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NASA Awards Advanced Planning Assessment Contract

July 15th 2008 PDT

July 14, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-044 NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded an advanced planning assessment contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va. The fixed-price contract has a maximum value of $30 million for a three-year base period beginning July 8 and two one-year options. The contract is a follow ...Continue Reading

Space Agencies Continue Talks on Global Exploration Strategy

July 15th 2008 PDT

July 14, 2008 Michael Braukus/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/0668 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-174 SPACE AGENCIES CONTINUE TALKS ON GLOBAL EXPLORATION STRATEGY WASHINGTON -- Representatives of 11 space agencies from around the world gathered in Montreal July 10 - 12 to continue the coordination of programs to extend human and robotic presence throughout the solar system. In May 2007, multilateral space agency discussions resulted in the release of &q ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Airspace System Research Contracts

July 15th 2008 PDT

July 14, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-046 NASA AWARDS AIRSPACE SYSTEM RESEARCH CONTRACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded research contracts worth a total of $12 million to two industry teams to study how the introduction of new aircraft types may affect air traffic management efficiency, aviation safety and the environment in the future. In June, NASA's ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 14 July 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

July 15th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 11 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER CHILE AND ARGENTINA A dust storm arose from the dry salt lakes along the Chile-Argentina border in early July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14946 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 12 2008 (Posted on Jul 14 2008 1:04PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first da ...Continue Reading

NASA Evaluates Sensor Technology for Future Aircraft Efficiency

July 15th 2008 PDT

July 14, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Gray Creech Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2662 gray.creech@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-169 NASA EVALUATES SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE AIRCRAFT EFFICIENCY EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of wing shape. Controlling a wing's shape in flight would allow it to take advantage of aerodynamics and improve overall ai ...Continue Reading

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

July 12th 2008 PDT

July 11, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov Mike Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-172 NASA RESPONDS TO CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IMAGING REQUEST WASHINGTON -- A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be us ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 11 July 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

July 12th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 10 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14944 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 10 2008 (Posted on Jul 11 2008 9:26AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Ear ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 10 July 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

July 11th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 09 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14943 *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Jul 04 2008 (Posted on Jul 10 2008 12:04PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14942 *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Jul 04 200 ...Continue Reading

HSFNEWS Digest - 8 Jul 2008 to 10 Jul 2008 (#2008-87)

July 10th 2008 PDT

There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:03:43 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CONTRACT July 8, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #H08-045 NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CO ...Continue Reading

[history] FW: NASA History conference on NASA's First 50 Years and more NASA History volumes online

July 10th 2008 PDT

Greetings: The agenda, abstracts and speaker biographies for our Conference "NASA's First 50 Years" are now available at http://history.nasa.gov/50thannnasaconf/index.html The Conference will be held here in the NASA HQ Auditorium October 28-29. Mike Griffin is the first of several keynoters, and the program features a stellar array of scholars addressing the full scope of NASA History. Mark your calendars! Steve Dr. Steven J. Dick NASA Chief Historian Director, NASA History Division NASA Headquarte ...Continue Reading
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