July 9, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-171 NASA AND ESA COMPLETE COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE STUDY WASHINGTON -- Over the last 6 months, representatives from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, have been engaged in a detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the moon. Findings from the study included a significant mutual interest in the ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 08-045 NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Inc. in Houston, a one-year contract extension valued at $42 million to provide integration services for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station. Lockheed Martin has held t ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-132 SHUTTLE CREW TO VISIT NASA HEADQUARTERS, AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON -- One month after the landing of space shuttle Discovery, NASA Headquarters in Washington is preparing to welcome the astronauts of the STS-124 crew, which wrapped up a mission to the International Space Station on June 14. The STS-124 crew members will share mission highlights with NASA employees, their families and repo ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FOREST FIRE IN SOUTHERN TURKEY A deadly forest fire in southern Turkey spread thick smoke across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus in early July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14933 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 08 2008 (Posted on Jul 08 2008 9:06AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Heavy rains flooded several rivers in the U.S. Midwest in early June 2 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 66 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS LAUNCH DATES FOR REMAINING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:42:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS LAUNCH DATES FOR REMAINING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS July 7, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #H08-167 NASA SETS LAUNCH DATES FOR REMAINING SP ...Continue Reading

July 7, 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 RELEASE: 08-167 NASA SETS LAUNCH DATES FOR REMAINING SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS HOUSTON -- Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. The manifest includes one flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, seven assembly flights to t ...Continue Reading

July 7, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-168 COLLEGE STUDENTS DESIGN FUTURE AIRCRAFT IN NASA COMPETITION HAMPTON, Va. -- Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like. Fourteen teams and two individual students submitted their designs in the a ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE RED SEA A dust storm blew off the coast of Sudan and over the Red Sea in early July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14930 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 04 2008 (Posted on Jul 07 2008 1:53PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14929 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 04 2008 (Posted on Jul 07 2008 1:25PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 July 2008. -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY ON MOUNT ETNA Mount Etna released plumes of ash and steam in late June and early July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14926 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jun 21 2008 (Posted on Jul 03 2008 3:15PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservatory ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA DEBUTS WEB SITE FOR FIRST ARES TEST FLIGHT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:24:55 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA DEBUTS WEB SITE FOR FIRST ARES TEST FLIGHT July 2, 2008 Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 Daniel Kanigan ...Continue Reading