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[nh-announce] 08 April 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

April 9th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 07 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OFF THE AFRICAN WEST COAST In late March 2008, Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa over the Atlantic Ocean. Dust plume activity continued in April. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14774 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 04 2008 (Posted on Apr 07 2008 9:51AM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA Dozens of fires were burning in southern R ...Continue Reading

[history] New Sets of NASA Historical Materials AvailableOon-Line

April 9th 2008 PDT

Four series from the NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection have been digitized and made available in a new on-line database for use by researchers. The database is now available at https://mira.hq.nasa.gov/history/ or can be accessed through the History Division web site. Included are PDFs of Press Kits, Press Releases, Mission Transcripts, and Administrators' Speeches. Researchers may use either the Basic Search or Advanced Search to access these. The HQ History Division staff has digitized all press ki ...Continue Reading

Media Invited to Multi-National Earth Observation Seminar

April 9th 2008 PDT

April 8, 2008 Steve Cole/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918/1726 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov, dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-076 MEDIA INVITED TO MULTI-NATIONAL EARTH OBSERVATION SEMINAR WASHINGTON -- NASA will join its international partners in space-based climate change research to discuss their current and future Earth-observation programs at a seminar Friday, April 18, at the Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 5th St. NW, in Washington. Media are invited to attend the semin ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 07 April 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

April 8th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 04 April 2008. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN ETHIOPIA Drought crept over Ethiopia after the failure of rains in October and November 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14771 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 20 2008 (Posted on Apr 04 2008 1:22PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS In early April 2008, agricultural fires dotted the Southern Plains of the United States. * http:// ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 04 April 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

April 5th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 03 April 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TORNADOES IN OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI Ferocious thunderstorms roiled across the Midwest on March 31, dropping hail and flood-inducing rain and battering the region with strong winds and tornadoes. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14770 *** (GOES) image from Mar 31 2008 (Posted on Apr 04 2008 12:14PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NEW ACTIVITY ON KILAUEA On March 19, 2008, a small exp ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 03 April 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

April 4th 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 02 April 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN Dust stirred in the Taklimakan Desert in early April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14768 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 01 2008 (Posted on Apr 03 2008 11:22AM) DUST STORM OVER THE ARAL SEA Dust plumes rose from desiccated lakebeds around the South Aral Sea on April 1, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14766 *** MODIS(Aqua) im ...Continue Reading

Statement by NASA Administrator on ATV Docking

April 4th 2008 PDT

April 3, 2008 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-092 STATEMENT BY NASA ADMINISTRATOR ON ATV DOCKING WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin after today's successful docking of the European Space Agency's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle to the International Space Station at 10:45 a.m. EDT Thursday. "I am incredibly proud of and pleased for our European partners with this demonstration of a successful automated ...Continue Reading

NASA Sets Briefings to Preview Next Space Shuttle Mission

April 3rd 2008 PDT

April 2, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-074 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a series of news media briefings May 1 to discuss the upcoming space shuttle Discovery mission, STS-124. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefings from the Johnson Space Center, ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 02 April 2008 -- Natural Hazards Updates

April 3rd 2008 PDT

The following sections were updated since 01 April 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA Scattered fires punctuated the coastline of southeastern Australia in early April 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14763 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 01 2008 (Posted on Apr 02 2008 1:53PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobservat ...Continue Reading

NASA Nobel Prize Recipient to Focus on Telescope Science Activities

April 2nd 2008 PDT

April 1, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-092 NASA NOBEL PRIZE RECIPIENT TO FOCUS ON TELESCOPE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel Prize recipient John Mather will devote more of his time at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to provide additional focus and support as senior project scientist and chair of the Science Working Group for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Mather has been dividing his time ...Continue Reading
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