Aug. 23, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120/344-7211 h.k.henry@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-179 LIFE AND WORK ON THE MOON: WHAT IMAGES COME TO MIND? HAMPTON, Va. - A new NASA contest encourages university art and design students to partner with science and engineering departments to create art representative of living and working on the moon. The goal is for students in the arts, science and engineering to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DEADLY FIRES ON SICILY Brush fires burning in Sicily in August 2007 were responsible for several deaths on the island. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14464 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 22 2007 (Posted on Aug 23 2007 9:18AM) -- FLOOD (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FLOODING IN EASTERN INDIA India's annual monsoon triggered widespread flooding throughout the country in July and August 2007. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 21 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE OVER THE DAKOTAS Smoke from fires in western Montana and Idaho blew eastward across Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas on August 15, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14457 *** MOPITT(Terra) image from Aug 20 2007 (Posted on Aug 21 2007 5:05PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ZACA WILDFIRE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The Zaca Fire in Southern California began July 4, 2007 ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 20 August 2007. -- STORM (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- HURRICANE DEAN After a relatively quite period, the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season began to heat up with the formation of Hurricane Dean during the second full week of August. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14455 *** (QuikSCAT) image from Aug 20 2007 (Posted on Aug 20 2007 4:32PM) * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14453 *** (Space Shuttle) image from Aug 18 2007 (Posted on Aug ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-177 SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR CREW RETURNS HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.2 million miles in space. Endeavour's STS-118 mission successfully added another truss segment, a new gyroscope and external spare parts p ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-107 NASA TO ANNOUNCE CONTRACTOR FOR ARES I UPPER STAGE PRODUCTION WASHINGTON - NASA will host a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 28, to announce the selection of a contractor for the upper stage element of the Ares I rocket that will help launch fut ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2007 Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov Sallie Keith Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-5795 sallie.keith@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-37 NASA SELECTS VIBRATION TEST CAPABILITY CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON - NASA has selected Benham Constructors LLC of Oklahoma City to receive a contract to design, build and commission a vibration and acoustic test capability that will support development of the Orion crew explorati ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.diller-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-106 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SET TO LAND TUESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour crew, led by Commander Scott Kelly, is scheduled to complete a 13-day mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 21. The STS-118 mission ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SMOKE FROM FIRES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA Fires raging in Idaho and Montana combined with summer haze to pollute the skies over much of the United States in August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14451 *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Aug 13 2007 (Posted on Aug 17 2007 5:33PM) SMOKE OVER THE DAKOTAS Smoke from fires in western Montana and Idaho blew eastward across Montana, Wyoming, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Carolina Martinez/Jane Platt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382/0880 carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov, jane.platt@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-205 PIONEERING NASA SPACECRAFT MARK THIRTY YEARS OF FLIGHT WASHINGTON - NASA's two venerable Voyager spacecraft are celebrating three decades of flight as they head toward interstellar space. Their ongoing odysseys mark an unprecedented and historic accomplishment. ...Continue Reading