Oct. 08, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook/D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850/393-9011 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov/david.c.agle@jpl.nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 10-254 NASA MISSION TO ASTEROID GETS HELP FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of the large asteroid Vesta that will hel ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN NIGERIA Flooding in northern Nigeria destroyed crops, pastures, and homes in late September 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46322&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 08, 2010 (Posted on Oct 08, 2010 1:59 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ASHFALL FROM ...Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce that Dover Publications has reprinted Homer Newell’s /Beyond the Atmosphere//:  Early Years of Space Science/ book, originally published as NASA SP-4211 in 1980.  This significant book was out of print for a number of years.  The reprinted version features an attractive new cover and a new foreword by Paul Dickson, the series editor for Dover’s line of NASA History reprints.  The book is available from _http://doverpublications.ecomm-search.com/search?keywords=beyond%20th ...Continue Reading

Oct. 08, 2010 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jenna C. Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-251 NASA SELECTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DESIGN ROVERS AND EXPLORE TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AT FIELD CENTERS WASHINGTON -- Community college students in a pilot program will take the first steps toward potential technology careers as they develop robotic explorers at NASA field centers. Ninety students from communit ...Continue Reading

Oct. 7, 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: 10-252 NEW SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS LAUNCH FROM KAZAKHSTAN HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka launched to the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft at 6:10 p.m. CDT, Thursday, (5:10 a.m. Friday local time) from the Bai ...Continue Reading

Oct. 7, 2010 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Linda Billings George Washington University, Washington 703-635-9799 libillin@gwu.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-140 NASA SYMPOSIUM MARKS 50-YEAR-SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF LIFE IN UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to attend a NASA symposium on Thursday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT, where world-renowned scientists will address ...Continue Reading

Oct. 07, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu Michael Shull University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 303-492-7827 michael.shull@colorado.edu RELEASE: 10-243 HUBBLE ASTRONOMERS UNCOVER AN OVERHEATED EARLY UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- During a period of universal warming 11 billion years ago, quasars -- the brilliant core of active galaxies -- produced fierce radiation blasts ...Continue Reading

Oct. 07, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-248 NASA SPONSORS REDUCED GRAVITY TECHNOLOGY TEST FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA recently sponsored a series of flights from Ellington Field in Houston to test technologies in reduced-gravity conditions. The flights marked the third year of operations for NASA's Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology program, called FAST. The 16 research teams that participated were comprised of sm ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HEAVY RAINS IN JAMAICA Heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in Jamaica in late September and early October 2010. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46297&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from Sep 28, 2010 (Posted on Oct 06, 2010 12:07 PM) FLOODING IN PAKISTAN Widespread and heavy monsoon rains in July and ...Continue Reading

Oct. 06, 2010 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-240 NASA PARTNERSHIP SENDS EARTH SCIENCE DATA TO AFRICA WASHINGTON -- A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent more than 30 terabytes of free Earth science satellite data to South African researchers to support sustainable development and environmental applications in Africa. ...Continue Reading