There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TV TO AIR THE NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:42:18 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TV TO AIR THE NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL September 3, 2008 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #M08-167 NASA T ...Continue Reading

Sep. 3, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov Harry Wadsworth Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans 504-257-0094 harry.wadsworth@lmco.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-170 NASA'S MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY TO RESUME OPERATIONS THURSDAY NEW ORLEANS -- NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is fully operational and will reopen Thursday, Sept. 4. The wo ...Continue Reading

Sept. 03, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-169 NASA SETS SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD THURSDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis is tentatively scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10 a.m. EDT, on Thursday, Sept. 4. Managers will meet at 5:30 a.m. Th ...Continue Reading

Sept. 3, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-168 MEDIA BRIEFING ON USE OF EARTH DATA TO SUPPORT NATIONAL PRIORITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m. EDT, to present the results of a study on how the U.S. government currently uses Earth science information to manage resources and protect public health. The report is the latest in a series from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program addressing var ...Continue Reading

Sept. 03, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-167 NASA TV TO AIR THE NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL HOUSTON -- The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies next week. NASA Television will broadcast its arrival live. Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Fli ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 02 September 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MONSOON FLOODS IN NORTHEAST INDIA Monsoon rains regularly swell rivers in northern India, but in 2008, the Kosi, a tributary of the Ganges and a major river in its own right, did something different. It burst through its banks to flow into a channel it had abandoned more than 200 years ago. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15043 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 02 2008 (Posted on Sep 02 2008 1:2 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 3, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2769 jharring@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-218 NASA'S CARL SAGAN FELLOWS TO STUDY EXTRATERRESTRIAL WORLDS WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars. Planets ...Continue Reading

Sept. 2, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-166 NASA'S STENNIS REMAINS CLOSED AFTER GUSTAV, WILL REOPEN THURSDAY BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- Because of Hurricane Gustav's impact on employees who live in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast in south Mississippi, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center will remain closed Wednesday, Sept. 3. The center will reopen for normal ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 01 September 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA In late August and early September 2008, widespread fires in Mozambique and South Africa poured smoke out of the Indian Ocean. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15039 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 01 2008 (Posted on Sep 02 2008 10:03AM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE GUSTAV Gustav formed off the coast of Hispaniola in the Caribbean ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 29 August 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE GUSTAV Gustav formed off the coast of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea on August 25, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15036 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 31 2008 (Posted on Sep 01 2008 1:04PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15035 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29 2008 (Posted on Aug 29 2008 10:01PM) ---------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading