October 5th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 03 October 2006. -- FIRE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES ON BORNEO AND SUMATRA Smoke from agricultural and forest fires burning on Sumatra and Borneo in late September and early October 2006 blanketed a wide region with smoke that interrupted air and highway travel and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13912 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 01 2006 (Posted on Oct 04 2006 11:23AM) FIRES IN MOZAMBIQUE AND TANZAN ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2006 PDT
Oct. 4, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 RELEASE: 06-326 HUBBLE FINDS EXTRASOLAR PLANETS FAR ACROSS GALAXY NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered 16 extrasolar planet candidates orbiting a variety of distant stars in the central region of our Milky Way galaxy. The planet bonanza was uncovered during a Hubble survey called the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS). Hubb ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for October 4, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *October 4, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: October 4, 2006 11:05 am EDT* *Wide Range of Rocket Tech for Civilian Spaceflight*A new era of human spaceflight is upon is, a ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 02 October 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA A thick band of haze hung over eastern China in mid-September 2006. The haze likely resulted from urban and industrial pollution, agricultural fires, and weather patterns that trapped the pollutants in the region. Thick haze returned to the region in early October. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13905 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 02 2006 (Posted on Oct 02 200 ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
Oct. 4, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-154 NASA ANNOUNCES PUBLIC MEETING FOR PROPOSED MARS MISSION NASA officials will be available Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT to exchange information and receive public comments about the recently released Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Mars Science Laboratory mission. The meeting will be at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Congressional 'A' Conference Room, 400 New Jersey Ave NW, Wa ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
NASA Science News for October 3, 2006 The most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century happened in Alaska at a volcano named Novarupta. Because Novarupta was located so near the Arctic, it did some curious things to Earth's climate. Almost a century after the blast, researchers are beginning to understand what happened. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/03oct_novarupta.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_r ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for October 3, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *October 3, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: October 3, 2006 05:24 pm EDT* *Mysterious Radio Hiss Blamed on Space Weather*Weather that originates at the Sun, not here on Ea ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Tuesday, October 3, 2006 VIDEO: Amazing Bird Radar Bird-brains keep pace with GPS systems by flying Earth’s magnetic field. Maine Quake Causes Dramatic Drop in Well Water Level A minor earthquake that shook parts of Maine at 8:07 p.m. local time yesterday caused water to drop 2.5 feet at a U.S. Geological Survey monitoring well. Object Off Alaska Coast May Be WWII Sub Underwater sonar images of a black shape could b ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
Oct. 3, 2006 Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315/757-344-6111 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-056 NASA SELECTS MARYLAND FIRM FOR SCIENCE AND RESEARCH SUPPORT NASA has selected Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, Md., to provide science, technology and research support services to the agency's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. The cost plus award fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a maximum value of approxi ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2006 PDT
Oct. 3, 2006 Dean Acosta/David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1400 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-053 NASA AWARDS APPLIED PHYSICS LAB R&D, ENGINEERING CONTRACT NASA announced Tuesday it has entered into a five-year contract with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (APL), Laurel, Md., which will allow for procurement up to $750 million in services for aerospace research, development and engineering in support of the agency's mission. Under this contract, APL will provide NASA with expertise in ...Continue Reading
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