June 13th 2008 PDT
June 12, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-145 NASA AIRCRAFT EXAMINE IMPACT OF FOREST FIRES ON ARCTIC CLIMATE WASHINGTON -- As the summer fire season heats up, NASA aircraft are set to follow the trail of smoke plumes from some of Earth's northernmost forest fires, examining their contribution to arctic pollution and implications for climate change. Starting June 29, NASA's DC-8 and P-3B aircraft, based at a Canadian military base in Cold Lake, Alberta, ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 11 June 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EVANS ROAD FIRE, NORTH CAROLINA A lightning-triggered fire in a North Carolina wildlife refuge spread smoke over a wide area in mid-June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14884 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 11 2008 (Posted on Jun 12 2008 9:18AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Heavy rains flooded several rivers in the U.S. Midwest in early June 2008. ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2008 PDT
June 12, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-144 INTERNATIONAL MISSION STUDYING SUN TO CONCLUDE WASHINGTON -- After more than 17 years of pioneering solar science, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission to study the sun will end on or about July 1. The Ulysses spacecraft has endured for almost four times its expected lifespan. However, the spacecraft will cease ...Continue Reading
June 12th 2008 PDT
June 11, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044/443-858-1779 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7643 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-695-7140 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 08-141 NASA'S GLAST LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or G ...Continue Reading
June 12th 2008 PDT
June 11, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.d.buis@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-117 OSTM/JASON 2 SATELLITE READY FOR JUNE 20 LAUNCH FROM CALIFORNIA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, or OSTM/Jason 2, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled for Friday, June 20, from Vandenberg Air Fo ...Continue Reading
June 12th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 10 June 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Heavy rains flooded several rivers in the U.S. Midwest in early June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14881 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 08 2008 (Posted on Jun 10 2008 5:02PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE NEAR CHENGDU, CHINA On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck China's Sichuan Province. After ...Continue Reading
June 11th 2008 PDT
June 10, 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: M08-116 NASA TO HOST DAYTONA 500 MEDIA DAY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In honor of NASA's 50th anniversary and the 50th running of NASCAR's Daytona 500 in February, NASA's Kennedy Space Center will host a media day Tuesday, June 17, starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The event will include the winner of this year' ...Continue Reading
June 11th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 09 June 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY RAIN IN THE US MIDWEST Severe storms brought heavy rain, high winds, hail, and tornadoes to the mid-section of the United States in early June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14880 *** (TRMM) image from Jun 09 2008 (Posted on Jun 09 2008 6:31PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE NEAR CHENGDU, CHINA On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitud ...Continue Reading
June 10th 2008 PDT
June 9, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov George Torres Alliant Techsystems, Brigham City, Utah 801-699-2637 george.torres@atk.com RELEASE: 08-137 ORION'S NEW LAUNCH ABORT MOTOR TEST STAND READY FOR ACTION WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, unveiled Monday a new vertical test stan ...Continue Reading
June 10th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 06 June 2008. -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE NEAR CHENGDU, CHINA On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 struck China's Sichuan Province. Aftershocks, some of them larger than magnitude 6.0, continued in the weeks after the quake. Large lakes formed behind landslide-created dams. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14877 *** RSI(FORMOSAT-2) image from Jun 03 2008 (Posted on Jun 06 2008 3:23PM) ------ ...Continue Reading
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