Sept. 23, 2008 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov Duane Hyland AIAA Headquarters, Reston, Va. 703-264-7558 duaneh@aiaa.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-179 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA EVENT CARRIED LIVE ON NASA TV AND INTERNET WASHINGTON -- NASA Television and www.nasa.gov will broadcast a gala event commemorating the agency's Golden Anniversary on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. EDT. The invitation-only celebration, organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-281-8171 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-178 NASA TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE STATION EXPEDITION HOUSTON -- The work of the next International Space Station residents will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 25, from NASA's Johnson Space Center. Reporters at participating NASA centers may ask ques ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 September 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA A handful of large fires were burning in Oregon and Northern California as fall approached in September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15078 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 18 2008 (Posted on Sep 19 2008 8:35AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://na ...Continue Reading

Sept. 22, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-240 NASA'S MARS ROVER TO HEAD TOWARD BIGGER CRATER PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the past two years. To reach the crater the rover team calls Endeavour, Opportunity would need to ...Continue Reading

Sept. 22, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Larine Barr Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 937-522-3525 larine.barr@wpafb.af.mil RELEASE: 08-238 NASA AND AIR FORCE WORK TO ESTABLISH HYPERSONIC SCIENCE CENTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA and the United States Air Force are looking for university and industry partners as they work to advance hype ...Continue Reading

Sept. 19, 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: M08-177 NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HOLDS UNIQUE MEDIA EVENT, TCDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time since July 2001, two space shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. On Saturday, Sept. 20, media are invited to capture a unique ...Continue Reading

Sept. 19, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Cominsky Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 707-664-2655 lynnc@universe.sonoma.edu RELEASE: 08-239 NASA'S SWIFT CATCHES FARTHEST-EVER GAMMA-RAY BURST WASHINGTON -- NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected. The blast, designated GRB 080913, arose from an exploding star 12.8 billion light-years away. "This is the ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 18 September 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE IKE Between the last week of August and the first week of September 2008, the Atlantic Ocean queued up a series of tropical storms. Ike became a large storm that raked over Cuba and targeted the Texas coast. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15077 *** Camera(Aircraft) image from Sep 14 2008 (Posted on Sep 19 2008 11:45AM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15076 *** E ...Continue Reading

Sept. 19, 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 RELEASE: 08-237 SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MOVES TO LAUNCH PAD 39B CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time since July 2001, two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Space shuttle Endeavour completed a 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B on Friday, Sept. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 18, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-057 NASA ANNOUNCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT EXTENSION HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego. This extension ...Continue Reading