The following sections were updated since 16 July 2008. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY Hundreds of fires, probably related to land clearing or agriculture, burned in Argentina and Paraguay in mid-July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14957 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 16 2008 (Posted on Jul 17 2008 12:50PM) FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continue ...Continue Reading

July 17, 2008 David Mould/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/1979 david.r.mould@nasa.gov, michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-178 HEADS OF AGENCY INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JOINT STATEMENT In Paris, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin is joined at the 2008 meeting of the International Space Station Heads of Agency by Guy Bujold, Canadian Space Agency president; Jean-Jacques Dordain, European Space Agency director-general; Anatolii N. Perminov, Russian Federal Space Agency head; and Keiji T ...Continue Reading

July 17, 2008 David Mould/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/1979 david.r.mould@nasa.gov, michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-178 HEADS OF AGENCY INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JOINT STATEMENT PARIS -- The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met at European Space Agency (ESA) Headquarters in Paris on July 17, 2008, to review ISS cooperation. As part of their discussions, they noted the significantly expanded capabili ...Continue Reading

July 16, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-176 NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR EQUIPMENT DELIVERY MISSION TO SPACE STATION WASHINGTON - NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. The flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station. Marine Corps Col. Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow will command space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-128 ...Continue Reading

July 16, 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 Jennifer Huergo The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240- 228-5618 jennifer.Huergo@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 08-177 NASA SPACECRAFT SHOWS DIVERSE, WET ENVIRONMENTS ON ANCIENT MARS WASHINGTON -- Two studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:58:29 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT July 14, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #C08-044 NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT HOUSTO ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 2 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 the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14951 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 10 2008 (Posted on Jul 15 2008 10:34AM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14950 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 13 2008 (Posted on J ...Continue Reading

July 15, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-175 SMALL BUSINESSES TO FLY NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON ZERO-GRAVITY FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program has selected seven Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, companies to participate in reduced-gravity test flights in early September. The companies will have the opportunity to test their newly developed hardware on an aircraft that simulates the weightless conditions of ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-044 NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded an advanced planning assessment contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va. The fixed-price contract has a maximum value of $30 million for a three-year base period beginning July 8 and two one-year options. The contract is a follow ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2008 Michael Braukus/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/0668 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-174 SPACE AGENCIES CONTINUE TALKS ON GLOBAL EXPLORATION STRATEGY WASHINGTON -- Representatives of 11 space agencies from around the world gathered in Montreal July 10 - 12 to continue the coordination of programs to extend human and robotic presence throughout the solar system. In May 2007, multilateral space agency discussions resulted in the release of &q ...Continue Reading