The following sections were updated since 17 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SMOKE FROM FIRES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA Fires raging in Idaho and Montana combined with summer haze to pollute the skies over much of the United States in August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14451 *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Aug 13 2007 (Posted on Aug 17 2007 5:33PM) SMOKE OVER THE DAKOTAS Smoke from fires in western Montana and Idaho blew eastward across Montana, Wyoming, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez/Jane Platt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382/0880 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov, jane.platt@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-205 PIONEERING NASA SPACECRAFT MARK THIRTY YEARS OF FLIGHT WASHINGTON - NASA's two venerable Voyager spacecraft are celebrating three decades of flight as they head toward interstellar space. Their ongoing odysseys mark an unprecedented and historic accomplishment. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 17, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-204 NASA ANNOUNCES EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON - NASA has awarded more than $17 million to institutions nationwide to help make significant contributions to the research and technology priorities of the agency. The selections are part of NASA's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The EPSCoR program is designed to assist states in establishing an aca ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 16 August 2007. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON SEPAT Super Typhoon Sepat came ashore in Taiwan on August 17, 2007, after bringing torrential rain and flooding to the Philippines the day before. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14447 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 16 2007 (Posted on Aug 17 2007 1:51PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 allard.beutel@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-105 SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON - The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 12:34 p.m. CDT on Friday, Aug. 17. Media representatives at participating NASA locations and at the Cana ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-203 NASA COMPETITION INVITES STUDENTS TO IMAGINE THE FUTURE OF AVIATION WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Thursday its aeronautics competition for high school and college students during the 2007-2008 academic year. Students are asked to imagine and write an essay or design a next generation aircraft that could join the ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 15 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AND DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON Numerous large fires burned along a north-south running road in the Brazilian Amazon in early August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14445 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 12 2007 (Posted on Aug 16 2007 11:05AM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE DEAN After a relatively quite period, the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season began to heat up ...Continue Reading

Aug. 15, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-202 SPEEDING BULLET STAR LEAVES ENORMOUS STREAK ACROSS SKY WASHINGTON - NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted a surprisingly long comet-like tail behind a star streaking through space at supersonic speeds. The star, named Mira after the Latin word for "wonderful," has been a favorite of astr ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 13 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER AFGHANISTAN On August 12, 2007, a dust storm formed where the borders of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan meet. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14442 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 12 2007 (Posted on Aug 13 2007 9:13PM) HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Haze collected south of Beijing on August 13, 2007. The haze likely resulted from a combination of industrial smog and smoke from w ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/4997 david.steitz@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Annie Seeley CAFE Foundation, Santa Rosa, Calif. 707-526-3925 brien@cafefoundation.org RELEASE: 07-199 NASA NAMES WINNERS OF PERSONAL AIR VEHICLE CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $250,000 to participants of the Personal Air Vehicle competition, one of the seven NASA Centennial Challenges. The competition promotes the use of self-operated, personal aircraft fo ...Continue Reading