The following sections were updated since 19 December 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the southern slopes of the Himalaya in early to mid-December 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14662 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 16 2007 (Posted on Dec 19 2007 9:21AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://eart ...Continue Reading

Dec. 19, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 john.i.petty@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-063 NASA AWARDS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER LOGISTICS OPERATIONS CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has awarded a potential 10-year, $89.5 million contract to L&M Technologies Inc. of Albuquerque, N.M., for logistics operations services at the Johnson Space Center. L&M Technologies Inc. will provide logistics services including supply mana ...Continue Reading

Dec. 19, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-9210, ext. 174 john.leslie@noaa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-062 NASA AWARDS NOAA GOES-R LIGHTNING MAPPER INSTRUMENT CONTRACT WASHINGTON - NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary O ...Continue Reading

Dec. 18, 2007 Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries/Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov, lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-061 NASA AWARDS ORION PROJECT INTEGRATION SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON - NASA has awarded a contract for Orion Project integration services to Barrios Technology Ltd. of Houston. The small business contract has a potent ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 December 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- HAZE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Haze lingered in California's San Joaquin Valley in mid-December 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14660 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 16 2007 (Posted on Dec 17 2007 9:06AM) HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Thick haze collected in eastern China, south of Beijing, in mid-December 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14659 *** MODIS(Aqua) ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 2007 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 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-188 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING TUESDAY AFTER SPACE SHUTTLE FUELING TEST HOUSTON - NASA will hold a briefing no earlier than 3:30 p.m. CST, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, to discuss the results from a fueling test of the space shuttle Atlantis. The b ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 2007 Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-281 NASA TO BEGIN TESTING OF ENGINE THAT WILL POWER ARES ROCKETS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - In December, NASA will begin testing core components of a rocket engine from the Apollo era. Data from the tests will help NASA build the next generation engine that will p ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 December 2007. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM OLGA Tropical Storm Olga, the 15th named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, developed over the Caribbean in December. It unleashed heavy rain on Hispaniola. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14657 *** (TRMM) image from Dec 13 2007 (Posted on Dec 14 2007 4:54PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Ear ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@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 RELEASE: 07-280 'DEATH STAR' GALAXY BLACK HOLE FIRES AT NEIGHBORING GALAXY WASHINGTON - A powerful jet from a super massive black hole is blasting a nearby galaxy, according to new findings from NASA observatories. This neve ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 2007 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-278 NASA'S TOP EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY STORIES OF 2007 WASHINGTON - NASA moved forward in 2007 to explore the solar system, expand our knowledge of Earth and its place in the universe, and build the International Space Station. The space shuttle flew three highly successful missions to continue the station's assembly and construction began on projects designed to send astronauts to the moon, where they will esta ...Continue Reading