Sept. 30, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-052 NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY-DRIVEN RISK REDUCTION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to International Trade Bridge Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to support agency-wide efforts to reduce the environmental impact of NASA activities and improve energy conservation. International Trade Bridge Inc. will provide engineering, technical and administrative support for activities under t ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2009 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-050 NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded a three-year contract extension to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., for engineering and science support at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract extension has an estimated value of $978 million. The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN YELLOWSTONE Fires broke out in Yellowstone in September 2009. The Arnica fire near Yellowstone lake started on September 13 but grew dramatically starting on September 24, thanks to warm, dry weather. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40508&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 27, 2009 (Posted on Sep ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 616 2009 Sep 30 Somerville, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station -------------------- The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle, HTV-1, was launched on Sep 10 into a 185 x 301 km x 51.6 deg orbit. This was the first launch of the H-IIB rocket, which has a larger diameter first stage than the old H-IIA, with two LE-5A main engines instead of one, and four large SRB-A strapons instead of two ...Continue Reading

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Sept. 30, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-226 NEW SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCHES; IN-ORBIT NEWS CONFERENCE SET HOUSTON -- The next residents of the International Space Station launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev and spaceflight participant ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRE IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA The Guiberson Fire broke out in Ventura County, California, on September 22, 2009, threatening hundreds of homes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40374&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 26, 2009 (Posted on Sep 28, 2009 4:17 PM) FIRES IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA Fires burned th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN OREGON Lightning strikes caused wildfires not far from Eugene, Oregon, in early September 2009. Unfavorable weather conditions hampered firefighting efforts later in the month. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40344&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 23, 2009 (Posted on Sep 25, 2009 5:02 PM) ...Continue Reading

PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE: PO.DAAC's website: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov and all PO.DAAC data tools and services (including POET, FTP, Dods, and Aspera sites) will be unavailable for approximately 6 hours on Friday, October 9th, starting at 8:00am PDT due to scheduled facility maintenance activities. -------------------------------------------------------------------- User Services Office Physical Oceanography DAAC       Email:   podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory     ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN BAJA CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in Baja California in late September 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40314&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 23, 2009 (Posted on Sep 24, 2009 2:08 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA ...Continue Reading