Sept. 25, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Lori Stiles University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 lstiles@u.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-244 NASA ORBITER REVEALS ROCK FRACTURE PLUMBING ON MARS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of wat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 September 2008. -- FLOOD (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN ORISSA, INDIA A tropical storm and ongoing monsoon rains pushed the rivers in the east Indian state of Orissa to dangerous levels in September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15082 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 20 2008 (Posted on Sep 25 2008 1:27PM) FLOODS ON THE RIO GRANDE Rains in northern Mexico pushed the Rio Grande to near-record levels in mid-September 2008. * http:// ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-243 NASA DISCUSSES LUNAR EXPLORATION CONCEPTS AND PLANS WASHINGTON -- NASA managers briefed industry representatives, members of academia and reporters Thursday about the agency's initial plans for the Ares V heavy-lift rocket and Altair lunar lander. The Ares V and Altair are part of a fleet of vehicles NASA is developing for a new space transp ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ANNOUNCES NEW TARGET LAUNCH DATES, STATUS NEWS CONFERENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:03:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES NEW TARGET LAUNCH DATES, STATUS NEWS CONFERENCE September 24, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-181 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW TARGET LAUNCH DATES, STATUS NEWS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON -- The target launch date for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been reset to Oct. 14 at 10:19 p.m. EDT. A ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Tyler Kalogeros The Levine School, Washington 202-686-8015 tkalogeros@levineschool.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-180 NASA AND THE LEVINE SCHOOL COMBINE SPACE AND MUSIC WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Levine School of Music in Washington will host astronaut Leland Melvin, legendary music producer Quincy Jones and musician-producer Pharrell Williams on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. EDT. The school's address is 1901 Missis ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-241 ULYSSES REVEALS GLOBAL SOLAR WIND PLASMA OUTPUT AT 50-YEAR LOW WASHINGTON -- Data from the Ulysses spacecraft, a joint NASA-European Space Agency mission, show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available. The sun's current ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2008 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov Duane Hyland AIAA Headquarters, Reston, Va. 703-264-7558 duaneh@aiaa.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-179 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA EVENT CARRIED LIVE ON NASA TV AND INTERNET WASHINGTON -- NASA Television and www.nasa.gov will broadcast a gala event commemorating the agency's Golden Anniversary on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. EDT. The invitation-only celebration, organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-281-8171 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-178 NASA TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE STATION EXPEDITION HOUSTON -- The work of the next International Space Station residents will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 25, from NASA's Johnson Space Center. Reporters at participating NASA centers may ask ques ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 September 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA A handful of large fires were burning in Oregon and Northern California as fall approached in September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15078 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 18 2008 (Posted on Sep 19 2008 8:35AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://na ...Continue Reading