The following sections were updated since 12 September 2007. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST As summer headed toward fall in 2007, much of the United States was experiencing drought. Vegetation conditions in the Northwest were mostly average or below average in late August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14517 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 28 2007 (Posted on Sep 13 2007 11:34AM) DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES By the end of May 2007, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2007 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/1600 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Joan B. Underwood Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md. 303-971-7398 joan.b.underwood@lmco.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-118 GRIFFIN TO SPEAK AT NASA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY LECTURE SERIES WASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will deliver an important address Monday on the role of space exploration in the global economy, kicking off a lecture series honoring the agency's 50th anniversary. Griffin's lecture wi ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-117 NASA SHOWCASES NEXT SPACE STATION COMPONENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center will hold a media event at 10 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 18, to highlight the next piece to be added to the International Space Station. The Node-2 module, known as Harmony, will launch aboard space shuttle Discovery on mis ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.govv James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-045 NASA EXTENDS SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HOUSTON - NASA has awarded five one-month extensions of the Center Operations Support Services contract for Johnson Space Center to Computer Sciences Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas. The contract's base period began April 1, 2002. A series of options ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 11 September 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN CENTRAL AMERICA The passage of two major hurricanes pushed the rivers in Central and South Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua well over their banks in early September 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14511 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 09 2007 (Posted on Sep 12 2007 2:08PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Bonnie Flock National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 301-451-4343 flockb@od.nih.gov RELEASE: 07-190 NASA AND NIH PARTNER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH IN SPACE WASHINGTON - A Sept. 12 signing of a memorandum of understanding marked a key milestone for NASA and the National Institutes of Health in their long partnership to advance scientific discovery. The two agencies entered into an agreement that helps American scientists u ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Asa Fenton Bite Communications 510-388-3401 asa.fenton@bitepr.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-116 NASA ANNIVERSARY, SHUTTLE CREW AND SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTED AT NEXTFEST WASHINGTON - NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will unveil the agency's 50th anniversary logo and participate in an X PRIZE Foundation announcement at WIRED Magazine's NextFest at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Sept. 13-16. The agency will showcase its ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 September 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER IRAQ Dust plumes blew over Iraq on September 8, 2007. The dust appeared thickest in the northern part of the country, near the Syrian border. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14506 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 08 2007 (Posted on Sep 10 2007 2:47PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- MOONLIGHT FIRE, CALIFORNIA A wildfire in Northern California that started on ...Continue Reading

Sept. 11, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-189 NASA RESEARCHERS EXTEND LIFE OF HOT TEMPERATURE ELECTRONIC CHIP CLEVELAND - NASA researchers have designed and built a new circuit chip that can take the heat like never before. In the past, integrated circuit chips could not withstand more than a few hours of high temperatures before degrading or failing. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 September 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER UTAH Haze clouded the skies over Utah on September 8, 2007. The haze might have resulted from smoke released by fires in California. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14504 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 08 2007 (Posted on Sep 10 2007 2:04PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON FITOW Typhoon Fitow formed in the western Pacific and gradually built power, reac ...Continue Reading