Sept. 16, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Stephanie Renfrow National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colo. 303-492-1497 srenfrow@nsidc.org RELEASE: 08-234 ARCTIC SEA ICE REACHES LOWEST COVERAGE FOR 2008 WASHINGTON -- Arctic sea ice coverage appears to have reached its lowest extent for the year and the second-lowest amount recorded since the dawn of the satellite era, according to observations from the NASA-supported Nat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-232 NASA USES COMMERCIAL MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT SERVICES FOR FIRST TIME WASHINGTON -- NASA for the first time last week used microgravity research flights aboard commercially-owned aircraft to test hardware and technologies. These flights, on an airplane operated by the Zero Gravity Corporation, simulated the weightless conditions of space. In addition to numerous NASA ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-233 NASA SELECTS MISSION TO STUDY MARS ATMOSPHERE WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before. Called the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, the $485 million mission is scheduled for launch in late 2013. The selection was evaluat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 12 September 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE IKE Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. Ike became a large storm that raked over Cuba and targeted the Texas coast. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15071 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 12 2008 (Posted on Sep 12 2008 4:19PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 11 September 2008. -- STORM (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON SINLAKU Typhoon Sinlaku draped the island of Luzon in the Philippines with some of its rain clouds on September 10, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15070 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 12 2008 (Posted on Sep 12 2008 2:01PM) HURRICANE IKE Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. Ike became a ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov June Malone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 june.e.malone@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-231 NASA CONDUCTS FIRST TEST ON NEW MOTOR FOR THE ARES I ROCKET HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical moto ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-175 HURRICANE IKE IMPACT FELT IN SPACE HOUSTON -- Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth. The Progress docking was postponed when the space station's control room at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houst ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-174 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD SEPT. 18 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Sept. 18, in preparation for shuttle Atlantis' mission to repair the Hubble Space Tel ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov Terry Wood Jim Bridger Middle School, Las Vegas 414-573-1700 tmwood@interact.ccsd.net MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-173 NASA ASTRONAUTS CONNECT WITH LUCKY LAS VEGAS SCHOOL KIDS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Journalists are invited to join a group of Las Vegas students who have "struck ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER THE MIDDLE EAST Dust plumes blew over Iraq and neighboring countries in early September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15066 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 10 2008 (Posted on Sep 10 2008 1:17PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MOZAMBIQUE, ZIMBABWE, AND SOUTH AFRICA In late August and early September 2008, widespread fires in Mozambique, Zi ...Continue Reading