The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AFRICA Fires burned throughout Central Africa in mid-June 2009, from Lake Tanganyika to the Atlantic Ocean. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39003&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 16, 2009 (Posted on Jun 19, 2009 12:36 PM) FIRES IN AUSTRALIA'S KAKADU NATIONAL PARK Early-season fires (pr ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 113 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA CHOOSES THREE NEW FLIGHT DIRECTORS TO LEAD MISSION CONTROL 2. NASA AWARDS FIRST RECOVERY ACT CONTRACT FOR JOHNSON REPAIRS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:38:00 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA CHOOSES THREE NEW FLIGHT DIRECTORS TO LEAD MISSION CONTROL June 12, 2009 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Cen ...Continue Reading

June 18, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-207-3280 jonas.dino@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-143 NASA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES LUNAR IMPACTOR CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. T ...Continue Reading

June 18, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-142 NASA RETURNING TO THE MOON WITH FIRST LUNAR LAUNCH IN A DECADE GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket fro ...Continue Reading

June 18, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120/344-7211 h.k.henry@nasa.gov Rebecca Powell Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1139 rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-110 NASA RESCHEDULES TEST OF MAX LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM TO JUNE 22 WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Because of weather concerns and launch site preparations, NASA has ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ASH PLUME OVERLYING CLOUDS AT SARYCHEV PEAK Sarychev Peak in the Central Kuril Islands released volcanic ash plumes and a large cloud of sulfur dioxide in early June 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38975&src=nha *** OMI(Aura) image from Jun 10, 2009 (Posted on Jun 17, 2009 4:11 PM) - ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 74 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASAS LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM HARDWARE IN LAS CRUCES JUNE 18 2. NASA ASTRONAUT, HOMETOWN HERO COMES TO TURNER FIELD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:17:16 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASAS LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM HARDWARE IN LAS CRUCES JUNE 18 June 17, 2009 Debbie V. Nguyen Johnson Space Center, Houston (281) 483-5111 Report #J09-014 NASAÂ’S LAUNCH ABO ...Continue Reading

June 17, 2009 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-139 NASA ANNOUNCES EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded approximately $19 million to colleges and universities nationwide to conduct research and technology development in areas of importance to NASA's mission. In addition, the awards enable faculty development and higher education student support. The selections are part of NASA's Experimental Program to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM ALONG THE IRANIAN COAST A dust storm struck Iran in mid-June 2009. The dust blew along the Iranian coast over the Gulf of Oman. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38972&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 17, 2009 (Posted on Jun 17, 2009 12:30 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 upd ...Continue Reading

June 17, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-140 LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSIONS ROLL TO PAD FOR THURSDAY LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensi ...Continue Reading