The following sections were updated since 16 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OFF WEST AFRICA Dust plumes from the Sahara blew off the west coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean in mid-June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14890 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 15 2008 (Posted on Jun 16 2008 2:26PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA A lightning-triggered fire in a North Carolina wildlife refuge and ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Emily Outen Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022 emily.s.outen@nasa.gov Trina Patterson Alliant Techsystems, Brigham City, Utah 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com RELEASE: 08-147 NASA, ATK CONDUCT FIRST LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM IGNITER TEST FOR ORION WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, reached another milestone Friday with the successf ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-038 NASA EXTENDS EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES SUPPORT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., an option for the Expendable Launch Vehicles Integrated Support, or ELVIS, contract. This second option period award is a hybrid performance-based, cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price-award-fee, and fix ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 13 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER IRAQ Dust plumes blew through central Iraq and over the Persian Gulf in mid-June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14889 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 16 2008 (Posted on Jun 16 2008 1:50PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA A lightning-triggered fire in a North Carolina wildlife refuge and a human-caused fire in the Virg ...Continue Reading

June 14, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-150 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY GLIDES HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 11:15 a.m. EDT Saturday, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., completing a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles in space. The STS-124 mission was the second of three flights to launch co ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@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: C08-037 NASA AWARDS CONSTELLATION PROGRAM TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. in Houston a contract for technical support services for the Constellation Program, which is deve ...Continue Reading

June 13, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries/Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026/0643 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov, rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-149 NASA TESTS LUNAR ROBOTS AND SPACESUITS ON EARTHLY MOONSCAPE WASHINGTON -- Conditions on the moon will be harsher, but prototyp ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 12 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Dingy gray haze clouded the skies over eastern China in early June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14885 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 12 2008 (Posted on Jun 12 2008 8:27AM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY RAIN IN THE US MIDWEST Severe storms brought heavy rain, high winds, hail, and tornadoes to the mid-section of the United States in ear ...Continue Reading

June 13, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-148 NASA A TEAM RECIPIENT OF CELEBRATED COLLIER TROPHY WASHINGTON -- NASA is part of a team that received one of the most prestigious awards in aviation on June 12. Judges for the Robert J. Collier Trophy, awarded by the National Ae ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-119 ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON -- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the first female commander of the International Space Station, will be visiting Washington on Wednesday, June 18, to participate in NASA Day on the Hill. Whitson will be available for media interviews from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT at NASA Headquarters, 300 E. Street, S.W., Washington. Interested ...Continue Reading