The following sections were updated since 24 April 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 late April 2008, scores of fires were burning across the Yucatan and Guatemala. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14801 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 24 2008 (Posted on Apr 25 2008 9:30AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/207-1323 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Sarah Cooper m2mi Corporation, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-961-5376 sarah.cooper@m2mi.com RELEASE: 08-107 NASA AMES PARTNERS WITH M2MI FOR SMALL SATELLITE DEVELOPMENT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and m2mi Corp., Moffett Field, Calif., announced Thursday they a ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN Dust plumes covered much of the Taklimakan Desert in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14798 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 21 2008 (Posted on Apr 23 2008 10:11AM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN VICTORIA, AUTRALIA Fires burned across Victoria, Australia, in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?i ...Continue Reading

April 22, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-023 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT TO SPACEX WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles. The NASA Launch Services contracts are multiple awards to multiple launch service providers. Twice per yea ...Continue Reading

April 22, 2008 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-022 NASA CONTRACT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded a contract to Deltha-Critique Joint Venture of New Orleans, La., to provide administrative support services for the center. The potential contract value is $28,982,749 (includi ...Continue Reading

April 22, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-021 NASA SELECTS CONTRACTOR FOR LANDSAT DATA CONTINUITY MISSION SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Under the terms of the $116,306,179 delivery order, General Dynamics Advanced ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SMOKE OVER THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA AND NORTHERN PACIFIC Russian wildfires sent smoke over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Pacific Ocean in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14797 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 21 2008 (Posted on Apr 22 2008 1:06PM) DUST OVER THE PERSIAN GULF A massive dust plume blew out of Saudi Arabia and over the Persian Gulf in mid-April 2008. * http://n ...Continue Reading

April 22, 2008 Dwayne Brown/Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/0918 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov/stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-082 NASA HOSTS MEDIA BRIEFING ON HOW ECOSYSTEMS ARE CHANGING WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Tuesday, April 29, at 1:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the latest research documenting changes in Earth's ecosystems using NASA remote-sensing data. The event will be held at The Inn & Conference Center, 3501 University Blvd. East, Adelphi, Md., Room 1312. Pane ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington/Darryl Mitchell Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040/5169 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov, darryl.r.mitchell@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-106 NASA OFFERS EDUCATIONAL ONLINE GAMING OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPERS WASHINGTON -- Educators soon may be able take the "learning can be fun" adage to another level using computer-simulation games with new technologies created by NASA and a yet-t ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 18 April 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES SPREAD SMOKE OVER BUENOS AIRES Unusually intense agricultural fires blanketed nearby Buenos Aires, Argentina, with smoke in April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14791 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 20 2008 (Posted on Apr 21 2008 1:35PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON NEOGURI The first typhoon of 2008 in the western Pacific Ocean, Typhoon Neoguri moved towards so ...Continue Reading