The following sections were updated since 30 July 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN EASTERN EUROPE Heavy rain falling in the Carpathian Mountains pushed rivers in Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova over their banks on July 27-28, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14989 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 29 2008 (Posted on Jul 31 2008 1:02PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14988 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 29 2008 (Posted on Jul 31 2008 1:06PM) ---- ...Continue Reading

July 31, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-191 NASA ANNOUNCES AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON -- Twenty-five graduate and undergraduate students have been selected as the first recipients of NASA's Aeronautics Scholarship. The recipients were selected from nearly 400 applications for the school year that begins in fall 2008. The new program is designed to aid students in fields of study with applications promising to aeronautics. "Ou ...Continue Reading

July 31, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-194 NASA TESTS MOON IMAGING SPACECRAFT AT GODDARD GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, also known as LRO, has completed the first round of environmental testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. These tests ensure the ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2008 Dwayne Brown NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov Lori Stiles University of Arizona, Tucson 520-360-0574 lstiles@u.arizona.edu RELEASE: 08-193 NASA CONFIRMS LIQUID LAKE ON SATURN MOON PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains li ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Douglas Keddy University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 519-661-2111 ext: 87485 dkeddy@uwo.ca RELEASE: 08-192 NASA LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE NAMES FIRST INTERNATIONAL PARTNER MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Lunar Science Institute at Moffett Field, Calif., has announced its first international affilia ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 29 July 2008. -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY ON SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat released a plume of ash and steam in late July 2008. On July 28, the volcano's dome partially collapsed, sending an ash column 12 kilometers skyward. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14987 *** MODIS(Terra) image from (Posted on Jul 30 2008 12:18PM) ---------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-189 OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION/JASON 2 BEGINS MAPPING OCEANS WASHINGTON -- Less than a month after launch, the NASA-French space agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2 oceanography satellite has produced its first complete maps of global ocean surface topography, surface wave height and wind speed. Th ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 136 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SHUTTLE MISSION 2. NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR CONCEPTS OF LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:33:12 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SHUTTLE MISSION July 28, 2008 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, ...Continue Reading

July 29, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-190 NASA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL MEETING FOR LUNAR SCIENCE DISCUSSIONS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon. The meeting laid the groundwork for a new generation of lunar science. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 28 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A thick band of haze appeared over eastern China in late July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14980 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 26 2008 (Posted on Jul 28 2008 3:33PM) -- FIRE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to ...Continue Reading