Oct. 07, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Glenn Petersen U.S. Chess Federation, Crossville, Tenn. 732-252-8388 gpetersen@uschess.org Bob Adams Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Wash. 425-564-3081 badams@bellevuecollege.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-192 NASA ASTRONAUT TALKS WITH STUDENT CHESS OPPONENTS THURSDAY HOUSTON -- NASA as ...Continue Reading

Oct. 06, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-9452 veronica.c.mcgregor@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-254 SMALL ASTEROID TO LIGHT UP SKY OVER AFRICA WASHINGTON -- An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, setting off a potentially brilliant natural fireworks display. It is unlikely any sizable fragments ...Continue Reading

Oct. 6, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-060 NASA AWARDS FUTURE VEHICLE AIRCRAFT RESEARCH CONTRACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded research contracts worth a total of $12.4 million to six industry teams to study advanced concepts for subsonic and supersonic commercial transport aircraft that could enter service in 25 to 30 years. NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate selected teams led by The Boeing Company, GE Aviation, Lockheed ...Continue Reading

Oct. 6, 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: 08-253 NASA SPACECRAFT READY TO EXPLORE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM GREENBELT, Md. -- The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Mars ...Continue Reading

Oct. 06, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Sarah Beck Adler Planetarium, Chicago 312-542-2424 sbeck@adlerplanetarium.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-191 NASA AND THE ADLER PLANETARIUM HOST NASA FUTURE FORUM IN CHICAGO CHICAGO -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will deliver a keynote address on Friday, Oct. 10, at the Adler Planetarium to kick off NASA's Future Forum in Chicago. The 8:45 a.m. CDT event marks the final Futu ...Continue Reading

The NASA History Division is looking for interns for winter/spring 2009.  The deadline for applications is December 2, 2008.  More information is available at _http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm_ online.  Thanks very much. Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail Suite CO72, Room 2Q25 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax _http://history.nasa.gov_ ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 02 October 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUME OFF ICELAND A dust plume blew off the northern coast of Iceland in mid-September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15096 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 17 2008 (Posted on Oct 02 2008 5:01PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM MEKKHALA Tropical Storm Mekkhala was spinning in the Gulf of Tonkin on September 29, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa. ...Continue Reading

Oct. 02, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-252 NASA SELECTS SCIENCE TEAMS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. The interdisciplinary teams w ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 01 October 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE GULF COAST Hurricane Ike pushed water far inland over a wide swath of the Gulf Coast when the storm came ashore on September 13, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15094 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 26 2008 (Posted on Oct 01 2008 11:58AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-190 NASA SETS MEDIA CREDENTIALS DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission, targeted to launch Nov. 16. The 15-day flight will deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station in preparation for expansion from a three to six person resident crew aboard the complex. The mission also will in ...Continue Reading