Sept. 7, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.w.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-187 MARS ROVERS SURVIVE SEVERE DUST STORMS, READY FOR NEXT OBJECTIVES PASADENA, Calif. --Two months after sky-darkening dust from severe storms nearly killed NASA's Mars exploration rovers, the solar-powered robots are awake and ready to continue their mission. Opportunity's planned descent into the giant Victoria Cr ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 September 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SUDAN Intense rains swept across Sudan starting on July 8, 2007, causing floods across much of the North African country throughout July, August, and September. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14499 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 06 2007 (Posted on Sep 06 2007 4:20PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEATWAVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA September 5, 2007, marked the ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 05 September 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MOONLIGHT FIRE, CALIFORNIA A wildfire in Northern California that started on September 3, 2007, had grown to more than 28,000 acres by September 6. Thick smoke spread southwest over the Sacramento Valley. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14497 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 05 2007 (Posted on Sep 06 2007 12:50PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STA ...Continue Reading

Sept. 6, 2007 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Andrew Scafetta/Joshua Weinberg Discovery Channel/The Science Channel, Silver Spring, Md. 240-662-5519/5274 andrew_scafetta@discovery.com, josh_weinberg@discovery.com RELEASE: 07-186 NASA PARTNERS WITH DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON - NASA and Discovery Communications will join in a broad media partnership to commemorate the space program's 50th anniversary. The space agency, which was created by the N ...Continue Reading

PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE: PO.DAAC's website: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov and all PO.DAAC data tools and services (including POET, FTP and Aspera sites) will be unavailable on Saturday, September 8th, from 5:30am PDT to 7:30am PDT due to JPL scheduled network maintenance activities. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= User Services Office Physical Oceanography DAAC Email: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory WWW URL: http://podaac.jp ...Continue Reading

<<nltrc.pdf>> Folks:       Attached is the latest edition of our NASA History News and Notes newsletter.  It will also be online at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltrc.pdf_ shortly.  Thanks,       Steve Garber Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail Suite CO72, Room 2Q25 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax _http://history.nasa.gov_ ...Continue Reading

Sept. 5, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-114 NASA SETS MEDIA ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA is accepting media accreditation requests for the upcoming space shuttle mission, STS-120. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Oct. 23 to begin a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend the shuttle launch from NASA's Kennedy ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 04 September 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA In early September 2007, large bush fires in Western Australia were churning out smoke that shrouded coastal areas from Eighty Mile Beach to Collier Bay. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14491 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 05 2007 (Posted on Sep 05 2007 9:36AM) -- STORM (3 updated events, 6 new images) -- TYPHOON FITOW Typhoon Fitow formed in the western Pacific ...Continue Reading

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