Aug. 28, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/4997 david.steitz@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Ted Semon Spaceward Foundation, Mountain View, Calif. 650-969-2010 ted@spaceward.org RELEASE: 07-182 NASA'S CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON - From Oct. 19 to 21, more than 20 teams from across the nation and around the world will compete for a total of $1,000,000 from NASA for the development of cutting-edge technologies. The Beam Power Chal ...Continue Reading

Aug. 28, 2007 David Mould/Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898 david.r.mould@nasa.gov, mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-111 NASA RELEASES RESULTS OF O'CONNOR SAFETY REVIEW WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, Aug. 29, NASA will announce the results of a review conducted by NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O'Connor to evaluate allegations of improper alcohol use by astronauts. NASA will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT, in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headqua ...Continue Reading

Aug. 27, 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-39 NASA EXTENDS CENTER'S INFORMATION, MEDIA SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has exercised a $35 million option to extend for one year the Johnson Space Center Information Management and Media Services contract with Tessada and Associates of Springfield, Va. The contract provides services to support technical and ...Continue Reading

Aug. 27, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-181 SCIENTISTS SEE FIRST SIGNS OF LONG-TERM CHANGES IN TROPICAL RAINFALL WASHINGTON - NASA scientists have detected the first signs that tropical rainfall is on the rise, using the longest and most complete data record available. The international scientific community assembled a 27-year global record of rain ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN GREECE Deadly wildfires in southern Greece wafted thick clouds of smoke over the Ionian Sea and southward to the Mediterranean in late August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14469 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 26 2007 (Posted on Aug 27 2007 8:25AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-110 NASA TV TO BROADCAST MOVE OF SPACE STATION MODULE HOUSTON - On Thursday, Aug. 30, NASA Television will broadcast the relocation of a pressurized component of the International Space Station, the first step toward adding new international science laboratories to the orbiting outpost. It will be the first time suc ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST IN THE TAKLIMAKAN Dust blew eastward out of the Taklimakan Desert on August 22, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14465 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 22 2007 (Posted on Aug 23 2007 2:48PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservatory. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-109 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON - NASA will discuss the next space shuttle mission during a daylong series of media briefings from the Johnson Space Center on Friday, Sept. 14. Space shuttle Discovery's 13-day mission, designated STS-120, is targeted for launch on Oct. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-108 NASA HOLDS TELECONFERENCE UPDATE ABOUT NEXT SHUTTLE'S FUEL TANK HOUSTON - NASA will host a media teleconference Friday, Aug. 24, at 3 p.m. CDT to discuss a review held prior to the mating of the next shuttle mission's solid rocket booster and external fuel tank. The teleconference will give the status of ET-120, the ex ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-180 NASA'S STENNIS SPACE CENTER MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN SPACE EXPLORATION BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - NASA's Stennis Space Center broke ground Thursday for a new rocket engine test stand that will provide altitude testing for the J-2X engine. The engine will power the upper stages of NASA's Are ...Continue Reading