The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA A crippling heat wave in southeastern Australia contributed to an outbreak of forest and grassland fires in Victoria, Australia, in late January 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=36861 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 30, 2009 (Posted on Jan 30, 2009 1:49 PM) ------------------ ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SEEKS CONCEPT PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE MOON LANDER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:14:01 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SEEKS CONCEPT PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE MOON LANDER January 29, 2009 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 Report ...Continue Reading

Jan. 29, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-023 NASA SEEKS TECHNOLOGIES FOR TESTING DURING REDUCED GRAVITY FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is looking for new technologies that have potential use in future agency projects which could benefit from testing during flights on an airplane that simulates the weightless conditions of space. The technologies may improve air and space vehicle capabilities and support futur ...Continue Reading

International GHRSST Data Users Symposium 28-29 May 2009, Santa Rosa, CA The Group for High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) project provides a new generation of uniformly processed satellite SST data and global high-resolution (<10km) SST products to the operational oceanographic, meteorological, climate and general scientific community. More information on the project is at http://www.ghrsst-pp.org/. The symposium will update SST data users on satellite data sets and the current status of blended ...Continue Reading

Jan. 29, 2009 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: 09-021 NASA MISSION TO HELP UNRAVEL KEY CARBON, CLIMATE MYSTERIES WASHINGTON -- NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Carbon dioxide is the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's c ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-018 NASA SEEKS CONCEPT PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE MOON LANDER WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, NASA issued a request for proposals for concept definition and requirements analysis support for the Altair lunar lander. Proposals are due to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston by 2 p.m. CS ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2009 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Donna Weaver Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 dweaver@stsci.edu villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 09-020 NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO CHOOSE HUBBLE'S NEXT DISCOVERY WASHINGTON -- NASA is giving everyone the opportunity to use the world's most celebrated telescope to explore the heavens and boldly look where the Hubble Space Telescope has never looked before. NASA is inviting the public ...Continue Reading

Jan. 28, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Audrey Staples National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-325-6981 audrey.staples@nianet.org RELEASE: 09-019 AWARD-WINNING NASA TV SHOW LAUNCHES SECOND SEASON HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA 360, a half-hour television program that explores NASA's contributions to everyday life, is cele ...Continue Reading

Jan. 27, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-020 NASA TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for no earlier than 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch. The news conference wil ...Continue Reading

Jan. 27, 2009 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-017 NASA CHALLENGES UNIVERSITY STUDENT LAUNCH INITIATIVE TEAMS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Twenty student teams selected by NASA from colleges and universities around the country are spending the winter building sophisticated rockets they will launch high over Alabama during NASA's 2008-2009 University Studen ...Continue Reading