The following sections were updated since 08 August 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. In Northern California, fires continued to burn in August. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15003 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 10 2008 (Posted on Aug 11 2008 9:43AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MONSOON RAINS FLOOD PAKISTAN Unusually intense monsoon rains ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 08-204 HUBBLE UNVEILS COLORFUL STAR BIRTH REGION ON 100,000TH ORBIT WASHINGTON -- In commemoration of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completing its 100,000th orbit during its 18th year of exploration and discovery, scientists aimed Hubble to take a snapshot of a dazzling region of celestial birth and renewal. Hubble p ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-151 NASA TO BRIEF REPORTERS ABOUT CONSTELLATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 11, at 3 p.m. EDT, to brief reporters about ongoing assessments regarding the budget and schedule for the Constellation Program. NASA managers will discuss evaluations being made as part of an annual budget plannin ...Continue Reading

Aug. 8, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Koby South NASA Shared Services Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-813-6011 koby.l.south@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-051 NASA AWARDS ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded an enterprise architecture services contract to Information Dynamics of Elyria, Ohio. Agency-wide services under the contract will include business and data architecture, techni ...Continue Reading

Aug. 8, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.mills@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-150 SPACE STATION INVADED BY STUDENTS FROM OUTER SPACE BASE HOUSTON -- Arizona Kids and teens are set to blast their local libraries into orbit after completing Outer Space Base, a library series of space science programs in Tucson. Nine- to thirteen-year-olds will participate in a li ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 August 2008. -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM KILAUEA VOLCANO As summer progressed, the summit crater in Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's big island continued a pattern of intermittent activity that began in early 2008. On August 7, a plume of ash and gas streamed away from the island. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15001 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 07 2008 (Posted on Aug 08 2008 12:15PM) --------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 36 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV TO AIR INTERVIEWS WITH HUBBLE SERVICING ASTRONAUTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:25:04 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV TO AIR INTERVIEWS WITH HUBBLE SERVICING ASTRONAUTS August 7, 2008 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #M08-149 NASA TV TO AIR INTERVIEWS WITH HUBBLE SERVICING ASTRONAUTS HOUSTON -- NASA Television ...Continue Reading

Aug. 7, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-050 NASA AWARDS GLOBAL HAWK SUPPORT CONTRACT TO NORTHROP GRUMMAN EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a multi-year contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems Division of San Diego for engineering and technical services in support of the ...Continue Reading

Aug. 7, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 john.i.petty@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-149 NASA TV TO AIR INTERVIEWS WITH HUBBLE SERVICING ASTRONAUTS HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air interviews with each of the seven astronauts who will fly to the Hubble Space Telescope beginning at 8 a.m. EDT, on Monday, Aug. 11. The crew includes Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory C. Johnson, and missio ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 August 2008. -- STORM (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM KAMMURI Tropical Storm Kammuri formed in the South China Sea in the first week of August 2008 and drenched Guangdong Province, including the city of Hong Kong, on August 6. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15000 *** (QuikSCAT) image from Aug 04 2008 (Posted on Aug 06 2008 9:39AM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14999 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 05 2008 (Post ...Continue Reading