May 8, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-117 NASA AND JAXA TO CONDUCT JOINT RESEARCH ON SONIC BOOM MODELING WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) intend to conduct joint research on sonic boom modeling. Sonic boom modeling is one of the key technologies needed to enable a next generation supersonic aircraft quiet enough that it can fly supersonically over land without significant disturbance to the public. Such a vehicle a ...Continue Reading

May 8, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Emily Outen Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/272-9859 (mobile) emily.s.outen@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-118 NASA NETWORK CONNECTS STUDENTS FOR WEB RETROSPECTIVE SERIES HAMPTON, Va. -- As part of NASA's 50th anniversary celebration, the Digital Learning Network will host a series of live webcasts with students across the country May 13-21. The series will highlight the contributions of each NASA center to a s ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 May 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA Fires are common in southern Mexico and northern Central America during the February-May dry season. In early May 2008, scores of fires were burning across the Yucatan and Guatemala. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14822 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 07 2008 (Posted on May 08 2008 7:59AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE NARGIS FLOODS BURMA (MYAN ...Continue Reading

May 8, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov, bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0371 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-093 NASA TO UPDATE MEDIA ABOUT CONSTELLATION PROGRAM PROGRESS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov, bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-115 EXHALING FOR EXPLORATION: SCIENTISTS TEST LUNAR BREATHING SYSTEM HOUSTON -- Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does that ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jenna Mills Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.mills@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-092 STUDENTS MAKE THE ULTIMATE LONG DISTANCE CALL TO THE SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- Students from coast to coast will have the opportunity to make an out of this world call to the International Space Station on Monday, May 12, from 11:20 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. CDT. The students and educators from One Stop Richmond Hill Community ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-113 NASA ROLLS OUT NEW ARTIFACT LOAN PROGRAM WITH SPACE SHUTTLE TIRES WASHINGTON -- With the help of the space shuttle program, NASA kicks off a new artifact loan program for museums, planetariums, and other organizations. NASA's new Artifact Loan Opportunities Program will help organizations borrow NASA artifacts for education and outreach purposes. The first artifacts available are main landing gear tir ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 May 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE NARGIS The formation of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal in late April 2008 coincided with the start of cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean. The storm was predicted to move northeast and strike Myanmar (Burma) in the first week of May. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14819 *** (TRMM) image from May 04 2008 (Posted on May 07 2008 2:09PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new i ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2008 David Mould/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/1726 david.r.mould@nasa.gov/dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-114 WEILER ASSUMES OFFICIAL ROLE AS NASA SCIENCE CHIEF WASHINGTON -- Administrator Michael Griffin announced Wednesday that Ed Weiler will remain as NASA's associate administrator for the agency's Science Mission Directorate. Weiler was named interim chief of the directorate March 26. "I'm very pleased to have Ed officially accept a more long-term position as science c ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-7199 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-089 NASA TO ANNOUNCE SUCCESS OF LONG GALACTIC HUNT WASHINGTON -- NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have ...Continue Reading