Aug. 24, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-109 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON - NASA will discuss the next space shuttle mission during a daylong series of media briefings from the Johnson Space Center on Friday, Sept. 14. Space shuttle Discovery's 13-day mission, designated STS-120, is targeted for launch on Oct. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-108 NASA HOLDS TELECONFERENCE UPDATE ABOUT NEXT SHUTTLE'S FUEL TANK HOUSTON - NASA will host a media teleconference Friday, Aug. 24, at 3 p.m. CDT to discuss a review held prior to the mating of the next shuttle mission's solid rocket booster and external fuel tank. The teleconference will give the status of ET-120, the ex ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 paul.foerman-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-180 NASA'S STENNIS SPACE CENTER MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN SPACE EXPLORATION BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - NASA's Stennis Space Center broke ground Thursday for a new rocket engine test stand that will provide altitude testing for the J-2X engine. The engine will power the upper stages of NASA's Are ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-9210, ext. 174 john.leslie@noaa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-38 NASA AWARDS NOAA GOES-R INSTRUMENT CONTRACT WASHINGTON - NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environment ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2007 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov Paul Hickman Internet Archive 415-462-1509, 415-561-6767 paul@archive.org RELEASE: 07-178 NASA AND INTERNET ARCHIVE TEAM TO DIGITIZE SPACE IMAGERY WASHINGTON - NASA and Internet Archive of San Francisco are partnering to scan, archive and manage the agency's vast collection of photographs, historic film and video. The imagery will be available through the Internet and free to the public, historians, scholars, students, and resea ...Continue Reading

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