July 3, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Mike Buckley Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-7536 mike.buckley@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 08-166 NASA REVEALS NEW DISCOVERIES FROM MERCURY GREENBELT, Md. -- Scientists have argued about the origins of Mercury's smooth plains and the source of its magnetic field for more than 30 years. Now, analyses of data from the January 2008 flyby of the planet by the Mercury Surface, Space Environmen ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 02 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. These images show dozens of active fires burning in the state. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14925 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 02 2008 (Posted on Jul 03 2008 10:48AM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CHAITEN VOLCANO ERUPTS Dormant for more than 9,000 years, ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 113 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT STATION CREW, SPACEFLIGHT PARTICIPANT 2. SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS, BRIEFING ON TAP FOR NASA TV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:52:41 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT STATION CREW, SPACEFLIGHT PARTICIPANT July 1, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Wash ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov, bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov Daniel Kanigan Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6849 daniel.n.kanigan@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-131 NASA DEBUTS WEB SITE FOR FIRST ARES TEST FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA is developing new spacecraft, the Ares rockets and ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 01 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE PERSIAN GULF A dust storm blew through Iraq and Iran, and over the Persian Gulf in early July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14924 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 02 2008 (Posted on Jul 02 2008 1:46PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14919 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 01 2008 (Posted on Jul 01 2008 11:21AM) -- FIRE (3 updated events, 3 new ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Laura Layton Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-8170 laura.a.layton@nasa.gov Robert Sanders University of California, Berkeley 501-643-6998 rsanders@berkeley.edu RELEASE: 08-165 STEREO CREATES FIRST IMAGES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S INVISIBLE FRONTIER GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's sun-focused Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, twin spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the sol ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov Katherine Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-151 NASA CONSIDERS DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT-LED SATELLITE INITIATIVE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA is considering the development of a university-based, student-led satellite development initiative to begin passing the space ex ...Continue Reading

July 2, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-130 SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS, BRIEFING ON TAP FOR NASA TV HOUSTON -- Two International Space Station residents will conduct a pair of spacewalks outside the Russian segment of the complex July 10 and 15, with coverage of both planned for NASA Television. Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko ...Continue Reading

July 1, 2008 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-128 NASA TO REVEAL NEW DISCOVERIES FROM MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference Thursday, July 3, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss analysis of data from the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft's flyby of Mercury earlie ...Continue Reading

July 1, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-129 NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT STATION CREW, SPACEFLIGHT PARTICIPANT HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Wednesday, July 30, at 1 p.m. CDT, with the next resident crew of the International Space Station and an American spaceflight participant. The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, a ...Continue Reading