Aug. 5, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-200 NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Human Research Program will fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about the affects of space radiation on human explorers. The selected proposals from researchers in California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New York and Utah have a ...Continue Reading

Aug. 5, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-148 NASA TO BROADCAST HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION WASHINGTON - NASA Television will broadcast a special high definition (HDTV) feed of two hours of highlights from America's human spaceflight history as the agency celebrates its 50th anniversary. The NASA HD highlights will be broadcast on Friday, Aug. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 4, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@hq.nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 08-042 NASA AWARDS MEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Innovative Health Applications, LLC , or IHA, of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to provide medical and environmental services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The contract begins on Oct. 1, with a five-year base period, follow ...Continue Reading

Aug. 4, 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 Sara Hammond University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-1974 shammond@lpl.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-199 NASA SPACECRAFT ANALYZING MARTIAN SOIL DATA WASHINGTON -- Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry ...Continue Reading

Aug. 4, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-197 NASA NAMES IRVINE DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR AERONAUTICS WASHINGTON -- NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research Jaiwon Shin on Monday announced that Thomas B. Irvine will be the deputy associate administrator for the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, effective immediately. Since May 2005, Irvine has been the director of the Mission Support Office for the directorate at N ...Continue Reading

Aug. 4, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 john.i.petty@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-198 NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER CLOSED FOR EDOUARD HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center closed at 12 p.m. CDT Monday and will remain closed through Tuesday because of the threat of tropical storm Edouard. Plans call for the center to reopen Wednesday. Edouard is predicted to cross the Texas coast early Tuesday. Flight control of ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 01 August 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER IRAQ AND SAUDI ARABIA Dust plumes hovered over Iraq and Saudi Arabia at the beginning of August 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14990 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 01 2008 (Posted on Aug 01 2008 4:39PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 50 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SCIENTIST RECEIVES MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:54:38 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SCIENTIST RECEIVES MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD Aug. 1, 2008 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J08-009 NASA SCIENTIST RECEIVES MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD HOUSTON—Nichola ...Continue Reading

Aug. 1, 2008 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-196 TAKE AN INTERACTIVE JOURNEY THROUGH NASA'S FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF EXPLORATION WASHINGTON -- This week marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the space act that created NASA. To commemorate NASA's beginning, the agency has released an immersive multimedia experience that takes visitors on an interactive tour of its first five decades of exploration. Combining current and historic video with state-of-the-art co ...Continue Reading

July 31, 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 Sara Hammond University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-1974 shammond@lpl.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-195 NASA SPACECRAFT CONFIRMS MARTIAN WATER, MISSION EXTENDED TUCSON, Ariz. -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesda ...Continue Reading