Sept. 5, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Esther Buchsbaum Communications MECA, Montreal, Canada 514-288-8500, ext. 225 ebuch@meca.ca RELEASE: 07-185 NASA AND MAD SCIENCE PARTNER TO PROMOTE SCIENCE EDUCATION WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Mad Science Group of Montreal, Canada, have teamed in an effort to spark the imagination of children, encouraging more youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The two organizations recently signed ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 2007 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 Keith Wheeler Walt Disney World Public Relations, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 407-566-6397/5317 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-113 SHUTTLE CREW TO BE HONORED AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS WASHINGTON - The seven space shuttle Endeavour astronauts who returned to Earth Aug. 21 will be honored in a day of ceremonies at Walt D ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 September 2007. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES AND THICK SMOKE OVER SOUTH AMERICA Scores of fires filled the South American skies with smoke in early September 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14489 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 02 2007 (Posted on Sep 04 2007 12:20PM) FIRES IN MONTANA AND IDAHO In the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana, dozens of large, dangerous wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres in lat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 31 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL AFRICA Every year during the dry season, widespread agricultural fires occur in Africa. This image shows fires and smoke in late August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14482 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29 2007 (Posted on Aug 31 2007 3:55PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ht ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 dsteitz@hq.nasa.gov Koby South NASA Shared Services Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-813-6012 koby.l.south@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-44 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYEE RELOCATION SERVICES BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- On Friday, NASA announced the selection of Prudential Relocation of Washington to provide employee relocation services to NASA. The estimated value of the contract is $74 million. The firm-fixed price, performance-based blanket ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 30 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN ALGERIA Scores of forest fires were burning in northern Algeria in late August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14481 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 30 2007 (Posted on Aug 31 2007 1:00PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON FITOW Typhoon Fitow formed in the western Pacific and gradually built power, reaching typhoon status on August 29, 2007. * http://naturalhaza ...Continue Reading

Aug. 30, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 dsteitz@hq.nasa.gov John Bluck Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026 jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-43 NASA'S AMES RESEARCH CENTER AWARDS SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall of Los Angeles to provide on-site architectural and engineering support services at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The contract includes a one-ye ...Continue Reading

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