Sept. 30, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-226 NEW SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCHES; IN-ORBIT NEWS CONFERENCE SET HOUSTON -- The next residents of the International Space Station launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and spaceflight participant ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRE IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA The Guiberson Fire broke out in Ventura County, California, on September 22, 2009, threatening hundreds of homes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40374&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 26, 2009 (Posted on Sep 28, 2009 4:17 PM) FIRES IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA Fires burned th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN OREGON Lightning strikes caused wildfires not far from Eugene, Oregon, in early September 2009. Unfavorable weather conditions hampered firefighting efforts later in the month. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40344&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 23, 2009 (Posted on Sep 25, 2009 5:02 PM) ...Continue Reading

PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE: PO.DAAC's website: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov and all PO.DAAC data tools and services (including POET, FTP, Dods, and Aspera sites) will be unavailable for approximately 6 hours on Friday, October 9th, starting at 8:00am PDT due to scheduled facility maintenance activities. -------------------------------------------------------------------- User Services Office Physical Oceanography DAAC       Email:   podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory     ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN BAJA CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in Baja California in late September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40314&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 23, 2009 (Posted on Sep 24, 2009 2:08 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TO PARTICIPATE IN HISPANIC ENGINEERING SCIENCE CONFERENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:41:01 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TO PARTICIPATE IN HISPANIC ENGINEERING SCIENCE CONFERENCE Sept. 24, 2009 Jenna C Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281- 483-5111 Report #J09-014 NASA TO PARTICIPATE IN HISPANIC ENGINEERING SCIENCE CONFERENCE HOUSTON&Atild ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 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: 09-224 NASA SPACECRAFT SEES ICE ON MARS EXPOSED BY METEOR IMPACTS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed frozen water hiding just below the surface of mid-latitude Mars. The spacecraft's observations were obtained from orbit after meteorites excavated fresh craters on the Red Planet. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA Fires burned throughout Queensland, Australia in late September 2009. Fires burned along the coast, and a large complex of fires burned near Tambo, Queensland. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40304&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 24, 2009 (Posted on Sep 24, 2009 12:04 PM) FI ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-222 NASA INSTRUMENTS REVEAL WATER MOLECULES ON LUNAR SURFACE WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Instruments aboard three separate spacecraft revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than predicted, but still relatively small. Hydroxyl, a molecule co ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-223 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO DROP EVERYTHING CLEVELAND -- NASA is inviting student teams to experience microgravity science by designing and building experiments to be conducted in a NASA drop tower. Dropping In a Microgravity Environment, or DIME, is a competition for high school students. Students in ...Continue Reading