June 11, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.d.buis@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-117 OSTM/JASON 2 SATELLITE READY FOR JUNE 20 LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, or OSTM/Jason 2, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled for Friday, June 20, from Vandenberg Air Fo ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 June 2008. -- 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/shownh.php3?img_id=14881 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 08 2008 (Posted on Jun 10 2008 5:02PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE NEAR CHENGDU, CHINA On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck China's Sichuan Province. After ...Continue Reading

June 10, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-116 NASA TO HOST DAYTONA 500 MEDIA DAY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In honor of NASA's 50th anniversary and the 50th running of NASCAR's Daytona 500 in February, NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a media day Tuesday, June 17, starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The event will include the winner of this year' ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 09 June 2008. -- 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 early June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14880 *** (TRMM) image from Jun 09 2008 (Posted on Jun 09 2008 6:31PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE NEAR CHENGDU, CHINA On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitud ...Continue Reading

June 9, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov George Torres Alliant Techsystems, Brigham City, Utah 801-699-2637 george.torres@atk.com RELEASE: 08-137 ORION'S NEW LAUNCH ABORT MOTOR TEST STAND READY FOR ACTION WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, unveiled Monday a new vertical test stan ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 June 2008. -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE NEAR CHENGDU, CHINA On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck China's Sichuan Province. Aftershocks, some of them larger than magnitude 6.0, continued in the weeks after the quake. Large lakes formed behind landslide-created dams. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14877 *** RSI(FORMOSAT-2) image from Jun 03 2008 (Posted on Jun 06 2008 3:23PM) ------ ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-034 NASA AWARDS USRA CONTRACT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CLEVELAND -- NASA has awarded a contract to the Universities Space Research Association, or USRA, of Columbia, Md., to advance understanding of the effects of the space environment on the functioning of space exploration systems. The assoc ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-033 NASA AWARDS GROUND EQUIPMENT CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected contractors for a multiple award contract to provide fabrication of ground support equipment for Constellation and other space programs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multiple award, indefinite-deli ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-140 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR LUNAR SCIENCE RESEARCH MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA is looking for the right stuff to further scientific knowledge about the moon. NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, recently issued a Cooperative Agreement ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-139 NASA 50TH ANNIVERSARY ESSAY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON -- The winners of NASA's 50th Anniversary Essay Competition have been selected. The international competition challenged middle school and junior high students to discuss, in an essay of 500 words or less, one of two topics: how they have benefitted in their everyday lives from aerospace technologies built by NASA during the past 50 ...Continue Reading