March 28, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-017 NASA AWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA DATA CENTER CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar Distributed Active Archive Center. The total maximum v ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 27 March 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN NAMIBIA An intense rainy season triggered floods across southern Africa in early 2008. In northern Namibia, the floods started in early February and persisted through March. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14758 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 25 2008 (Posted on Mar 27 2008 4:44PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA' ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Emily Outen Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757 864-7022 emily.r.sturgill@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-067 NASA'S ORION SPACE CAPSULE MOCK-UP HEADS WEST HAMPTON, Va.- NASA released Friday a photograph of the nearly 20,000-pound Orion space capsule mock-up being loaded into a C-17 cargo aircraft on Thursday, March 27, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The mock-up was fabricated at Langley. T ...Continue Reading

March 27, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-016 NASA AWARDS NITROGEN SUPPLY AND SERVICES CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has awarded Air Liquide Large Industries of Houston the Kennedy Space Center - Cape Canaveral Air Force Station gaseous nitrogen supply and services contract. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has an estimated v ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 26 March 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN In March 2008, Saharan dust blew from Egypt all the way to the Black Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14756 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 24 2008 (Posted on Mar 26 2008 8:29AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Widespread flooding swept across the midwestern United States in the wake of a powerful early sprin ...Continue Reading

March 27, 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: M08-066 NASA SETS BRIEFING FOR APRIL SPACE STATION CREW CHANGE HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, April 2, to preview the activities of the next residents of the International Space Station and to look back at the accomplishments of the current station crew. The briefing will origina ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-090 NASA'S SHUTTLE CREW RETURNS HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space. The first landing attempt at Kennedy was bypassed due to low clou ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315 marny.skora@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-015 NASA SELECTS VIRGINIA CORPORATION TO FURTHER INNOVATIVE RESEARCH HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has selected the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIAA), Hampton, Va., to conduct cutting edge aerospace and atmospheric research, develop new technologies and help prepare the next generation of scientists and ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-014 NASA AWARDS SIMULATION AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has awarded a five-year, $49 million contract to L3 Communications - Titan Group of Niceville, Fla., to provide simulation and software technology support at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract provides support to Johnson's Aut ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 Dwayne Brown 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 RELEASE: 08-089 CASSINI TASTES ORGANIC MATERIAL AT SATURN'S GEYSER MOON PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby on March 12. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon is so active, " ...Continue Reading