There is 1 message totalling 59 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUT BARBARA MORGAN TO LEAVE NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:17:02 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT BARBARA MORGAN TO LEAVE NASA June 27, 2008 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #H08-161 ASTRONAUT BARBARA MORGAN TO LEAVE NASA HOUSTON -- Veteran space shuttle astrona ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 26 June 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. These images show dozens of active fires burning in the state. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14912 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 26 2008 (Posted on Jun 27 2008 8:49AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Heavy rains flooded several rive ...Continue Reading

June 27, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-161 ASTRONAUT BARBARA MORGAN TO LEAVE NASA HOUSTON -- Veteran space shuttle astronaut Barbara R. Morgan will leave NASA in August to become an educator at Idaho's Boise State University. NASA's first educator astronaut, Morgan logged more than 305 hours in space aboard shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 assembly mission to the Internationa ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 45 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. DEADLINE APPROACHING TO APPLY FOR NEW NASA ASTRONAUT CLASS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:38:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: DEADLINE APPROACHING TO APPLY FOR NEW NASA ASTRONAUT CLASS June 25, 2008 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #H08-158 DEADLINE APPROACHING TO APPLY FOR NEW NAS ...Continue Reading

June 26, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-043 NASA AWARDS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Abacus Technology Corporation of Chevy Chase, Md., to provide information management and communications support at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The contract begins on Oct. 1 with a five-year ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 25 June 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. These images show dozens of active fires burning in the state. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14909 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 25 2008 (Posted on Jun 26 2008 9:23AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA ...Continue Reading

June 26, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-127 NASA HOSTS INDUSTRY DAY TO DISCUSS IT INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITIONS WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, July 23, NASA will host an Industry Day to discuss upcoming agency-wide acquisitions for the Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Improvement Program, or I3P. The program strategically will procure information technology infrastructure services for NASA. The meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Sara Hammond University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-1974 shammond@lpl.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-160 NASA'S PHOENIX MARS LANDER PUTS SOIL IN CHEMISTRY LAB, TEAM DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS TUCSON, Ariz. -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander placed a sample of Martian soil in the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory today for the first time. Resu ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-126 NASA ANNOUNCES TELECONFERENCE ABOUT LAUNCH PAD 39A REPAIRS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss repair plans for damage to Launch Pad 39A with Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon, Space Shuttle Pro ...Continue Reading

June 25, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov David Chandler Massachusetts Institute of Technology 617-253-2704 dlc1@mit.edu RELEASE: 08-159 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEAL LARGEST CRATER IN SOLAR SYSTEM PASADENA, Calif. -- New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system. NASA' ...Continue Reading