Sept. 18, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-176 NASA TO DISCUSS CONDITIONS ON AND SURROUNDING THE SUN WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 12:30 p.m. EDT, to discuss data from the joint NASA and European Space Agency Ulysses mission that reveals th ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 September 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE GULF COAST Hurricane Ike pushed water far inland over a wide swath of the Gulf Coast when it came ashore on September 13, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15075 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 17 2008 (Posted on Sep 18 2008 2:01PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://nat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 18, 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: 08-236 NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO REOPEN MONDAY AFTER IKE HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is scheduled to reopen Monday, Sept. 22, ending its closure related to Hurricane Ike. Johnson shut down Sept. 11 as Ike approached the Texas coast. International Space Station flight ...Continue Reading

Sept. 17, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-235 NASA ECLIPS: A NEW APPROACH TO LEARNING WASHINGTON -- NASA is making available a free Web-based educational product to learners of all ages across the country. NASA eClips consists of more than 55 short, 5-10 minute video segments, which are available on-demand via the Internet for the 2008 -2009 school year. NASA eClips features many of the agency's missions and engages students in the exciteme ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 16 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN IRAQ A massive cloud of dust hovered over Iraq in mid-September 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15074 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 16 2008 (Posted on Sep 16 2008 5:56PM) -- 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. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 15 September 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER THE PERSIAN GULF Dust plumes blew over the Persian Gulf in early December 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15072 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 12 2008 (Posted on Sep 15 2008 3:15PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobse ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Stephanie Renfrow National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colo. 303-492-1497 srenfrow@nsidc.org RELEASE: 08-234 ARCTIC SEA ICE REACHES LOWEST COVERAGE FOR 2008 WASHINGTON -- Arctic sea ice coverage appears to have reached its lowest extent for the year and the second-lowest amount recorded since the dawn of the satellite era, according to observations from the NASA-supported Nat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-232 NASA USES COMMERCIAL MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT SERVICES FOR FIRST TIME WASHINGTON -- NASA for the first time last week used microgravity research flights aboard commercially-owned aircraft to test hardware and technologies. These flights, on an airplane operated by the Zero Gravity Corporation, simulated the weightless conditions of space. In addition to numerous NASA ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-233 NASA SELECTS MISSION TO STUDY MARS ATMOSPHERE WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected a Mars robotic mission that will provide information about the Red Planet's atmosphere, climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before. Called the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, the $485 million mission is scheduled for launch in late 2013. The selection was evaluat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 12 September 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 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=15071 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 12 2008 (Posted on Sep 12 2008 4:19PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading