June 21st 2008 PST
The following sections were updated since 19 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Dust plumes blew off the coast of South Australia in mid-June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14897 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 16 2008 (Posted on Jun 19 2008 3:20PM) -- 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 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/sh ...Continue Reading
June 21st 2008 PST
June 20, 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: M08-121 MARS PHOENIX MEDIA TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY PASADENA, Calif. - NASA and the University of Arizona, Tucson, will hold a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT, to report on the latest developments concerning the bright ...Continue Reading
June 21st 2008 PST
June 20, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-154 NASA LAUNCHES OCEAN SATELLITE TO KEEP A WEATHER, CLIMATE EYE OPEN PASADENA, Calif. -- A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a globe-circling voyage to continue charting sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission will return a ...Continue Reading
June 20th 2008 PST
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new book by Sunny Tsiao, "Read You Loud and Clear!": The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network (NASA SP-2007-4233). A flyer with a more detailed description and ordering information is attached. Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail Suite CO72, Room 2Q25 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax http://history.nasa.gov ____________________________________________________________________ ----------------------- ...Continue Reading
June 20th 2008 PST
The following sections were updated since 18 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE MIDDLE EAST A massive dust cloud hovered over the Middle East in mid-June 2008, stretching from Iraq to India, and spreading south past the Arabian Peninsula. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14895 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 18 2008 (Posted on Jun 19 2008 12:51PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NA ...Continue Reading
June 20th 2008 PST
June 19, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov Kathy Major National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), Houston 713-798-5893 major@bcm.edu RELEASE: 08-153 NASA, NSBRI SELECT PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT CREW HEALTH ON MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund a group of research p ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2008 PST
June 18, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-039 NASA AWARDS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide institutional services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The contract begins Oct. 1, 2008, with a five-year base period, followed by five one-year optio ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2008 PST
The following sections were updated since 17 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN NORTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN A two-pronged plume of dust hovered over northeastern Afghanistan and neighboring countries in mid-June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14893 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 14 2008 (Posted on Jun 17 2008 6:17PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AFRICA Annual agricultural burning in the western countries of central Af ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2008 PST
June 16, 2008 Bert Ulrich Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1713 bert.ulrich@nasa.gov Jasmine Madatian Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 818-560-5610 jasmine.madatian@disney.com RELEASE: 08-142 NASA AND DISNEY INVITE KIDS TO EXPLORE SPACE WITH WALL-E WASHINGTON -- An animated robot and his spacefaring companion are leading a campaign by NASA and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures to promote interest among schoolchildren in science and technology. NASA and Disney have signed a Space Act Agreement for a series ...Continue Reading
June 19th 2008 PST
June 18, 2008 Jason S. Sharp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5213 jason.s.sharp@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-152 SMITHSONIAN'S FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES NASA'S 50 YEARS WASHINGTON -- Moon buggies, stardust and space food are a few of the things visitors will learn about at the "NASA: 50 Years and Beyond" program during this summer's Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The program will showcase the role men and women of NASA have played in broadening the horizons of American science and culture, and the role t ...Continue Reading
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