May 29, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Duncan Wardle Walt Disney World Public Relations 407-566-6397 duncan.wardle@disney.com RELEASE: 08-134 NASA LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVE WITH DISNEY PARKS AND BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WASHINGTON -- As seven, well-trained astronauts begin an important mission to the International Space Station on Saturday, May 31, one toy astronaut, Buzz Lightyear, will begin a journey to help educate children across the country. The lif ...Continue Reading

May 28, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Katherine Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-108 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO OBSERVE TESTS OF LUNAR ROVERS AND SPACESUITS HOUSTON -- News media are invited to a trek on the moon -- or at least an earthly ...Continue Reading

May 28, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-107 (CORRECTION) NASA SETS BRIEFING ON NEW SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB PARTNERS CORRECTION: Deletes reference to canceled May 31 MOU signing event with the Department of Agriculture and corrects location of Zero Gravity Inc. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a briefing at 11 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 30, to discuss new opportun ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 27 May 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER IRAQ A dust storm swept through Iraq in late May 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14861 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 25 2008 (Posted on May 28 2008 12:35PM) DUST OVER MONGOLIA AND CHINA A springtime dust storm spread from Mongolia through northern China in late May 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14859 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 28 20 ...Continue Reading

May 28, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-107 NASA SETS BRIEFING ON NEW SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB PARTNERS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a briefing at 11 a.m. EDT, Friday, May 30, to discuss new opportunities to use the International Space Station's unique research environment. The briefing will originate from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and be broadcast live ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 May 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN SIBERIA May brought warming temperatures and spring floods to Siberia. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14853 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 21 2008 (Posted on May 23 2008 5:17PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- CHAITEN VOLCANO ERUPTS Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2, 2008, forcing thousands of residents ...Continue Reading

May 25, 2008 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Dwayne Brown NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Sara Hammond University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-1974 shammond@lpl.arizona.edu RELEASE: JPL2008-081 NASA'S PHOENIX SPACECRAFT LANDS AT MARTIAN ARCTIC SITE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 May 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE YELLOW SEA Dust and haze hovered over Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea in late May 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14851 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 21 2008 (Posted on May 22 2008 5:05PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SUMMIT FIRE, CALIFORNIA The Summit Fire in California was forcing road closures and evacuations in the Santa Cruz Mountains on May 23, 2008. ...Continue Reading

*NASA SimLabs News * VOLUME 8, ISSUE 2 http://www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov/newsletter/news.html   *May 2008 * TABLE OF CONTENTS   If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, SimLabs News is a quarterly publication reviewing current projects at the NASA Ames Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs). The facilities support government as well as private industry in a wide array of applications. To find out more, read on!   1. Improving Safety for the RASCAL  Researchers evaluate improvements to the ...Continue Reading

May 22, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-106 NASA'S GLAST SPACE TELESCOPE TO LAUNCH ABOARD DELTA II ON JUNE 3 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch of NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is targeted for Tuesday, June 3, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...Continue Reading