The following sections were updated since 26 March 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN In March 2008, Saharan dust blew from Egypt all the way to the Black Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14756 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 24 2008 (Posted on Mar 26 2008 8:29AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST Widespread flooding swept across the midwestern United States in the wake of a powerful early sprin ...Continue Reading

March 27, 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: M08-066 NASA SETS BRIEFING FOR APRIL SPACE STATION CREW CHANGE HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, April 2, to preview the activities of the next residents of the International Space Station and to look back at the accomplishments of the current station crew. The briefing will origina ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-090 NASA'S SHUTTLE CREW RETURNS HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space. The first landing attempt at Kennedy was bypassed due to low clou ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315 marny.skora@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-015 NASA SELECTS VIRGINIA CORPORATION TO FURTHER INNOVATIVE RESEARCH HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has selected the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIAA), Hampton, Va., to conduct cutting edge aerospace and atmospheric research, develop new technologies and help prepare the next generation of scientists and ...Continue Reading

March 26, 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-014 NASA AWARDS SIMULATION AND SOFTWARE SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON - NASA has awarded a five-year, $49 million contract to L3 Communications - Titan Group of Niceville, Fla., to provide simulation and software technology support at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract provides support to Johnson's Aut ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-089 CASSINI TASTES ORGANIC MATERIAL AT SATURN'S GEYSER MOON PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby on March 12. Scientists are amazed that this tiny moon is so active, " ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 25 March 2008. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS ON THE YELLOW RIVER Ice blocked the flow of the Yellow River in northern China, resulting in floods that forced 13,000 from their homes in March 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14755 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 24 2008 (Posted on Mar 26 2008 1:27PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOG FROM KILAUEA In late March 2008, Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's big island released ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2008 Bob Jacobs/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/1726 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov, dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Edward Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 edward.s.campion.1@gsfc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 08-088 NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE LEADERSHIP CHANGES WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin issued the following statement Wednesday regarding the announcement that Dr. S. Alan Stern, NASA associate administrator for the Science Miss ...Continue Reading

March 25, 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: M08-065 NASA AIRS NEW SPACECRAFT'S MANEUVERS AND DOCKING TO SPACE STATION HOUSTON -- Less than three weeks after its maiden launch, the European Space Agency's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, or ATV, is set to begin a series of automated approaches and make an eventual docking with the International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

March 24, 2008 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Beth Bishop Saint Louis Science Center 314-267-9916 ebishop@slsc.org RELEASE: 08-087 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AND MISSOURI LT. GOV. DISCUSS BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION AT ST. LOUIS FUTURE FORUM ST. LOUIS - NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder discussed how space exploration gives Missourians a more competitive economy and better quality of life Tuesday during a NASA Future Forum in St. ...Continue Reading