Oct. 29, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-149 NASA TO ANNOUNCE WORK ASSIGNMENTS TO ENABLE LUNAR EXPLORATION WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, Oct. 30, NASA will take another important step toward returning astronauts to the moon by assigning key future Constellation Program work to its field centers. The agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate will host a media roundtable at 1 p.m. EDT at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St., S.W., Washington. Briefers wil ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-150 NASA SETS DISCOVERY, SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON - The 10 crew members flying aboard the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 6:48 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Questions from media will be taken from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston; K ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 25 October 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A nearly opaque plume of haze snaked through eastern China on October 20, 2007. By the following day, the haze had spread throughout much of eastern China, near Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14592 *** MOPITT(Terra) image from Oct 22 2007 (Posted on Oct 25 2007 4:28PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 4 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALI ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 October 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 6 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. As of October 24, nearly a million people were forced to evacuate their homes as the fires spread from the mountains toward the coast. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14591 *** (QuickBird) image from Oct 22 2007 (Posted on Oct 25 2007 2:51PM) * ...Continue Reading

Oct. 25, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-148 NASA SHOWCASES NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMPONENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center will hold a media event at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Oct. 31, to highlight the next pressurized element to be launched to the International Space Station. The European Space Agency's Columbus module will fly aboard space ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-147 NASA SETS MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-122. Shuttle Atlantis is targeted to launch Dec. 6 to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend the liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Flori ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-145 NASA OFFERS $2 MILLION LUNAR LANDER COMPETITION PRIZE WASHINGTON - During the X PRIZE Cup Oct. 27-28, NASA's Centennial Challenges Program will offer prizes totaling $2 million if competing teams successfully meet the requirements of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. The challenge will take place at Holloman Air Force Base, in Alamogordo, N.M. The purpose of the lunar lander challenge is ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 October 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A nearly opaque plume of haze snaked through eastern China on October 20, 2007. By the following day, the haze had spread throughout much of eastern China, near Bo Hai and the Yellow Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14581 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 23 2007 (Posted on Oct 23 2007 4:14PM) DUST STORM IN EGYPT A dust storm blew off the coast of Egypt and ove ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-145 NEW NASA SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW VAST SIZE OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES WASHINGTON - NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned more than 335,000 acres in Southern California. The latest images are accessible on NASA's Web site and new images wi ...Continue Reading

Oct. 23, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-144 NASA SATELLITE CAPTURES NEW IMAGE OF RAGING CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES WASHINGTON -A NASA satellite has captured a remarkable new image of the wildfires raging in Southern California. At least 14 massive fires have scorched about 425 square miles from north of Los Angeles to southeast of San Diego. The latest image, captured by NASA's Aqua satellite on the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 22, shows th ...Continue Reading