The following sections were updated since 13 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER AFGHANISTAN On August 12, 2007, a dust storm formed where the borders of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan meet. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14442 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 12 2007 (Posted on Aug 13 2007 9:13PM) HAZE IN EASTERN CHINA Haze collected south of Beijing on August 13, 2007. The haze likely resulted from a combination of industrial smog and smoke from w ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/4997 david.steitz@nasa.gov, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Annie Seeley CAFE Foundation, Santa Rosa, Calif. 707-526-3925 brien@cafefoundation.org RELEASE: 07-199 NASA NAMES WINNERS OF PERSONAL AIR VEHICLE CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded $250,000 to participants of the Personal Air Vehicle competition, one of the seven NASA Centennial Challenges. The competition promotes the use of self-operated, personal aircraft fo ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov John Bluck Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026 jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov Lynnette B. Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lmadison@ems.jsc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-201 NEW NASA SOFTWARE MONITORS SPACE STATION GYROSCOPES HOUSTON - NASA has added a new computer program to help monitor the four gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station properly oriented without the use of rock ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2007 Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries/Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-200 NASA ISSUES DRAFT CONSTELLATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has issued a draft environmental impact statement on potential environmental impacts associated with the Constellation Program. NASA's Constellation Program is developing a space ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Emily Sturgill Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022 emily.r.sturgill@nasa.gov Rita Karl Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Va. 888-683-9740 rkarl@challenger.org MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-104 NASA HOSTS STUDENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE FROM SPACE ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- How do you brush your teeth in space? What is your favorite space food? How would you compare flying in space to flying on an airp ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-102 NASA TO HOLD MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON BIZARRE STAR WASHINGTON -- Astronomers are scheduled to announce new findings about a star unlike any seen before at a media teleconference Wednesday, Aug. 15, at 1 p.m. EDT. The findings are from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, managed by NASA's Jet Propul ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 10 August 2007. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN MONTANA AND IDAHO In the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana, dozens of large, dangerous wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres in late July and early August 2007. Several communities in Montana were under evacuation on August 1. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14439 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 12 2007 (Posted on Aug 12 2007 10:14PM) ZACA WILDFIRE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA T ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-176 ASTRONAUT ED LU LEAVES NASA HOUSTON - Veteran International Space Station astronaut and space shuttle flyer Ed Lu has left NASA to accept a position in the private sector. Lu flew on two shuttle missions and lived six months aboard the station as a member of the orbiting laboratory's seventh crew. "Ed has done an exceptional j ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2007 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 david.r.mould@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-175 NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES SENIOR LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS WASHINGTON - On Friday, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin named Richard J. Gilbrech as associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, the NASA division designing the next generation of spacecraft to return astronauts to the moon and eventually journey to Mars. Gilbrech currently serves as the director of NASA's Sten ...Continue Reading

Aug. 9, 2007 Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov, melissa.mathews-1@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-174 NASA REQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR ARES I MOBILE LAUNCHER CONSTRUCTION WASHINGTON - NASA has issued a request for proposals for Ares I mobile launcher construction. Ares I is the rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew and cargo to low Earth orbit. The mobile ...Continue Reading