The following sections were updated since 04 January 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER IRAQ A dust storm blew through southern Iraq, near the Saudi Arabian border, in early January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14677 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 06 2008 (Posted on Jan 07 2008 1:10PM) HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Thick haze collected in eastern China, south of Beijing, in December 2007, nearly preventing the city of Beijing from reaching its 2007 goal ...Continue Reading

Jan. 7, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-03 NASA TELECONFERENCE TO PREVIEW MESSENGER'S FLYBY OF MERCURY WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 10, to preview the historic Jan. 14 spacecraft flight past Mercury that will explore some of the last major never-seen-before terrain in ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2008 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.clem@nasa.gov David Talley Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, Fla. 356-681-6745 MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-02 NASA ASTRONAUT AT DAYTONA SPEEDWAY EVENT FOR 50TH MILESTONES WASHINGTON - Astronaut Andrew Feustel will participate in NASCAR's Preseason Thunder Fan Fest at Daytona International Speedway, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The appearance is in celebration of NASA's ...Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce the publication of two new books and one new monograph. The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey into the History of Aerodynamics in America, Volume II: Reinventing the Airplane (NASA SP-4407-4409) was edited by James R. Hansen with Jeremy Kinney, D. Bryan Taylor, Molly Prickett, and J. Lawrence Lee. William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer (NASA SP-2007-4113) by Douglas J. Mudgway is an insightful biography of a key figure in U.S. space history. The book is out in time to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 January 2008. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Thick haze collected in eastern China, south of Beijing, in mid-December 2007. Haze nearly kept the city of Beijing from reaching its goal of low-pollution days. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14672 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 31 2007 (Posted on Jan 03 2008 10:57AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servi ...Continue Reading

Jan. 3, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-005 NASA AWARDS TEST AND INTEGRATION SERVICES CONTRACT TO ANALEX CORP. GREENBELT, Md. - NASA has selected Analex Corp., Fairfax, Va., to provide environmental test and integration services to support projects at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and at other NASA centers. The total cost-plus award fee contract ...Continue Reading

Jan. 3, 2008 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-002 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR JOHNSON FACILITIES REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION HOUSTON - NASA has awarded a potential 10-year, $544 million contract to CSC-Applied Technology Division of Fort Worth, Texas. The contractor will support facilities operations, maintenance, repair, design and construction at NASA's Johnson Space C ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 02 January 2008. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NEW YEAR'S SNOWSTORM IN UNITED STATES A series of holiday snowstorms blanketed the central and northeastern United States with heavy snow in late December 2007 and early January 2008. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14671 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 02 2008 (Posted on Jan 03 2008 9:25AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NAS ...Continue Reading

Jan. 2, 2008 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-001 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR MICROGRAVITY AIRCRAFT SERVICES CLEVELAND - NASA has awarded a contract to Zero Gravity Corporation of Las Vegas to manage and operate an aircraft to perform reduced gravity parabolic flights while carrying NASA-operated experiments and personnel. The parabolic flights will ...Continue Reading

Jan. 2, 2006 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: M08-01 NASA ANNOUNCES TELECONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON - NASA will host a media teleconference with Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale at 4 p.m. CST, Thursday, Jan. 3, to discuss the status of ongoing work to prepare shuttle Atlantis for its launch to the International Space Station. To p ...Continue Reading