There are 2 messages totalling 136 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SHUTTLE MISSION 2. NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR CONCEPTS OF LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:33:12 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SHUTTLE MISSION July 28, 2008 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, ...Continue Reading

July 29, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-190 NASA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL MEETING FOR LUNAR SCIENCE DISCUSSIONS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon. The meeting laid the groundwork for a new generation of lunar science. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 28 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A thick band of haze appeared over eastern China in late July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14980 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 26 2008 (Posted on Jul 28 2008 3:33PM) -- FIRE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov, bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-48 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR CONCEPTS OF LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS HOUSTON -- NASA's Constellation Program has selected 11 companies and one university to independently develop concepts that contribute to how astr ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-188 AVIATION INNOVATORS COMPETE FOR NASA TECHNOLOGY PRIZES WASHINGTON -- The 2008 General Aviation Technology Challenge will be held Aug. 4-10 at the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. Competitors will demonstrate innovations resulting in aircraft that are safer, less expensive and easier to operate, while having fewer negative impacts on the environment and communities surrounding airports. Th ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Sara Hammond University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-1974 shammond@lpl.arizona.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-140 NASA PHOENIX MISSION SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS MARTIAN STUDIES TUCSON, Ariz. -- NASA and the University of Arizona, Tucson, will hold a media briefing Thursday, July 31, at 11 a.m. PDT, in the mission's Science Operations Center ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120/344-7211 h.k.henry@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-137 MEDIA INVITED FOR DEMO OF LUNAR SURFACE MANIPULATOR CONCEPT HAMPTON, Va. -- A NASA concept for lifting and manipulating materials on the lunar surface will be demonstrated for reporters at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., on Friday, ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602j john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 edward.s.campion@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-138 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a series of news media briefings Sept. 8 - 9 to preview the space shuttle's fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 July 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. The fires continued to burn in late July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14978 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 24 2008 (Posted on Jul 25 2008 11:24AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observator ...Continue Reading

July 24, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-187 NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS PARACHUTE FOR ARES ROCKET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent ...Continue Reading