July 8, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-124 MEDIA INVITED TO ATTEND NASA ADVISORY MEETING IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON -- The NASA Advisory Council will meet in the Columbia Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Capitol on July 16, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. This daylong meeting is open to journalists and the public. Following opening remarks from council chairman Kenneth Ford, NASA's acting Administrator Christopher ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AFRICA As the rainy season migrates north and south across Africa each year, a wave of widespread fires precedes its arrival. Fires were widespread across central Africa in early July 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39253&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 08, 2009 (Posted on Jul 08 ...Continue Reading

July 08, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120 h.k.henry@nasa.gov Rebecca Powell Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1139 rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-156 NASA TESTS ALTERNATE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM FOR ASTRONAUT ...Continue Reading

-----Original Message----- From: NASA News [mailto:hqnews@mediaservices.nasa.gov] Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:50 PM To: NASA News Subject: NASA Invites Media and Public to Discussion About Legacy of Apollo July 7, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-123 NASA INVITES MEDIA AND PUBLIC TO DISCUSSION ABOUT LEGACY OF APOLLO WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, July 16, at 1 p.m. EDT, NASA will host a roundtable discussion titled "Apollo: History ...Continue Reading

July 7, 2009 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-123 NASA INVITES MEDIA AND PUBLIC TO DISCUSSION ABOUT LEGACY OF APOLLO WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, July 16, at 1 p.m. EDT, NASA will host a roundtable discussion titled "Apollo: History and Legacy," to mark the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11. Members of the news media and public are invited to attend the panel in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 3 ...Continue Reading

July 7, 2009 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: 09-155 NEW NASA SATELLITE SURVEY REVEALS DRAMATIC ARCTIC SEA ICE THINNING WASHINGTON -- Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record. The new results, based on data from a NASA Earth-orbiting spac ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA Saharan dust formed giant arcs off the west coast of Africa at the beginning of July 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39210&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 01, 2009 (Posted on Jul 06, 2009 4:05 PM) DUST STORM OVER IRAQ A dust storm struck ...Continue Reading

July 7, 2009 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov David Hosansky National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. 303-497-8611 hosansky@ucar.edu RELEASE: 09-154 NASA RESEARCH TO HELP AIRCRAFT AVIOD OCEAN STORMS, TURBULENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA is funding the development of a prototype system to provide aircraft with updates about severe storms and turbulence as they fly across remote ocean regions. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCA ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT STARTS AGENCY'S FIRST BILINGUAL TWITTER 2. NASA PHOENIX WATER ICE, SOIL FINDINGS POINT TO CLIMATE CYCLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:48:11 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT STARTS AGENCY'S FIRST BILINGUAL TWITTER July 2, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Cente ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER IRAQ A dust storm struck Iraq in late June 2009 and continued for over a week, disrupting air traffic and forcing hundreds to seek medical assistance. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39200&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 03, 2009 (Posted on Jul 06, 2009 1:17 PM) ------- ...Continue Reading