April 30th 2008 PDT
April 29, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-084 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD SATURDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, May 3, as preparations for the STS-124 mission move forward. Discovery is targeted to lift off May 31 on a ...Continue Reading
April 30th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 28 April 2008. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- RECORD CROPS IN INDIA With the harvest in the spring of 2008, India was set to produce a record rice and corn crop. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14806 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 05 2008 (Posted on Apr 28 2008 12:35PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NEW ACTIVITY ON KILAUEA On March 19, 2008, a small explosion erupted from Kilauea's summit crater. The volcano rem ...Continue Reading
April 29th 2008 PDT
April 28, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-083 HOME FROM SPACE, IOWA ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON SET FOR INTERVIEWS HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson of Iowa, who returned to Earth April 19 after approximately six months on the International Space Station, will be available for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a.m. CDT on Friday, May 2. Whitson, the first female comma ...Continue Reading
April 29th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 25 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SAHARAN DUST STORM Dust plumes blew westward across the Sahara Desert in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14804 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 26 2008 (Posted on Apr 28 2008 1:04PM) DUST STORM OVER EASTERN CHINA Dust and clouds formed a giant swirl over eastern China in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14802 *** MODIS(Terra) image fro ...Continue Reading
April 26th 2008 PDT
April 25, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-108 ASTRONAUTS TO MAKE VIRTUAL CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS GREENBELT, MD -- Astronauts flying on a space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time will speak to middle school students across America simultaneously at 1:15 p.m. EDT, April 30, from NASA's Goddard Space Fli ...Continue Reading
April 26th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 24 April 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA Fires are common in southern Mexico and northern Central America during the February-May dry season. In late April 2008, scores of fires were burning across the Yucatan and Guatemala. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14801 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 24 2008 (Posted on Apr 25 2008 9:30AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural ...Continue Reading
April 25th 2008 PDT
April 24, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/207-1323 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov Sarah Cooper m2mi Corporation, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-961-5376 sarah.cooper@m2mi.com RELEASE: 08-107 NASA AMES PARTNERS WITH M2MI FOR SMALL SATELLITE DEVELOPMENT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and m2mi Corp., Moffett Field, Calif., announced Thursday they a ...Continue Reading
April 25th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 23 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN Dust plumes covered much of the Taklimakan Desert in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14798 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 21 2008 (Posted on Apr 23 2008 10:11AM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN VICTORIA, AUTRALIA Fires burned across Victoria, Australia, in late April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?i ...Continue Reading
April 23rd 2008 PDT
April 22, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-023 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES CONTRACT TO SPACEX WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles. The NASA Launch Services contracts are multiple awards to multiple launch service providers. Twice per yea ...Continue Reading
April 23rd 2008 PDT
April 22, 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: C08-022 NASA CONTRACT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded a contract to Deltha-Critique Joint Venture of New Orleans, La., to provide administrative support services for the center. The potential contract value is $28,982,749 (includi ...Continue Reading
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