There are 2 messages totalling 122 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA CHANGES 2008 SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES, SCHEDULES TCDT 2. ASTRONAUT JOE TANNER LEAVES NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:13:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA CHANGES 2008 SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES, SCHEDULES TCDT September 5, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington ...Continue Reading

<<nltrc.pdf>> The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the availability of a new CD-ROM about the Altitude Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center (SP-2008-4608).  Bob Arrighi at NASA Glenn has put together a wealth of documents, still and moving images, and other information about this historic wind tunnel.  Members of the public may request a copy by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NASA History Division, Room CO72, NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, WDC 20546. Also, ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 September 2008. -- STORM (3 updated events, 5 new images) -- HURRICANE IKE Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. In the wake of Gustav and Hanna, the third storm in the queue, named Ike, made its way westward. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15052 *** (TRMM) image from Sep 03 2008 (Posted on Sep 05 2008 1:56PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id ...Continue Reading

<<nltrc.pdf>> The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the availability of a new CD-ROM about the Altitude Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center (SP-2008-4608).  Bob Arrighi at NASA Glenn has put together a wealth of documents, still and moving images, and other information about this historic wind tunnel.  Members of the public may request a copy by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NASA History Division, Room CO72, NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, WDC 20546. Also, ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 September 2008. -- STORM (3 updated events, 5 new images) -- HURRICANE IKE Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. In the wake of Gustav and Hanna, the third storm in the queue, named Ike, made its way westward. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15052 *** (TRMM) image from Sep 03 2008 (Posted on Sep 05 2008 1:56PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id ...Continue Reading

<<nltrc.pdf>> The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the availability of a new CD-ROM about the Altitude Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center (SP-2008-4608).  Bob Arrighi at NASA Glenn has put together a wealth of documents, still and moving images, and other information about this historic wind tunnel.  Members of the public may request a copy by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NASA History Division, Room CO72, NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, WDC 20546. Also, ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 September 2008. -- STORM (3 updated events, 5 new images) -- HURRICANE IKE Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. In the wake of Gustav and Hanna, the third storm in the queue, named Ike, made its way westward. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15052 *** (TRMM) image from Sep 03 2008 (Posted on Sep 05 2008 1:56PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id ...Continue Reading

Sept. 05, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 08-224 NASA CHANGES 2008 SHUTTLE TARGET LAUNCH DATES, SCHEDULES TCDT HOUSTON -- NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for the two remaining space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 m ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CARBON MONOXIDE OVER AFRICA Carbon monoxide concentrations across Africa between August 25 and September 1, 2008, were elevated from widespread agricultural burning and wildfires. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15046 *** MOPITT(Terra) image from Sep 01 2008 (Posted on Sep 03 2008 12:16PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CHAITEN VOLCANO ERUPTS Dormant for more than 9, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-220 NASA ACCEPTS AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will accept scholarship applications from Sept. 5, 2008, through Jan. 16, 2009, for the academic year beginning in fall 2009. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in aeronautics or related fields. Undergraduate students in their second year of study ...Continue Reading