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

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER EASTERN AUSTRALIA A powerful dust storm swept over eastern Australia on September 23, 2009, extending from Northern Queensland to Victoria across the eastern coast of Australia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40274&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 23, 2009 (Posted on Sep 23, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-220 NASA ANNOUNCES AWARDS FOR FUTURE ASTROPHYSICS SUBORBITAL FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected nine scientific teams to work on future high-altitude balloon and sounding rocket payloads. The selected proposals address a wide range of astrophysical mysteries from dark matter and cosmic-ray antiprotons to studi ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 09-221 MESSENGER SPACECRAFT PREPARES FOR FINAL PASS BY MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 miles a ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 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: M09-184 NASA TO HOLD TELECONFERENCE TO DISCUSS NEW FINDINGS ABOUT MARS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host a media teleconference at noon PDT on Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss new research results from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The findings will be ...Continue Reading

Sept. 22, 2009 Ashley Edwards, Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-219 NASA SETS TARGET DATE FOR ARES I-X ROCKET'S TEST LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is targeting Tuesday, Oct. 27, for the flight test of the Ares I-X rocket, pending successful testing and data verification. Senior managers made the decision after a meeting Monday at ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY RAINS IN U.S. SOUTHEAST In September 2009, several storms over the southeastern United States left behind acres of standing water and multiple deaths. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40266&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Sep 14, 2009 (Posted on Sep 22, 2009 9:36 AM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 22, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-183 NASA TO REVEAL NEW SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ABOUT THE MOON WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss new science data from the moon collected during national and international space missions. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefing from the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E ...Continue Reading