Oct. 31, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-064 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR MISSION, CREW OPERATIONS SUPPORT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a $206.5 million contract to United Space Alliance of Houston to provide mission and flight crew operations support for the International Space Station and human space exploration activities after the space shuttle i ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 30 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the Himalaya in late October 2008. The haze probably resulted from a combination of agricultural fires and urban pollution, and may have contained some airborne dust. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15116 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30 2008 (Posted on Oct 30 2008 3:46PM) -- FLOOD (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- FLOODING IN CENTRAL AMERICA Lan ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-279 NASA GIVES "GO" FOR SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH ON NOV. 14 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-126 mission. Commander Chris Ferguson and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off to the ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2008 Don Savage/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0183/5241 donald.l.savage@nasa.gov j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-280 NASA MANAGERS DELAY HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA managers have announced that they will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The decision comes after engineers completed assessments of th ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2008 Don Savage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0183/5241 donald.l.savage@nasa.gov John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-221 NASA UPDATES THURSDAY'S HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION AND SPACE SHUTTLE READINESS REVIEW BRIEFING TIMES WASHINGTON -- The time of Thursday's media teleconference to discuss the status of the shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope has changed to 5:30 p.m. EDT. A news conference at the Kennedy Space Cen ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rhea R. Borja 818- 354-0850 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. rhea.r.borja@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-278 NASA TO HOLD SMALL BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM WASHINGTON -- NASA will host the inaugural Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony Nov. 17-18 in Washington at the Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW. Participation in this symposium is open to industry, academia and ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov 202-358-1979 RELEASE: 08-277 NASA AND KOREA SIGN STATEMENT OF INTENT FOR FUTURE COOPERATION Washington - During a meeting Thursday at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) in Seoul, Korea, NASA's Assistant Administrator for External Relations, Michael F. O'Brien, and MEST's Director-General for Big Science, Munki Lee, signed a joint statement of intent identifying poten ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2008 Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-220 NASA TV PROVIDES HD FEED OF DOCUMENTARY ON NASA'S FIRST 50 YEARS WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide a high definition feed of the documentary "50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA" on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 and 8 p.m. EDT. Hosted by Neil Armstrong, the 90-minute documentary features film and video highlights of the agency's first half-century, as well as the i ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2008 Don Savage/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0183/5241 donald.l.savage@nasa.gov, j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745/0697 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov, edward.s.campion@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-219 NASA TO DISCUSS STATUS OF HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION THURSDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 30, to discuss the status of the upcoming shuttle servicing mission ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 28 October 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM RASHMI Tropical Storm Rashmi came ashore over Bangladesh on October 27, 2008, taking at least 15 lives. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15114 *** (QuikSCAT) image from Oct 26 2008 (Posted on Oct 28 2008 6:33PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http:/ ...Continue Reading