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

Sept. 11, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 john.i.petty@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-230 NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER CLOSES FOR IKE HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center will close at noon CDT Thursday and remain closed until the threat of Hurricane Ike has passed. Ike, a category 2 hurricane in the western Gulf of Mexico, is expected to cross the Texas coast early Sat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 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: 08-228 NASA'S ARES I ROCKET PASSES REVIEW TO REACH CRITICAL MILESTONE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has taken a major step toward building the nation's next generation launch vehicle with Wednesday's successful com ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Sofiya Cabalquinto Museum of Science Boston, Mass. 617-589-0454 scabalquinto@mos.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-229 NASA TO HOLD FUTURE FORUM IN BOSTON BOSTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will deliver a keynote address at 8:45 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Sept 18, at Boston's Museum of Science to kick off next week's Future Forum. The event is part of a year-long series celebr ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-056 NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Wednesday awarded a bridge contract for information technology support to Perot Systems Government Services Inc. of Fairfax, Va. The Ames Consolidated ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-227 NASA DEVELOPING FISSION SURFACE POWER TECHNOLOGY CLEVELAND -- NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 09 September 2008. -- STORM (2 updated events, 5 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=15065 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 10 2008 (Posted on Sep 10 2008 12:21PM) 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 was a da ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 08-223 "NAKED-EYE" GAMMA-RAY BURST WAS AIMED SQUARELY AT EARTH WASHINGTON -- Data from satellites and observatories around the globe show a jet from a powerful stellar explosion witnessed March 19 was aimed almost directly at Earth. NASA's Swift satellite detected the explosion - formally named ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A mixture of haze and clouds hovered over eastern China in early September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15059 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 06 2008 (Posted on Sep 08 2008 3:37PM) DUST STORM OVER AFGHANISTAN On September 5, 2008, a dust storm formed over Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. The storm expanded in the next few days. * http://naturalhazard ...Continue Reading

Sept. 09, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-226 NASA AWARDS EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS TO MINORITY UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Office of Education is awarding research grants totaling nearly $35 million to seven minority institutions. The goal of NASA's Minority University Research and Education Program is to establish significant, multi-disciplinary scientific, engineering and commercial research ce ...Continue Reading