Aug. 30, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-112 NASA INVITES REPORTERS FOR LUNAR MISSION TESTS AT 'DESERT RATS' HOUSTON - News media are invited to spend a day with NASA's planetary rovers, robots and futuristic spacesuits as the agency tests hardware for missions to the moon. A media day for the event, known as Desert RATS ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 29 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE FROM FIRES IN GREECE Smoke from deadly fires in Greece blows across the Mediterranean Sea and pools over the Gulf of Sirte. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14476 *** OMI(Aura) image from Aug 27 2007 (Posted on Aug 29 2007 11:44AM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN ALGERIA Scores of forest fires were burning in northern Algeria in late August 2007. * http://nat ...Continue Reading

Aug. 29, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 steven.e.roy@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-41 NASA AWARDS REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS CONTRACT MODIFICATION WASHINGTON - NASA has awarded a contract modification valued at $681 million to ATK Launch Systems of Brigham City, Utah, for continued delivery of space shuttle reusable solid rocket motors. The modification reforms and extends the current cont ...Continue Reading

Aug. 29, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov June Malone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 june.e.malone@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-42 NASA AWARDS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CONTRACT OPTION WASHINGTON - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has exercised an option to continue an existing contract with Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, of San Diego, to provide information technology services to NASA. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 28 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES Haze obscured the skies of the central U.S. East Coast region in late August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14470 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 25 2006 (Posted on Aug 28 2007 3:23PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN GREECE Deadly wildfires in southern Greece wafted thick clouds of smoke over the Ionian Sea and southward to th ...Continue Reading

Aug. 29. 2007 David Mould/Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.r.mould@nasa.gov, mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-184 NASA SAFETY REVIEW FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER ALCOHOL USE BY ASTRONAUTS BEFORE SPACE FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- A NASA safety review released Wednesday found no evidence to support claims that astronauts were impaired by alcohol when they flew in space. NASA chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O'Connor conducted the monthlong review to evaluate allegations included in t ...Continue Reading

Aug. 28, 2007 Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-40 NASA SELECTS ARES I UPPER STAGE PRODUCTION CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON - NASA on Tuesday selected The Boeing Co., Huntsville, Ala., as the contractor to provide manufacturing support for design and construction of the upper stage of the Ares I rocket. Ares I wil ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 27 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE FROM FIRES IN GREECE Smoke from deadly fires in Greece blows across the Mediterranean Sea and pools over the Gulf of Sirte. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14471 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 26 2007 (Posted on Aug 28 2007 12:50PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES A string of severe thunderstorms triggered deadly flooding acros ...Continue Reading

Aug. 28, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/4997 david.steitz@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Ted Semon Spaceward Foundation, Mountain View, Calif. 650-969-2010 ted@spaceward.org RELEASE: 07-182 NASA'S CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON - From Oct. 19 to 21, more than 20 teams from across the nation and around the world will compete for a total of $1,000,000 from NASA for the development of cutting-edge technologies. The Beam Power Chal ...Continue Reading

Aug. 28, 2007 David Mould/Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898 david.r.mould@nasa.gov, mcabbage@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-111 NASA RELEASES RESULTS OF O'CONNOR SAFETY REVIEW WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, Aug. 29, NASA will announce the results of a review conducted by NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O'Connor to evaluate allegations of improper alcohol use by astronauts. NASA will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT, in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headqua ...Continue Reading