The following sections were updated since 23 January 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA Unusually heavy summer rains left much of northeastern Australia flooded in January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14705 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 22 2008 (Posted on Jan 23 2008 3:17PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW IN CHINA Unusually heavy snow paralyzed central and eastern China in mid-January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh ...Continue Reading

Jan. 24, 2008 Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-016 NASA TV UPGRADES JAN. 28; MEDIA AND EDUCATION CHANNELS UNAVAILABLE WASHINGTON - NASA Television engineers will perform system upgrades and testing on Monday, Jan. 28. NASA TV media and education channels will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST that day. Programming on the NASA TV Public Channel will be unaffected. For more information about NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule informat ...Continue Reading

Jan. 23, 2008 Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov/stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov H. Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120 h.k.henry@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-006 NASA SELECTS COMPANIES FOR DESIGN AND FABRICATION CONTRACTS HAMPTON, Va. - NASA's Langley Research Center has selected four companies to provide the agency with aerospace model systems and developmental test hardware used for spaceflight, space exploration, flig ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 January 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OFF WESTERN SAHARA Dust plumes blew off the coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara in mid-January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14702 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 20 2008 (Posted on Jan 22 2008 11:35AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA Unusually heavy summer rains left much of northeastern Australia flooded in January 2008. * http:/ ...Continue Reading

Jan. 22, 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: M08-015 NASA RELEASES FINDINGS OF ASTRONAUT SURVEY WASHINGTON - NASA will release a report on an astronaut and flight surgeon health care survey Wednesday and hold a media teleconference to discuss the report at 2 p.m. EST. In February 2007, NASA requested an independent external committee conduct a comprehen ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 January 2008. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN WEST AFRICA In the grasslands and savannas of West Africa, widespread agricultural burning was underway in early 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14701 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 21 2008 (Posted on Jan 22 2008 1:55PM) FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA The agricultural fire season was underway in Cambodia on January 20, 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?im ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 18 January 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER THE RED SEA Dust plumes blew off the coast of Saudi Arabia and over the Red Sea in mid-January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14699 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 16 2008 (Posted on Jan 18 2008 9:33AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ ...Continue Reading

Jan. 18, 2008 David Mould/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-014 NASA SELECTS JAIWON SHIN TO HEAD AERONAUTICS RESEARCH WASHINGTON - Jaiwon Shin has been named as NASA's associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington. As the associate administrator, Shin will be responsible for managing the agency's aeronautics research portfolio and guiding its strategic direction. This portfolio includes research in the fundam ...Continue Reading

Jan. 18, 2008 Dwayne Brown/Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/0918 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov, stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-013 MEDIA BRIEFING ON NASA'S EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM: 21 MISSIONS WORTH WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 12:30 p.m. EST, to discuss the agency's Earth science program and preview major activities planned for 2008, including the launch of two new Earth-observing missions and a weather satellite. The briefing will take place in th ...Continue Reading

Jan. 18, 2008 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Ted Huetter Museum of Flight, Seattle 206-768-7105 thuetter@museumofflight.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-012 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR VISITS SEATTLE FOR FUTURE FORUM SEATTLE - On Friday, Jan. 25, NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will deliver a keynote address at 8:45 a.m. PST, at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The event focuses on how space exploration benefits the state of Washington's economy and kicks off a yea ...Continue Reading