The following sections were updated since 25 September 2007. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES AND THICK SMOKE OVER SOUTH AMERICA Scores of fires filled the South American skies with smoke in September 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14549 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 25 2007 (Posted on Sep 26 2007 11:25AM) FIRE ON ALASKA'S NORTH SLOPE Autumn burnished the vegetation of Alaska's North Slope in September 2007, as a fire that started near the Colville River in mid-July conti ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-048 NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has awarded a contract modification to the European Space Agency's Space Technology Center for additional engineering services for the International Space Station Node 2 and 3 modules. The modification is valued at $27.5 million. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-047 NASA AWARDS FINANCIAL SERVICES CONTRACT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA has selected Powertek Corporation of Fairfax, Va., to provide financial support services at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a five-year base period and no options. The estimated dollar ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 September 2007. -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FALL COLORS AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR The forests along the eastern shores of Lake Superior put on a brilliant display of color for the first day of autumn. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14548 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 23 2007 (Posted on Sep 25 2007 12:54PM) NORTHWEST PASSAGE OPEN During the summer of 2007, sea ice melt opened the fabled and long-sought Northwest Passage. * http ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2007 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: M07-122 NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGE WASHINGTON - The launch of the next crew of the International Space Station, Expedition 16, and the landing of the current crew, Expedition 15, are among events to be broadcast on NASA Television from Sept. 27 to Oct. 21. NASA's Expedition 16 Commander Peg ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2007 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov Jackson Myers IMAX Corporation, Ontario, Canada 905-403-6500 jmyers@imax.com RELEASE: 07-209 IMAX CAMERA RETURNS TO SPACE TO CHRONICLE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE WASHINGTON - IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced Monday that, in cooperation with NASA, the IMAX 3D camera is scheduled to return to space in 2008 aboard the space shuttle during STS-125 for production of a new film. Set for release in early 2010, IMA ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-046 NASA AWARDS NOAA GOES-R INSTRUMENT CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Program, has awarded an instrument contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Md. The contract is f ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2007 Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov Kathy Major National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), Houston 713-798-5893 major@bcm.edu RELEASE: 07-211 NASA, NSBRI SELECT 17 PROPOSALS IN SPACE RADIATION RESEARCH WASHINGTON - The crews of future missions to the moon and Mars could face serious health risks from exposure to space ra ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 September 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE GULF OF OMAN AND ARABIAN SEA Dust plumes blew from Afghanistan southward through Pakistan and over the Arabian Sea on September 23, 2007. The same day, smaller plumes of dust blew off the coast of Iran over the Gulf of Oman. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14544 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 23 2007 (Posted on Sep 24 2007 1:52PM) -- FIRE (3 updated events, 3 new images ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-121 NASA POSTPONES DAWN SPACECRAFT LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been postponed 24 hours. Fueling of the launch vehicle's second stage was unable to be completed on Sunday because of weather conditions at the launch pad. The ...Continue Reading