The following sections were updated since 11 August 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORMS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN On August 10, 2008, dual dust storms filled the skies over northern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, as well as southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15006 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 10 2008 (Posted on Aug 12 2008 11:24AM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- ALEUTIAN ISLANDS' KASATOCHI VOLCANO E ...Continue Reading

Aug. 12, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-206 PRIZES AWARDED AT NASA'S GENERAL AVIATION TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA awarded a total of $97,000 in prizes at the 2008 General Aviation Technology Challenge. The challenge asked competitors to demonstrate innovations that would lead to aircraft that are safer, more affordable, easier to fly and also have less of a negative impact on the environment and on th ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 92 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TO BROADCAST HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION 2. SPACE STATION INVADED BY STUDENTS FROM OUTER SPACE BASE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:11:52 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TO BROADCAST HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION Aug. 5, 2008 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 08-203 NASA 'INSPIRE' INTERNS WORK TO BECOME FUTURE EXPLORERS AND INNOVATORS In the coming weeks, high school and college students across the country will soon be heading back to school. A fortunate few will share some unique experiences. They will tell how they were at NASA for two months conducting cutting-edge research and working to send American astronauts ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4997 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-205 NASA TO REALIGN CONSTELLATION PROGRAM MILESTONES WASHINGTON -- In a news conference Monday, NASA managers discussed how the agency will be adjusting the budget, schedule and technical performance milestones for its Cons ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-152 AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT WASHINGTON -- The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2007 Annual Report. The report examines NASA's safety performance and advises the agency on ways to better that performance. "While there are still opportunities for improvement, the panel's finding concluded that NASA is ma ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 August 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. In Northern California, fires continued to burn in August. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15003 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 10 2008 (Posted on Aug 11 2008 9:43AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MONSOON RAINS FLOOD PAKISTAN Unusually intense monsoon rains ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 08-204 HUBBLE UNVEILS COLORFUL STAR BIRTH REGION ON 100,000TH ORBIT WASHINGTON -- In commemoration of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completing its 100,000th orbit during its 18th year of exploration and discovery, scientists aimed Hubble to take a snapshot of a dazzling region of celestial birth and renewal. Hubble p ...Continue Reading

Aug. 11, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-151 NASA TO BRIEF REPORTERS ABOUT CONSTELLATION PROGRAM WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference Monday, Aug. 11, at 3 p.m. EDT, to brief reporters about ongoing assessments regarding the budget and schedule for the Constellation Program. NASA managers will discuss evaluations being made as part of an annual budget plannin ...Continue Reading

Aug. 8, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Koby South NASA Shared Services Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-813-6011 koby.l.south@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-051 NASA AWARDS ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded an enterprise architecture services contract to Information Dynamics of Elyria, Ohio. Agency-wide services under the contract will include business and data architecture, techni ...Continue Reading