March 21st 2008 PDT
March 20, 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 Robert Burnham Arizona State University, Tempe 480-458-8207 robert.burnham@asu.edu Tara Hicks-Johnson University of Hawaii, Manoa 808- 956-3151 hickst@hawaii.edu RELEASE: 08-084 NASA MISSION FINDS NEW CLUES TO GUIDE THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS WASHINGTON - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits. These de ...Continue Reading
March 21st 2008 PDT
March 20, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle/Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011/354-9382 agle@jpl.nasa.gov, carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-085 CASSINI SPACECRAFT FINDS OCEAN MAY EXIST BENEATH TITAN'S CRUST PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measur ...Continue Reading
March 21st 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 19 March 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN CENTRAL MEXICO A dust storm struck central Mexico on March 18, 2008, and winds transported the dust into southern Texas. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14751 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 18 2008 (Posted on Mar 19 2008 1:30PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhaz ...Continue Reading
March 21st 2008 PDT
March 20, 2008 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-420-0978 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Beth Bishop Saint Louis Science Center, Mo. 314-267-9916 ebishop@slsc.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-059 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR VISITS ST. LOUIS FOR FUTURE FORUM WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, March 25, NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will present the keynote address to launch a daylong event at the Saint Louis Science Center celebrating the space agency's 50th birthday. NASA's St. Louis Future Forum focuses on how sp ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 18 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=14750 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 15 2008 (Posted on Mar 18 2008 5:13PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY ON RABAUL VOLCANO, NEW BRITIAN Rabaul Volcano rele ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2008 PDT
March 19, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Bill Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-060 NASA SETS ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON - The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 11:18 p.m. CDT Sunday, March 23. Media may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Kennedy Space Ce ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2008 PDT
March 19, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-083 NASA STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF ARTHUR C. CLARKE WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from Alan Stern, NASA associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at Headquarters in Washington, regarding the death of Arthur C. Clarke: "Arthur Clarke was a gifted writer of science and science fiction, and an unparalleled visionary of the future, inspiring countless young people throughout the ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2008 PDT
The following sections were updated since 17 March 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE PERSIAN GULF AND SAUDI ARABIA Dust plumes blew over the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia in mid-March 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14747 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 14 2008 (Posted on Mar 17 2008 2:18PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN BOLIVIA Floods swept across Bolivia in the wake of unusually heavy rains in December 2007 through March 200 ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2008 PDT
Listserv readers: As a correction to this previous email, this event is actually not formally open to the public and seating is quite limited. However, if any readers of this listserv in the Washington, DC area would like to attend this event, please contact me directly as soon as possible at stephen.j.garber@nasa.gov and I will do my best to try to make sure there is room for you. My apologies for miscommunicating about this event. -Steve Gar ...Continue Reading
March 19th 2008 PDT
Readers of this listserv may be interested in attending this upcoming public event. An electronic, translated copy of Noordung's short book is available at http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4026/cover.html and the preface and foreword sections provide excellent background information on who Noordung was and the significance of this book. *From:* Launius, Roger [mailto:LauniusR@si.edu] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:04 AM*To:* Garber, Stephen J. (HQ-TC000)*Cc:* Dick, Steven J. (HQ-TC000)*Subject ...Continue Reading
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