Aug. 25, 2008 Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Josh Byerly/Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov lynnette.b.bmadison@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-215 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO EXPERIENCE LUNAR EXPLORATION UP CLOSE HOUSTON -- Reporters will have a unique chance to experience lunar life, including driving across and touching a simulated moonscape, on Monday, Sept. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 August 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER LIBYA Black smoke billowed over the Libyan landscape on August 20, 2008, likely caused by a fire at an oil refinery. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15024 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 20 2008 (Posted on Aug 21 2008 1:04PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.na ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Trina Patterson ATK Space Systems, Salt Lake City 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-158 MEDIA TELECON SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS ROCKET LAUNCH FAILURE WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Representatives from NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, will hold a media teleconference Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss this morning's failure of a rocket launch carrying two NASA hypersonic experimental payloads. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/757-344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Trina Patterson ATK Space Systems, Salt Lake City 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com MEDIA ADVISORY: 08-213 NASA AND ATK INVESTIGATE FAILED LAUNCH OF HYPERSONIC EXPERIMENTS WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- An Alliant Tec ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 40 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION PROVIDES BOOST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:22:35 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION PROVIDES BOOST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA August 21, 2008 Jenna Mills Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-17 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-212 NASA KENNEDY TO REOPEN FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS FRIDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., plan to reopen the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first shift. A slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay has kept Kennedy closed since Tuesday. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/207-1323 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-055 NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday awarded a cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract valued at $ ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 20 August 2008. -- STORM (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM FAY Tropical Storm Fay became the sixth named storm system of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season after forming over the Dominican Republic on August 15. Without reaching hurricane strength, the storm still caused flooding throughout parts of Florida. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=15023 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 20 2008 (Posted on Aug 21 2008 1:43PM) TYPHOON NURI Typhoon Nu ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-211 FAY DELAYS NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PARTIAL REOPENING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are delaying reopening the center for mission essential personnel Thursday morning because of slow-moving Tropical Storm Fay. Personnel should not report for work at 10 a.m. EDT as previously directed, but i ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-210 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PARTLY REOPENS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will reopen Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT for "mission essential" personnel. Kennedy has been closed since Tuesday because of Tropical Storm Fay, which is continuing to bring heavy rain and wind to the region. Individual center ...Continue Reading