Sept. 6, 2007 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Andrew Scafetta/Joshua Weinberg Discovery Channel/The Science Channel, Silver Spring, Md. 240-662-5519/5274 andrew_scafetta@discovery.com, josh_weinberg@discovery.com RELEASE: 07-186 NASA PARTNERS WITH DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON - NASA and Discovery Communications will join in a broad media partnership to commemorate the space program's 50th anniversary. The space agency, which was created by the N ...Continue Reading

PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE: PO.DAAC's website: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov and all PO.DAAC data tools and services (including POET, FTP and Aspera sites) will be unavailable on Saturday, September 8th, from 5:30am PDT to 7:30am PDT due to JPL scheduled network maintenance activities. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= User Services Office Physical Oceanography DAAC Email: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory WWW URL: http://podaac.jp ...Continue Reading

<<nltrc.pdf>> Folks:       Attached is the latest edition of our NASA History News and Notes newsletter.  It will also be online at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltrc.pdf_ shortly.  Thanks,       Steve Garber 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

Sept. 5, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-114 NASA SETS MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA is accepting media accreditation requests for the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-120. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Oct. 23 to begin a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend the shuttle launch from NASA's Kennedy ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 September 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA In early September 2007, large bush fires in Western Australia were churning out smoke that shrouded coastal areas from Eighty Mile Beach to Collier Bay. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14491 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 05 2007 (Posted on Sep 05 2007 9:36AM) -- STORM (3 updated events, 6 new images) -- TYPHOON FITOW Typhoon Fitow formed in the western Pacific ...Continue Reading

Sept. 5, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Esther Buchsbaum Communications MECA, Montreal, Canada 514-288-8500, ext. 225 ebuch@meca.ca RELEASE: 07-185 NASA AND MAD SCIENCE PARTNER TO PROMOTE SCIENCE EDUCATION WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Mad Science Group of Montreal, Canada, have teamed in an effort to spark the imagination of children, encouraging more youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The two organizations recently signed ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 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 Keith Wheeler Walt Disney World Public Relations, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 407-566-6397/5317 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-113 SHUTTLE CREW TO BE HONORED AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON - The seven space shuttle Endeavour astronauts who returned to Earth Aug. 21 will be honored in a day of ceremonies at Walt D ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 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 early September 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14489 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 02 2007 (Posted on Sep 04 2007 12:20PM) FIRES IN MONTANA AND IDAHO In the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana, dozens of large, dangerous wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres in lat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 31 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AFRICA Every year during the dry season, widespread agricultural fires occur in Africa. This image shows fires and smoke in late August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14482 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29 2007 (Posted on Aug 31 2007 3:55PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ht ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 dsteitz@hq.nasa.gov Koby South NASA Shared Services Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-813-6012 koby.l.south@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-44 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYEE RELOCATION SERVICES BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- On Friday, NASA announced the selection of Prudential Relocation of Washington to provide employee relocation services to NASA. The estimated value of the contract is $74 million. The firm-fixed price, performance-based blanket ...Continue Reading