The following sections were updated since 17 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER IRAQ A plume of dust swept over Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia in mid-October 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15108 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16 2008 (Posted on Oct 17 2008 12:04PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservato ...Continue Reading

Oct. 19, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-262 NASA LAUNCHES IBEX MISSION TO OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday. IBEX will be the first spacecraft to image and map dynamic interactions taking place in the outer sol ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. GATOR ALUMNUS AIMS TO KEEP MOON-BOUND ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:50:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: GATOR ALUMNUS AIMS TO KEEP MOON-BOUND ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY October 17, 2008 Debbie Nguyen Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JO08-009 GATOR ALUMNUS AIMS TO KEEP MOON-BOUND ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY HOUSTON – Dua ...Continue Reading

Oct. 17, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-062 NASA INCREASES VALUE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has increased the maximum ordering value of a contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc., by $49.2 million to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...Continue Reading

Oct. 17, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-211 NASA UPDATES TIME FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' ROLL FROM LAUNCH PAD CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers have adjusted the time for space shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 20 ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 16 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA A thin plume of dust hovered over the Arabian Sea in mid-October 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15107 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 15 2008 (Posted on Oct 16 2008 3:57PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE OMAR In mid-October 2008, Hurricane Omar appeared poised to inflict substantial damage on Caribbean Islands, but the storm inste ...Continue Reading

Oct. 17, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Becky Ramsey Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Washington 202-349-1125 prcontact@xprize.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-209 LUNAR LANDER TEAMS TO COMPETE FOR $2 MILLION NASA PRIZE WASHINGTON -- Nine teams with rocket-powered vehicles will compete for $2 million in NASA prize money during the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Oct. 24-25, at Las Cruces Internatio ...Continue Reading

Oct. 16, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov David Harris Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, Calif. 650-926-8580 david.harris@slac.stanford.edu Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 08-259 NASA'S FERMI TELESCOPE DISCOVERS FIRST GAMMA-RAY-ONLY PULSAR WASHINGTON -- About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth. Discover ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 15 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA A thin plume of dust hovered over the Arabian Sea in mid-October 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15105 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 15 2008 (Posted on Oct 15 2008 2:24PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobser ...Continue Reading

Oct. 16, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-261 SCHMITT COMPLETES NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL SERVICE; FORD NAMED CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON -- NASA Advisory Council Chairman Harrison "Jack" H. Schmitt announced Thursday he was leaving the council. Fellow council member Kenneth Ford will succeed him as chairman effective immediately. The NASA Advisory Council provides advice to the NASA administrator on important program and policy matters related ...Continue Reading