The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN WESTERN AFRICA Agricultural fires burned in western Africa in early December 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42094&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 26, 2009 (Posted on Dec 28, 2009 12:20 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servic ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO RESUMES ACTIVITY After 10 months of relative quiet, Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island Montserrat blasted ash into the sky in early October 2009. It remained active in December 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42055&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image fr ...Continue Reading

Dec. 23, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-245 NASA ASTRONAUTS PLAN LONG DISTANCE CALL TO SEND HOLIDAY GREETINGS AND TALK ABOUT LIFE IN SPACE WITH U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ HOUSTON -- Some U.S. forces in Iraq will get the chance during the holidays to talk with two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station who also are far away from their families and ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FLY HIGH FOR WEIGHTLESS SCIENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:20:15 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FLY HIGH FOR WEIGHTLESS SCIENCE December 22, 2009 Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 Report #H09-295b UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FLY HIGH FOR ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.maddix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-295 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FLY HIGH FOR WEIGHTLESS SCIENCE HOUSTON -- NASA has selected 28 undergraduate student teams to test their science experiments in simulated weightlessness. The teams were selected to fly in the summer of 2010 with NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities and Systems Engineeri ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE LAURENCE The first cyclone of the Australian season, Laurence struck off the northwest coast in mid-December 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41998&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 22, 2009 (Posted on Dec 22, 2009 8:39 AM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. CREW LIFTS OFF FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO BEGIN SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:01:24 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: CREW LIFTS OFF FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO BEGIN SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION December 20, 2009 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joh ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOWSTORM HITS THE U.S. EAST COAST Deep snow blanketed the U.S. East Coast after a powerful snow storm on December 19-20, 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41979&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 20, 2009 (Posted on Dec 21, 2009 10:23 AM) ----------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Dec. 20, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-295 CREW LIFTS OFF FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO BEGIN SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi safely launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station ...Continue Reading

Dec. 18, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-292 NASA FLIGHT TESTS UNIQUE JUMBO JET WITH OPENING IN SIDE; PLANE'S AIRBORNE TELESCOPE WILL BE USED TO STUDY COSMOS EDWARDS, Calif. -- A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's tele ...Continue Reading