The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN QUEENSLAND In late October 2008, scattered fires burned across Queensland from Cape York Peninsula to the area around the city of Rockhampton. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=35822 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 06, 2008 (Posted on Nov 06, 2008 12:38 PM) -------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Nov. 04, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-282 NASA SELECTS ASTRONOMY STUDENT AMBASSADORS WASHINGTON -- Forty-six undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to represent NASA in their local communities as recipients of the agency's International Year of Astronomy, or IYA, Student Ambassadors Program. Two of the students were chosen to attend the opening ceremonies of an IYA event in Paris in January 2009. The students representing NA ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 November 2008. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA Poor rains were forecast for eastern Ethiopia at the end of 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15120 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 29 2008 (Posted on Nov 03 2008 11:46AM) -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA Saharan dust blew across the Mediterranean Sea at the beginning of November 2008. * http://na ...Continue Reading

Nov. 04, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov; ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-281 FIRST ROCKET PARTS OF NASA'S NEW LAUNCH SYSTEM ARRIVE IN FLORIDA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agenc ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 89 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. LEAD STS-126 STATION FLIGHT DIRECTOR AVAILABLE FOR LIVE TV INTERVIEWS 2. NASA TV TO AIR NEW SPACE STATION CREW MESSAGE ABOUT VOTING ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:07:34 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: LEAD STS-126 STATION FLIGHT DIRECTOR AVAILABLE FOR LIVE TV INTERVIEWS November 3, 2008 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Katherine Trin ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-222 NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the press center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Endeavour. Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Spa ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 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: M08-224 NASA TV TO AIR NEW SPACE STATION CREW MESSAGE ABOUT VOTING HOUSTON -- The two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station joined millions of Americans Monday in casting their ballots before Election Day. Expedition 18 Commander E. Michael Fincke and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff also t ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 31 October 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHWEST INDIA Seasonal agricultural fires dotted the Punjab and Haryana states of northwestern India in early November 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15119 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 03 2008 (Posted on Nov 03 2008 1:43PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.na ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 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: M08-223 LEAD STS-126 STATION FLIGHT DIRECTOR AVAILABLE FOR LIVE TV INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA flight director Ginger Kerrick, who will lead Mission Control for the upcoming space shuttle mission, will be available for satellite interviews from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. CDT, Monday, Nov. 10. One day before the laun ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 38 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR MISSION, CREW OPERATIONS SUPPORT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:43:38 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR MISSION, CREW OPERATIONS SUPPORT October 31, 2008 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #C08-064 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR MISS ...Continue Reading