The following sections were updated since 10 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN In early April 2008, numerous dust plumes blew off the Libyan coast and over the Mediterranean Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14780 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 09 2008 (Posted on Apr 10 2008 10:10AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalha ...Continue Reading

Listserv subscribers: Some technical problems were resolved after I sent this out on Tuesday so if you had difficulty accessing this site earlier this week, you should now be able to do so. Pardon us for not resolving these technical issues earlier. We are still refining some aspects of this site's search capability so if you have further questions about this, please contact Jane Odom. On an unrelated note, attached is the NASA History Division's calendar year 2007 annual report. It and other previous annual repor ...Continue Reading

April 10, 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: 08-100 NASA SPACECRAFT FINE TUNES COURSE FOR MARS LANDING PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25th landing on the Red Planet. "This ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-096 NASA EARTH SCIENTIST TO HEAD PROGRAMS OFFICE IN SCIENCE DIRECTORATE WASHINGTON -- Michael R. Luther has been named deputy associate administrator for programs in NASA's Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Ed Weiler, associate administrator for the directorate, made the announcement Wednesday. Luther will be responsible for overseeing the safe and successful execution of the dir ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 09 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN A thick plume of dust blew off the Egyptian coast and over the Mediterranean Sea in early April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14778 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 06 2008 (Posted on Apr 09 2008 1:30PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Widespread flooding swept across the midwestern United States in the wak ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 RELEASE: 08-099 SPACE TECHNOLOGY HALL OF FAME INDUCTS NASA SPINOFF TECHNOLOGIES COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- During a ceremony at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs Thursday, the Space Foundation will induct three NASA-developed technologies into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. A medical diagnostic software tool that measures the thickness of arteries, a non-invasive medical device that improves blood flow to the heart and brai ...Continue Reading

April 10, 2008 JD Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-097 NASA LAUNCHES NEW SCIENCE WEB SITE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate has launched a new Web site that provides enhanced and engaging information about NASA's vast scope of scientific endeavors and achievements. The site will provide in-depth coverage of NASA's past, present and future science missions with features that include: - Interactive tables and searches for Earth, heliophysics, p ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-094 NASA SELECTS 9 SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected nine proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The selected projects have a total value of approximately $5.4 million. The contracts will be awarded to nine hi-tech firms partnered with nine universities in 12 states. The STTR program is a hig ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 203-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Deborah Robin Croft Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6787 dcroft@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-095 NASA SETS SIGHTS ON LUNAR DUST EXPLORATION MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted above the surface. Called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the mission will launch before ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 April 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MYANMAR In early April 2008, smoke from hundreds of fires mingled with clouds over eastern India, Myanmar, and China. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14777 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 07 2008 (Posted on Apr 08 2008 1:52PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL Extensive floods swept over the normally dry northeastern corner of Brazil in the wake of hea ...Continue Reading