Oct. 22, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-213 NASA'S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD, PRACTICE LIFTOFF SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to move from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., as early as 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, as preparations for the STS-126 mission move forward. Endeav ...Continue Reading

Oct. 22, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov\ Kimberly W. Land Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-746-4749 kimberly.w.land@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-212 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO TESTS OF MOON TOOLS IN HAWAII NOV. 13 HILO, Hawaii -- Media are invited to observe tests of NASA equipment and rover concepts that will demonstrate how astronauts might prospect for lunar resources and make their own oxygen for survival on the moon. The tests will take ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Thick haze hovered over eastern China in mid-October 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15111 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16 2008 (Posted on Oct 21 2008 4:12PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservatory.nasa.go ...Continue Reading

Oct. 22, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rita Karl Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Va. 703-535-1345 rkarl@challenger.org RELEASE: 08-267 NASA AND THE CHALLENGER CENTER ANNOUNCE NAMING CONTEST WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Education have partnered to engage students in ongoing activities for one of NASA's concepts for astronaut housing on the moon through a contest to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 20 October 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MADAGASCAR Dozens of smoky fires were burning in eastern Madagascar on October 19, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15110 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 19 2008 (Posted on Oct 21 2008 12:32PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservatory.na ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-263 NASA RETURNS TO THE MOON WITH INSTRUMENTS ON INDIAN SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- Two NASA instruments to map the lunar surface will launch on India's maiden moon voyage. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper will assess mineral resources, and the Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or Mini-SAR, will map the polar regions and look for ice deposits. The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, is scheduled to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER IRAQ A plume of dust swept over Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia in mid-October 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15108 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16 2008 (Posted on Oct 17 2008 12:04PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservato ...Continue Reading

Oct. 19, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-262 NASA LAUNCHES IBEX MISSION TO OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday. IBEX will be the first spacecraft to image and map dynamic interactions taking place in the outer sol ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. GATOR ALUMNUS AIMS TO KEEP MOON-BOUND ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:50:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: GATOR ALUMNUS AIMS TO KEEP MOON-BOUND ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY October 17, 2008 Debbie Nguyen Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JO08-009 GATOR ALUMNUS AIMS TO KEEP MOON-BOUND ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY HOUSTON – Dua ...Continue Reading

Oct. 17, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-062 NASA INCREASES VALUE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has increased the maximum ordering value of a contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc., by $49.2 million to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...Continue Reading