Sept. 12, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.govv James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-045 NASA EXTENDS SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HOUSTON - NASA has awarded five one-month extensions of the Center Operations Support Services contract for Johnson Space Center to Computer Sciences Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas. The contract's base period began April 1, 2002. A series of options ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 11 September 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN CENTRAL AMERICA The passage of two major hurricanes pushed the rivers in Central and South Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua well over their banks in early September 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14511 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 09 2007 (Posted on Sep 12 2007 2:08PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Bonnie Flock National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 301-451-4343 flockb@od.nih.gov RELEASE: 07-190 NASA AND NIH PARTNER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH IN SPACE WASHINGTON - A Sept. 12 signing of a memorandum of understanding marked a key milestone for NASA and the National Institutes of Health in their long partnership to advance scientific discovery. The two agencies entered into an agreement that helps American scientists u ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Asa Fenton Bite Communications 510-388-3401 asa.fenton@bitepr.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-116 NASA ANNIVERSARY, SHUTTLE CREW AND SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTED AT NEXTFEST WASHINGTON - NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will unveil the agency's 50th anniversary logo and participate in an X PRIZE Foundation announcement at WIRED Magazine's NextFest at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Sept. 13-16. The agency will showcase its ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 September 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER IRAQ Dust plumes blew over Iraq on September 8, 2007. The dust appeared thickest in the northern part of the country, near the Syrian border. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14506 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 08 2007 (Posted on Sep 10 2007 2:47PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- MOONLIGHT FIRE, CALIFORNIA A wildfire in Northern California that started on ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-189 NASA RESEARCHERS EXTEND LIFE OF HOT TEMPERATURE ELECTRONIC CHIP CLEVELAND - NASA researchers have designed and built a new circuit chip that can take the heat like never before. In the past, integrated circuit chips could not withstand more than a few hours of high temperatures before degrading or failing. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 September 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER UTAH Haze clouded the skies over Utah on September 8, 2007. The haze might have resulted from smoke released by fires in California. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14504 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 08 2007 (Posted on Sep 10 2007 2:04PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON FITOW Typhoon Fitow formed in the western Pacific and gradually built power, reac ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Bonnie Flock National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 301-496-5787 flockb@od.nih.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-115 NASA AND NIH PARTNER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH IN SPACE WASHINGTON -- News media are invited to attend the Sept. 12 signing of a memorandum of understanding between NASA and the National Institutes of Health for cooperation in space-related health research. The event will be held in room S-115 of the U.S. Capitol fr ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.w.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-187 MARS ROVERS SURVIVE SEVERE DUST STORMS, READY FOR NEXT OBJECTIVES PASADENA, Calif. --Two months after sky-darkening dust from severe storms nearly killed NASA's Mars exploration rovers, the solar-powered robots are awake and ready to continue their mission. Opportunity's planned descent into the giant Victoria Cr ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 September 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SUDAN Intense rains swept across Sudan starting on July 8, 2007, causing floods across much of the North African country throughout July, August, and September. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14499 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 06 2007 (Posted on Sep 06 2007 4:20PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEATWAVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA September 5, 2007, marked the ...Continue Reading