Oct. 25, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-148 NASA SHOWCASES NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMPONENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center will hold a media event at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 31, to highlight the next pressurized element to be launched to the International Space Station. The European Space Agency's Columbus module will fly aboard space ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-147 NASA SETS MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-122. Shuttle Atlantis is targeted to launch Dec. 6 to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend the liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Flori ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-145 NASA OFFERS $2 MILLION LUNAR LANDER COMPETITION PRIZE WASHINGTON - During the X PRIZE Cup Oct. 27-28, NASA's Centennial Challenges Program will offer prizes totaling $2 million if competing teams successfully meet the requirements of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The challenge will take place at Holloman Air Force Base, in Alamogordo, N.M. The purpose of the lunar lander challenge is ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 October 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A nearly opaque plume of haze snaked through eastern China on October 20, 2007. By the following day, the haze had spread throughout much of eastern China, near Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14581 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 23 2007 (Posted on Oct 23 2007 4:14PM) DUST STORM IN EGYPT A dust storm blew off the coast of Egypt and ove ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-145 NEW NASA SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW VAST SIZE OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES WASHINGTON - NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned more than 335,000 acres in Southern California. The latest images are accessible on NASA's Web site and new images wi ...Continue Reading

Oct. 23, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-144 NASA SATELLITE CAPTURES NEW IMAGE OF RAGING CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES WASHINGTON -A NASA satellite has captured a remarkable new image of the wildfires raging in Southern California. At least 14 massive fires have scorched about 425 square miles from north of Los Angeles to southeast of San Diego. The latest image, captured by NASA's Aqua satellite on the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 22, shows th ...Continue Reading

Oct. 23, 2007 June Malone Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1071 june.e.malone@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-231 NASA'S SHUTTLE DISCOVERY BEGINS MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off Tuesday, Oct. 23, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:38 a.m. EDT to continue construction of the International Space Station. During the 14-day mission, designated STS- ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 October 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A nearly opaque plume of haze snaked through eastern China on October 20, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14578 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 20 2007 (Posted on Oct 22 2007 5:07PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Driven by Santa Ana winds, several large wildfires flared across Southern California over the weekend ...Continue Reading

Oct. 23, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-142 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION, STS-122 HOUSTON - NASA will discuss the next space shuttle mission during a daylong series of media briefings from the Johnson Space Center beginning at 8 a.m. CST Friday, Nov. 9. Space shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission, designated STS-122, ...Continue Reading

Oct. 23, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-143 NASA TV AND WEB COVERAGE OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S MISSION HOUSTON - NASA is providing continuous television and Internet coverage of space shuttle Discovery's mission, designated STS-120, to the International Space Station. NASA Television features live mission events, daily mission status news conf ...Continue Reading