There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:58:29 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT July 14, 2008 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Report #C08-044 NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT HOUSTO ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14951 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 10 2008 (Posted on Jul 15 2008 10:34AM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14950 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jul 13 2008 (Posted on J ...Continue Reading

July 15, 2008 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-175 SMALL BUSINESSES TO FLY NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON ZERO-GRAVITY FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program has selected seven Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, companies to participate in reduced-gravity test flights in early September. The companies will have the opportunity to test their newly developed hardware on an aircraft that simulates the weightless conditions of ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-044 NASA AWARDS ADVANCED PLANNING ASSESSMENT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded an advanced planning assessment contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va. The fixed-price contract has a maximum value of $30 million for a three-year base period beginning July 8 and two one-year options. The contract is a follow ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2008 Michael Braukus/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/0668 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-174 SPACE AGENCIES CONTINUE TALKS ON GLOBAL EXPLORATION STRATEGY WASHINGTON -- Representatives of 11 space agencies from around the world gathered in Montreal July 10 - 12 to continue the coordination of programs to extend human and robotic presence throughout the solar system. In May 2007, multilateral space agency discussions resulted in the release of &q ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-046 NASA AWARDS AIRSPACE SYSTEM RESEARCH CONTRACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded research contracts worth a total of $12 million to two industry teams to study how the introduction of new aircraft types may affect air traffic management efficiency, aviation safety and the environment in the future. In June, NASA's ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 11 July 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER CHILE AND ARGENTINA A dust storm arose from the dry salt lakes along the Chile-Argentina border in early July 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14946 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 12 2008 (Posted on Jul 14 2008 1:04PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first da ...Continue Reading

July 14, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Gray Creech Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2662 gray.creech@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-169 NASA EVALUATES SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE AIRCRAFT EFFICIENCY EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of wing shape. Controlling a wing's shape in flight would allow it to take advantage of aerodynamics and improve overall ai ...Continue Reading

July 11, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov Mike Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-172 NASA RESPONDS TO CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IMAGING REQUEST WASHINGTON -- A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be us ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 July 2008. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA "Dry" thunderstorms triggered hundreds of fires in California on the first day of summer 2008. The fires continued to burn in the first weeks of July. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14944 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 10 2008 (Posted on Jul 11 2008 9:26AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Ear ...Continue Reading