June 2, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 veronica.c.mcgregor@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-084 NASA KICKS OFF STUDENT SUMMER OF INNOVATION PROGRAM JUNE 10 WASHINGTON -- NASA officially kicks off its Summer of Innovation initiative at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday, June 10. Through the program, NASA will engage thousands of middle school s ...Continue Reading

June 2, 2010 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-130 NASA SEEKS RESEARCH PROPOSALS FOR GREEN AIRCRAFT CONCEPTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is soliciting proposals for studies designed to identify advanced vehicle concepts and enabling technologies for commercial airliners to fly more economically, quieter and cleaner by 2025. This research will support the Integrated Systems Research Program in NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington. The sol ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE PHET Tropical Cyclone Phet headed for the coast of Oman in early June 2010, with maximum sustained winds of 125 knots and gusts up to 150 knots. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44153&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 02, 2010 (Posted on Jun 02, 2010 9:57 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND ...Continue Reading

June 1, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-129 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EXPEDITION 23 CREW LANDS SAFELY WASHINGTON -- Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed their Soyuz-17 spacecraft in Kazakhstan Tuesday, June 1, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Stati ...Continue Reading

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 2008, 2009) time series has been extended through June 30, 2009. This additional 6 months of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to a full 22 years, starting on July 1, 1987. The CCMP data product is derived through cross-calibration and assimilation of ocean surface wind data from SSM/I, TMI, AMSR-E, SeaWinds on QuikSCAT, and SeaWinds on ADEOS-II. Cross calibration is performed by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) under ...Continue Reading

June 1, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-085 NASA TV AIRING U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION ON JUNE 5 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2010 induction ceremony on Saturday, June ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER NEW ENGLAND A river of smoke from a fire in Quebec flowed southeast over New England on Memorial Day 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44138&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 31, 2010 (Posted on Jun 01, 2010 10:41 AM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHERN CHINA Nearly a month of heavy rain flooded provinces throughout southern China, forcing the evacuation of some 685,000 residents, and causing more than 100 deaths. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44122&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from May 19, 2010 (Posted on May 28, 2010 11:00 AM) FLOOD ...Continue Reading

May 28, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Cathy Weselby/Nicholas A. Veronico NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-2791/4589 cathy.weselby@nasa.gov nveronico@sofia.usra.edu Beth Hagenauer NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-128 NASA'S AIRBORNE INFRARED OBSERVATORY SEES THE "FIRST LIGHT" MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- T ...Continue Reading

May 27, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-127 NASA TAKES TO THE AIR WITH NEW 'EARTH VENTURE' RESEARCH PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- Hurricanes, air quality, and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced today. The five competitively-selected proposals are the first investigations in the new Venture-class series of low-to-moderate cost projects establishe ...Continue Reading