The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- HURRICANE BILL Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39855&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Aug 17, 2009 (Posted on Aug 18, 2009 5:30 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39851&src=nha *** MODIS( ...Continue Reading

August 19, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-191 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH ON AUG. 25 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has completed a two-day review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected Aug. 25 as the official launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:36 ...Continue Reading

August 18, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beautel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-158 NASA MOVES SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LAUNCH READINESS BRIEFING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's news conference about the status of the next space shuttle launch will follow the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The review, originally expected to concl ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN RUSSIA Intense fires burning in the boreal forests of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and Canada in July 2009 filled Arctic skies with smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39833&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16, 2009 (Posted on Aug 17, 2009 2:13 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

August 18, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-157 NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH MEMBERS OF FUTURE SPACE STATION CREWS HOUSTON -- Three future residents of the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA Te ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LOCKHEED FIRE, SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS On August 12, 2009, the Lockheed Fire broke out in the mountains southwest of San Jose, California, and burned through an estimated 2,600 acres of brush and timber by the morning of August 14. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39817&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 13, ...Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce the availability of a new Monograph in Aerospace History.  Lane Wallace and Christian Gelzer, /Nose Up:  High Angle-of-Attack and Thrust Vectoring Research at NASA Dryden 1979-2001/ (NASA SP-2009-4534) is now available in hard copy format.  Interested readers should send a 9 ½ x 12” self-addressed, stamped envelope to Christian Gelzer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Building 4839, Edwards, CA 93523 for a free copy.   A pdf version of this ...Continue Reading

August 17, 2009 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Va. 757-864-6120/344-7211 h.k.henry@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-188 NASA LAUNCHES NEW TECHNOLOGY: AN INFLATABLE HEAT SHIELD WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and p ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Touch the Moon in South Dakota ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:21:58 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Touch the Moon in South Dakota August 14, 2009 Sean Wilson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7516 Report #M009-142 Touch the Moon in South Dakota South Dakotans will have the rare chance to touch a piece of moon rock starting next week in NASA ...Continue Reading

August 14, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-155 NASA SETS BRIEFING ABOUT SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S READINESS TO LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers will hold a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The briefing will begin after the end of the Flight ...Continue Reading