and steam. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40916&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Oct 20, 2009 (Posted on Oct ...Continue Reading