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

Nov. 9, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/272-9859 amy.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-262 NASA LIVE DIGITAL NETWORK BRINGS APOLLO 11 EXPERTS INTO CLASSROOMS WASHINGTON -- Forty years after humans first walked on the moon, NASA is offering the next generation of explorers a chance to learn how the challenges of the Apollo 11 mission were met. Through a series of interactive educational ...Continue Reading

Nov. 9, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-261 NASA AND SPACEWARD FOUNDATION AWARD PRIZE MONEY FOR SUCCESSFUL WIRELESS POWER DEMONSTRATION WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $900,000 in prize money to a Seattle company that successfully demonstrated new wireless energy beaming technology which could one day be used to help power a "space elevator." LaserMotive of Seattle was awarded the money after its performance in the Power Beami ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 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=41158&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 07, 2009 (Posted on Nov 09, 2009 1:54 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHaz ...Continue Reading

Nov. 9, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-214 NASA'S STUCK MARTIAN ROVER SPIRIT TOPIC OF MEDIA CALL NOV. 12 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 12, to discuss attempts to free the Mars rover Spirit from sandy soil where the venerable robot has been stuck for the past six months. The participants a ...Continue Reading

In cooperation with the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s history office, the NASA History Division to pleased to announce the availability of a new Monograph in Aerospace history (#44).  Peter W. Merlin’s /Ikhana:  Unmanned Aircraft System Western States Fire Missions/ (NASA SP-2009-4544) is available in hard copy format from the NASA History Division or the NASA Dryden history office (_http://history.nasa.gov/series95.html#order_) and we anticipate posting a pdf version soon.    Stephen Garbe ...Continue Reading