Oct. 1, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: http://www.aus-city.com ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2007 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 Maya Gottfried Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 212-519-1202 RELEASE: 07-210 CORRECTION -- NEW BOOK CHRONICLES NASA'S FIRST 50 YEARS (The list of contributors in the sixth paragraph has been corrected. The corrected sentence is: Published in cooperation with NASA, the book features a foreword by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, with contributions from Steven Dick, NASA chief historian; Bob Jacobs, deputy assistant administrator for Public Aff ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2007 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 Maya Gottfried Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 212-519-1202 RELEASE: 07-210 NEW BOOK CHRONICLES NASA'S FIRST 50 YEARS WASHINGTON - As the world remembers the 50th anniversaries of the Space Age in 2007 and NASA in 2008, the historic legacy of the agency is captured in a new and lavishly illustrated book published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, and available October 4. Titled America in Space, the book is a photographic record of the grea ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 27 September 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL Heavy rainfall in late September 2007 caused severe flooding in Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14552 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 25 2007 (Posted on Sep 28 2007 9:40AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazar ...Continue Reading

Sept. 28, 2007 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-125 NASA TELEVISION AND INTERNET FEATURES MARK DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE WASHINGTON - Starting Oct. 1, NASA Television and the agency's Internet homepage will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launch of Sputnik I on Oct. 4, 1957. NASA TV news feeds and a special interactive web presentation on www.nasa.gov will feature interview excerpts with former astronauts, engineers, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 28, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-124 SHUTTLE CREW TO VISIT NASA HEADQUARTERS, AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON - The seven space shuttle Endeavour astronauts who returned to Earth last month will share mission highlights with NASA employees at the agency's headquarters on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. EDT. The crew's presentation about the STS-118 mission to the International Space Station will air live on NASA Television. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov Carol Hughes Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. 480-965-6375 carol.hughes@asu.edu Cheryl Dybas National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. 703-292-7734 cdybas@nsf.gov RELEASE: 07-215 NASA RESEARCH INDICATES OXYGEN ON EARTH 2.5 BILLION YEARS AGO MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA-funded astrobiologists have found evidenc ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 david.c.agle@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-213 NASA'S DAWN SPACECRAFT ENROUTE TO SHED LIGHT ON ASTEROID BELT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on its way to study a pair of asteroids after lifting off Thursday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:34 a.m. EDT. Mi ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 RELEASE: 07-212 DAWN SPACECRAFT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Dawn spacecraft began its 1.7 billion mile journey through the inner solar system to study a pair of asteroids Thursday at 7:34 a.m. EDT. The Delta 2 rocket, fitted with nine strap-on solid-fuel boosters, safely climbed away from the Florida coastline and launch complex 17B at the Cape Canaveral Ai ...Continue Reading

Sept. 26, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-123 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 29, as preparations for the STS-120 mission move forward. Discovery is targeted to lift off Oct. 23 on a 14-day mission ...Continue Reading