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

June 6, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-034 NASA AWARDS USRA CONTRACT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CLEVELAND -- NASA has awarded a contract to the Universities Space Research Association, or USRA, of Columbia, Md., to advance understanding of the effects of the space environment on the functioning of space exploration systems. The assoc ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-033 NASA AWARDS GROUND EQUIPMENT CONTRACT FOR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected contractors for a multiple award contract to provide fabrication of ground support equipment for Constellation and other space programs at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multiple award, indefinite-deli ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-140 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR LUNAR SCIENCE RESEARCH MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA is looking for the right stuff to further scientific knowledge about the moon. NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, recently issued a Cooperative Agreement ...Continue Reading

June 6, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-139 NASA 50TH ANNIVERSARY ESSAY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED WASHINGTON -- The winners of NASA's 50th Anniversary Essay Competition have been selected. The international competition challenged middle school and junior high students to discuss, in an essay of 500 words or less, one of two topics: how they have benefitted in their everyday lives from aerospace technologies built by NASA during the past 50 ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-115 NASA TARGETS GLAST LAUNCH FOR NO EARLIER THAN JUNE 11 WASHINGTON -- NASA has set no earlier than June 11 as the new target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-138 NASA ANNOUNCES EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded more than $8.5 million to colleges and universities nationwide to conduct research and technology development in areas of importance to NASA's mission. In addition to the research and technology development, the awards enable faculty development and higher education student support. The selections are part of NASA ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-113 NASA TO ANNOUNCE CONSTELLATION SPACESUIT CONTRACT AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference Thursday, June 12, at 4:30 p.m. EDT, to announce the selection of the contractor for the Constellation Program's spacesuit system. The spacesuit system contract is for the design, development, test, evaluation, production, processing ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 June 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUME OVER IRAQ AND SAUDI ARABIA A dust plume hovered over the Middle East in early June 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14876 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 03 2008 (Posted on Jun 05 2008 2:04PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CHAITEN VOLCANO ERUPTS Dormant for more than 9,000 years, the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile began to erupt on May 2, 2008, forcing ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Isabel Lara Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington 202-633-2374 Laral@si.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-114 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO 'SPACE: A JOURNEY TO OUR FUTURE' PREVIEW WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invite media to preview the "Space: A Journey to Our Future" traveling exhibit on Thursday, June 12, at 11 a.m. EDT. The museum is located at Independence Ave. and ...Continue Reading