May 4th 2007 PST
May 3, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/4997 William Simon California Space Authority, Santa Maria, Calif. 805-349-2633 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-48 NASA'S CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE TO EXCAVATE MOON DIRT SET FOR MAY 12 WASHINGTON - On Saturday, May 12, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an autonomously operating system to excavate simulated "lunar regolith," or the moon's soil. The Regolith Excavation Challenge, one of ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
The following sections were updated since 02 May 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER KAZAKHSTAN A dust storm formed in northern Kazakhstan on May 2, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14239 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 02 2007 (Posted on May 02 2007 8:27AM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA Several large fires were burning in southern Georgia in late April and early May 2007. These images show thick smoke billowing f ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
Folks: In addition to the somber news below, the Aeronautics and Space Report of the President, Fiscal Year 2005 Activities has been released. It and other previous annual editions of this report are available from http://history.nasa.gov/presrep.htm online. Those who would like a hard copy of the report may request one through the NASA Headquarters Information Center (202-358-0000). Thank you. -Steve Garber -----Original Message----- From: NASA News [mailto:hqnews@mediaservices.nasa.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 03, ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
May 3, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/4997 Alan Hayes Volanz Aerospace, Inc., Owings, Md. 202-498-6804 RELEASE: 07-101 PETER HOMER WINS NASA'S CHALLENGE FOR IMPROVED ASTRONAUT GLOVES WASHINGTON - On Thursday, May 3, Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $200,000 from NASA for his entry in the Astronaut Glove Challenge. The competition was one of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges and took place May 2-3 at the New England Air Museum at Bradley Internation ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *May 3, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: May 3, 2007 07:22 pm EDT* *Surprise Slosh! Mercury's Core is Liquid*A new finding resolves a decades-long mystery.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Very Light Jets: Affordable to Fly and Maybe to Buy * *UP Aerospace Launch: A Giant Candle for Closure * *&A ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
Thursday, May 3, 2007 Road Trip: America’s Most Paved Places New method calculates space between roads across country. Astronauts Get a Tip from Hibernating Bears Bears lose no muscle during hibernation. The finding could help spacefarers. Study: Doing Good Makes You Feel Goo ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
May 3, 2007 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898 RELEASE: 07-100 VETERAN ASTRONAUT WALTER SCHIRRA DIES LA JOLLA, Calif. - Pioneering astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra, the only man who flew in all three of America's first human space projects - Mercury, Gemini and Apollo - died Wednesday night. He was 84. Schirra's family reported he died of natural causes. Schirra was one of America's original seven astronauts, selected in 1959, and was commander of the first crew to fly into space aboa ...Continue Reading
May 4th 2007 PST
May 3, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-99 NASA ASSIGNS WASHINGTON, D.C., NATIVE TO UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA astronaut and Air Force Col. Benjamin Alvin Drew will join the crew of the STS-118 space shuttle mission, targeted for launch Aug. 9. Drew, born in Washington, will take a seat that opened when astronaut Clayton Anderson was moved to shuttle Atlantis' STS-117 flight, which is targete ...Continue Reading
May 3rd 2007 PST
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May 3rd 2007 PST
May 2, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-97 NASA SUPPORTS TRAIN-DERAILMENT RECOVERY IN ALABAMA WASHINGTON - Officials from NASA and ATK Launch Systems, Edina, Minn., are assisting the Federal Railroad Administration during its investigation of a train derailment Wednesday morning near Pennington, Ala. The train was carrying space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor segments from the ATK Launch Systems manufacturing ...Continue Reading
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