Oct. 9, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-200 NASA TO PROVIDE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY LAUNCH UPDATE WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 10, to brief reporters after a meeting held by the agency's administrator concerning the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL. The meeting is to discuss technical and budget issues. The mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, will assess a variety of scientific objectiv ...Continue Reading

Oct. 9, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-200 NASA TO PROVIDE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY LAUNCH UPDATE WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 10, to brief reporters after a meeting held by the agency's administrator concerning the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL. The meeting is to discuss technical and budget issues. The mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, will assess a variety of scientific objectiv ...Continue Reading

Oct. 9, 2008 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: M08-201 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION TO THE SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a series of news briefings on Monday, Nov. 3, to preview the upcoming space shuttle Endeavour mission that will outfit the International Space Station for six-person crews. NASA Television and the agency's ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 October 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS ON THE MEXICAN GULF COAST Rivers along Mexico's Gulf coast burst their banks after two weeks of heavy rain in late September and early October 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15099 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 07 2008 (Posted on Oct 09 2008 2:05PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE NORBERT Forming in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Norbert became a severe hur ...Continue Reading

Oct. 08, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-255 SPINOFF 2008 HIGHLIGHTS NASA INNOVATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE WASHINGTON -- The 2008 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication celebrates the agency's 50th anniversary and highlights 50 new examples of how NASA technology is being put to use in everyday life. This anniversary edition features a 50-year timeline of NASA-derived technologies from historical progr ...Continue Reading

Oct. 8, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-061 NASA SELECTS ITT FOR SPACE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering and Sciences of Herndon, Va., to perform telemetry, tracking and command services for near-Earth missions under the Space Communications Network Services contr ...Continue Reading

Oct. 8, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-199 NASA ISSUES SPACE SHUTTLE TO CONSTELLATION WORKFORCE TRANSITION REPORT WASHINGTON -- NASA is releasing an updated version of the Workforce Transition Strategy Report, which was delivered to Congress on Wednesday. The report details the agency's plan to minimize job losses while transitioning from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program. The report will be available online Wednesda ...Continue Reading

Oct. 08, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-255 WASHINGTON -- The 2008 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication celebrates the agency's 50th anniversary and highlights 50 new examples of how NASA technology is being put to use in everyday life. This anniversary edition features a 50-year timeline of NASA-derived technologies from historical programs and projects, and a summary of award-winning NASA technologi ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 63 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TALKS WITH STUDENT CHESS OPPONENTS THURSDAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:12:40 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TALKS WITH STUDENT CHESS OPPONENTS THURSDAY Ocotber 7, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 Glenn ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the Himalaya in early October 2008, likely the result of industrial pollution. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15097 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 04 2008 (Posted on Oct 06 2008 3:16PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ ...Continue Reading