November 2nd 2007 PDT
Nov. 1, 2007 Edward Goldstein Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4581 edward.s.goldstein@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-241 NASA EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES UPON THE PASSING OF JOAN ROOSA WASHINGTON - NASA's senior leadership Thursday noted with sorrow the passing of Joan Roosa of Gulfport, Miss., the wife of Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa. Roosa passed away Oct. 30. "We wish to express our sincere condolences to the Roosa family," said NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, Headquarters, Washington. "Many curre ...Continue Reading
November 2nd 2007 PDT
Nov. 1, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 david.c.agle@jpl.nasa.gov Denize Springer San Francisco State Univ. 415-405-3803 denize@sfsu.edu Bob Sanders University of California, Berkeley 510-643-6998 rsanders@berkely.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-151 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW MEMBER OF EXOPLANET FAMILY WASHINGTON - Astronomers will announce new findings about a planetary system similar to our own at a ...Continue Reading
November 1st 2007 PDT
Oct. 31, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-232 NASA SELECTS 38 PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE KEY TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program Seed Fund announced the selection of 38 partnerships that will advance key technologies to meet critical needs for NASA's mission. These Seed Fund projects will address technology barriers with cost-shared, joint-development programs. The partnerships span 30 states and include nine un ...Continue Reading
November 1st 2007 PDT
*NASA SimLabs News * VOLUME 7, ISSUE 4 http://www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov/newsletter/news.html *October 2007 * TABLE OF CONTENTS If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, SimLabs News is a quarterly publication reviewing current projects at the NASA Ames Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs). NASA SimLabs is comprised of three unique Flight Simulators, an Air Traffic Control radar simulator and a high fidelity Air Traffic Control Tower simulator. The facilities support government as well as priv ...Continue Reading
November 1st 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 30 October 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OFF IRAN AND PAKISTAN Dust plumes blew off the coasts of Iran and Pakistan on October 29-30, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14602 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30 2007 (Posted on Oct 31 2007 12:26PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM NOEL The sixteenth tropical storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Depression 16 became Tropical St ...Continue Reading
October 31st 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 29 October 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Driven by Santa Ana winds, several large wildfires flared across Southern California over the weekend of October 20, 2007. Before winds died down late in the week, the fires burned hundreds of thousands of acres and forced at least half a million people from their homes. Smoke caused unhealthy air quality in many areas. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14600 *** OMI(A ...Continue Reading
October 31st 2007 PDT
Oct. 30, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov; beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-234 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW CENTER ASSIGNMENTS FOR MOON EXPLORATION WASHINGTON - NASA announced Tuesday which agency centers will take responsibility for specific work to enable astronauts to explore the moon. The new assignments cover elements of the lunar lander and lunar surface operations. The agency also announced work assignments for Ares V, a heavy-lift rocket fo ...Continue Reading
October 31st 2007 PDT
Oct. 30, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-233 NASA TO ESTABLISH NATIONWIDE LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE WASHINGTION - NASA has announced its intent to establish a new lunar science institute. This effort, with dispersed teams across the nation, will help lead the agency's research activities for future lunar science missions related to NASA's exploration goa ...Continue Reading
October 30th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 26 October 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OFF IRAN AND PAKISTAN Dust plumes blew off the coasts of Iran and Pakistan on October 29, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14597 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 29 2007 (Posted on Oct 29 2007 1:00PM) DUST PLUMES OFF LIBYA Two-toned dust plumes blew northward off the coast of Libya on October 26, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14594 *** MODIS(Terra) ...Continue Reading
October 30th 2007 PDT
Oct. 29, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Sally Harrington Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2037 sally.v.harrington@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-053 NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, SAFETY SERVICE CONTRACT CLEVELAND - NASA has selected Science Applications International Corp., known as SAIC, of Harrisburg, Pa., to provide environmental management and safety office support at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland. This is an indefinite deli ...Continue Reading
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