Today's Top News Tuesday July 31, 2007   The Truth About Cockroaches Scientists consider only 1 percent of all cockroach species as pests. 'Crowd Farm' Converts Footsteps into Electricity Rare Sponge Found in Pacific Bad to Worse: Oil Spills Cleaned with Deadly Detergent Divorce Software Designed to Handle Negotiations advertisement Top Features How We Hear: Mystery Unraveled Read More Key to Successful Marriage: Say 'Thank You' Read More Animal of the Week ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 31, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: July 31, 2007 02:15 pm EDT* *Hidden Black Holes Revealed*Scientists discover a new type of "invisible" supermassive black hole.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *NASA Insiders Propose Stepping Stone Path to Deep Space * *Scaled Composites Forms Suppor ...Continue Reading

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The following sections were updated since 30 July 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OVER ALGERIA AND NIGER Plumes of dust blew through Algeria and Niger on July 31, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14419 *** (ADEOS) image from Jul 31 2007 (Posted on Jul 31 2007 1:04PM) DUST AND SMOKE OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA Dust from the Sahara and smoke from a Canary Island fire mixed over the Atlantic on July 28, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3 ...Continue Reading

July 31, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-097 NASA POSTPONES PHOENIX LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Friday's scheduled launch of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been postponed 24 hours. The two available launch times on Saturday, Aug. 4, are 5:26:34 a.m. and 6:02:59 a.m. EDT. Due to a forecast for severe weath ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Monday July 30, 2007   How Giant Dinosaurs Survived Vulnerable Youth Bony scales might have protected young titanosaurs and other dinos from predators. Supercomputer Makes Near-Instant Movies of California Quakes Birds Abandon Eggs for Swingers Lifestyle Study: Major League Baseball Gives Underdogs a Break Robots Take Up Drumming advertisement Top Features How We Hear: Mystery Unraveled Read More Study: Obesity is Socially Contagious Read More ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/3895 grey.hautaluoma@nasa.gov, tabatha.thompson-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-095 NASA SCIENCE CHIEF TO REVEAL CASSINI PLANS; DISCUSS PROGRAMS WASHINGTON - Alan Stern, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 1. Stern will discuss plans for NASA's Cassini mission to make an unusually close encounter with Satur ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 30, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: July 30, 2007 02:12 pm EDT* *NASA Insiders Propose Stepping Stone Path to Deep Space*NASA's Constellation Program may mount a piloted mission to an asteroid.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *U.S. House Legislation Includes Extra Funds for NASA * *Explosion Kil ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-096 FEMALE SPACE COMMANDERS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS HOUSTON - The first female NASA astronauts to lead missions at the same time will be together for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 2. This fall, Peggy Whitson will command the International Space Station's Expedition 16 crew and ...Continue Reading