The following sections were updated since 30 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OFF WEST AFRICA Dust plumes blew off the west coast of northern Africa in late September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15093 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 29 2008 (Posted on Oct 01 2008 2:01PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE GULF COAST Hurricane Ike pushed water far inland over a wide swath of the Gulf Coast when the storm came as ...Continue Reading

Oct. 01, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 08-251 NASA'S MESSENGER SPACECRAFT RETURNS TO MERCURY WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys of Mercury on Oct. 6 to photograph most of its remaining unseen surface and collect science data. The MErcury Surface, ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 64 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S STS-129 MISSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:10:17 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S STS-129 MISSION September 30, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2008 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-247 'SMOG BLOG' FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN DEBUTS WASHINGTON -- NASA and its partners today unveiled a new way to connect satellite air quality data with communities in Central America and the Caribbean. The MesoAmerican and Caribbean Smog Blog, a Web site interpre ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-250 NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S STS-129 MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle Discovery's STS-129 mission. The flight will deliver two experiment racks to the International Space Station. Marine Col. Charlie Hobaugh wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 29 September 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON JANGMI Typhoon Jangmi was spinning off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines on September 26, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15085 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 28 2008 (Posted on Sep 29 2008 9:51AM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM RABAUL VOLCANO Rabaul Volcano released a plume of ash and steam in late September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120 h.k.henry@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-248 NASA CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO DESIGN TOOLS FOR MOON ROVERS WASHINGTON -- A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student wil ...Continue Reading

Sept. 30, 2008 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898 david.r.mould@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-249 CABANA TO SUCCEED PARSONS AS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA announced Tuesday that William Parsons, director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is leaving the agency in mid-October to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Parsons will be succeeded by former astronaut Robert ...Continue Reading

Sept. 29, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-186 NASA TO PREVIEW SECOND MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to preview the Oct. 6 flyby of Mercury by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER, spacecraft. This se ...Continue Reading

Sept. 29, 2008 Don Savage/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0183/5241 donald.l.savage@nasa.gov j.d.harrington@nasa.gov John Yembrick/Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 / 4715 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-187 NASA TO DISCUSS HUBBLE ANOMALY AND SERVICING MISSION LAUNCH DELAY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT today to discuss a significant Hubble Space Telescope anomaly that occurred this weekend af ...Continue Reading