July 14, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Gray Creech Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2662 gray.creech@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-169 NASA EVALUATES SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE AIRCRAFT EFFICIENCY EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of wing shape. Controlling a wing's shape in flight would allow it to take advantage of aerodynamics and improve overall ai ...Continue Reading

July 11, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov Mike Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-172 NASA RESPONDS TO CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IMAGING REQUEST WASHINGTON -- A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be us ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14944 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 10 2008 (Posted on Jul 11 2008 9:26AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Ear ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 09 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 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 burn in the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14943 *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Jul 04 2008 (Posted on Jul 10 2008 12:04PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14942 *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Jul 04 200 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:03:43 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CONTRACT July 8, 2008 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #H08-045 NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CO ...Continue Reading

Greetings: The agenda, abstracts and speaker biographies for our Conference "NASA's First 50 Years" are now available at http://history.nasa.gov/50thannnasaconf/index.html The Conference will be held here in the NASA HQ Auditorium October 28-29. Mike Griffin is the first of several keynoters, and the program features a stellar array of scholars addressing the full scope of NASA History. Mark your calendars! Steve Dr. Steven J. Dick NASA Chief Historian Director, NASA History Division NASA Headquarte ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in the first week of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14937 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 06 2008 (Posted on Jul 08 2008 2:23PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14936 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 06 2008 (Posted on Jul ...Continue Reading

July 9, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis/Diya Chacko Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474/393-5464 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov, diya.s.chacko@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-170 OCEAN WIND POWER MAPS REVEAL POSSIBLE WIND ENERGY SOURCES WASHINGTON -- Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA. Scientists have been creating maps using nearly a decade of data fro ...Continue Reading

July 9, 2008 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-171 NASA AND ESA COMPLETE COMPARATIVE EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE STUDY WASHINGTON -- Over the last 6 months, representatives from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, have been engaged in a detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the moon. Findings from the study included a significant mutual interest in the ...Continue Reading

July 8, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: 08-045 NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO DELIVERY CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Inc. in Houston, a one-year contract extension valued at $42 million to provide integration services for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station. Lockheed Martin has held t ...Continue Reading