Jan. 14, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/1272 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612/207-3280 jonas.dino@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-006 NASA'S QUEST TO FIND WATER ON THE MOON MOVES CLOSER TO LAUNCH MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - Cameras and sensors that will look for the presence of water on the moon have completed validation tests and been shipped to the manufacturer of NASA's Lunar Crater Observati ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 11 January 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING STARTS TO BREAK QUEENSLAND DROUGHT The east coast of Australia saw record rainfall during the first week of 2008. The rain caused floods that left many residents stranded. Much of southeastern Australia has been in the grip of a multi-year drought, but a pattern of rainy weather has started to break it. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14691 *** (TRMM) image from Jan 08 2008 (Posted on ...Continue Reading

Jan. 14, 2008 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-08 NASA UPDATES AVIATION SAFETY DATA WEBSITE WASHINGTON - NASA updated its National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS) website Monday to add a Microsoft Office Excel formatted version of previously posted files containing pilot survey responses. NASA posted the survey responses Dec. 31, 2007, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, the agency standard for dissemination of information to the public ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-005 NASA UPDATES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW ASSIGNMENTS HOUSTON - NASA has updated assignments for International Space Station expedition crews. The updates reflect changes in the launch schedule for space shuttle missions that will transport rotating crew members. Astronaut Garrett E. Reisman, a member of the E ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2008 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: M08-07 NASA SETS BRIEFING WITH NEXT STATION CREW, SPACEFLIGHT PARTICIPANT HOUSTON - NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. CST Tuesday, Jan. 15, with the next resident crew of the International Space Station and a South Korean spaceflight participant. The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Hous ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Joan B. Underwood Lockheed Martin, Denver 303-971-7398 joan.b.underwood@lmco.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-09 GOOGLE CEO AND CHAIRMAN SPEAKS AT NASA 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT WASHINGTON - On Thursday, Jan. 17, the chairman and chief executive officer of Google, Eric Schmidt, will be the featured speaker for part of a lecture series honoring NASA's 50th anniversary. Schmidt will discuss the benefits of technology, innovation an ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2008 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4715 michael.curie@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-06 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH TARGETS HOUSTON - NASA Friday announced Feb. 7 as the target launch date for shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station and mid-March for the launch of Endeavour on STS-123. Liftoff of Atlantis from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will be at 2:47 p.m ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 January 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER INDIA, BANGLADESH, AND THE BAY OF BENGAL Haze hung over India, Bangladesh, and the Bay of Bengal in early January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14685 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 10 2008 (Posted on Jan 10 2008 3:11PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN WEST AFRICA In the grasslands and savannas of West Africa, widespread agricultural b ...Continue Reading

Jan. 10, 2008 Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-004 NASA'S NEXT MOON MISSION SPACECRAFT UNDERGOING CRITICAL TESTS GREENBELT, Md. - NASA's next mission to Earth's closest astronomical body is in the midst of integration and testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The Lunar Reconnaissance ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 09 January 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE PERSIAN GULF Dust plumes blew over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in early January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14684 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 07 2008 (Posted on Jan 09 2008 5:41PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ ...Continue Reading