Nov. 20, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Alan Brown Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-2665 alan.brown@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-059 NASA DRYDEN AWARDS ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL SERVICES CONTRACT EDWARDS, Calif. - NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a multi-year competitive contract to Tybrin Corporation of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for engineering and technical services. The award-term contract covers a four-year base period wi ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 November 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Dense haze collected in southern California in mid-November 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14633 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 18 2007 (Posted on Nov 19 2007 3:09PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobserv ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 16 November 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONE SIDR FLOODS BANGLADESH Devastating flooding followed the passage of Cyclone Sidr over Bangladesh in mid-November 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14632 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 19 2007 (Posted on Nov 19 2007 12:39PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile near mid-day on November 14, 2007. ...Continue Reading

PO.DAAC is pleased to announce a new service for our users and scientists; the PO.DAAC Sandbox. The PO.DAAC Sandbox provides an opportunity to present unvetted science products to the user community. The products submitted for distribution by a provider will be reviewed by the relevant science team (OST, OVW, or SST) prior to release at the Sandbox. The users are warned that the product is unvetted by NASA or PO.DAAC and to use this product at one's own risk. The prospective users are asked to register and provide ...Continue Reading

Nov. 16, 2007 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.mewhinney@nasa.gov David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-058 NASA SELECTS 302 SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WASHINGTON - NASA has awarded contracts to 302 small business proposals that address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The awards are part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program, k ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 15 November 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF WESTERN AFRICA Plumes of Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa on November 9, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14629 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 09 2007 (Posted on Nov 15 2007 5:15PM) DUST STORM IN SOUTHWEST ASIA On November 14, 2007, a dust storm swept over the borders of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. By the following day, the ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-254 NASA CONDUCTS SECOND TEST OF MAIN PARACHUTE FOR ARES ROCKETS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - NASA and industry engineers successfully tested the main parachute for Constellation Program rockets during a drop test Thursday at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 November 2007. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LOCUSTS IN SUDAN Plenty of water and unusually thick vegetation allowed potentially dangerous locust swarms to develop in Sudan in October and November 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14624 *** (SPOT) image from Nov 10 2007 (Posted on Nov 14 2007 11:38AM) -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN SOUTHWEST ASIA On November 14, 2007, a dust storm swep ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Marc Ransford Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. 765-285-1570 00meransford@bsu.edu RELEASE: 07-253 NASA-FUNDED STUDY FINDS EXERCISE COULD HELP WOMEN ON BED REST WASHINGTON - Short but intense sessions of exercise may help women on bed rest stay strong and recuperate more quickly, according to a NASA-funded study by researchers at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. The finding ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-161 NEW 'HI-DEF' VIEW OF ANTARCTICA TO BE PRESENTED AT MEDIA BRIEFING WASHINGTON - Media are invited to preview a new map of Antarctica 10 times more detailed than any before at 11 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 27, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Scientists from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation and the British Antarctic Survey will introduce a ne ...Continue Reading