* DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *April 3, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: April 3, 2007 11:17 am EDT* *Earth's Extremes Could Hold Clues to Mars Life*Results from a recent study of the microbes in China’s remote deserts could help astrobiologists refine their maps for uncovering Martian life. Read More * MISSIONS/LAUN ...Continue Reading

April 2, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-33 ASTRONAUT TO DISCUSS MARATHON RUN IN APRIL 4 INTERVIEWS HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Suni Williams will discuss her upcoming 2007 Boston Marathon run aboard the International Space Station during media interviews planned for Wednesday, April 4 at 1:20 p.m. CDT. The Boston Globe and the New England Sports Network interviews with Williams will be broadcast live on NASA ...Continue Reading

April 2, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 RELEASE: 07-80 NASA NOBEL PRIZE RECIPIENT TO LEAD CHIEF SCIENTIST OFFICE WASHINGTON - NASA's new Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Alan Stern has appointed NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel Prize recipient John Mather to lead the Office of the Chief Scientist at Headquarters in Washington. Mather and his staff in the newly created office will be chief advisors to Stern. "John Mather is a scientist of legendary reputation, tec ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *April 2, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: April 2, 2007 03:08 pm EDT* *Possible New Mars Caves Targets in Search for Life*A Mars orbiting satellite recently spotted seven dark spots near the planet’s equator that scientists think could be entrances to underground caves, and a project here on Earth aims to f ...Continue Reading

Monday, April 2, 2007 Metals with Memory Could Fix Dents Engineers have concocted metals that “remember” their original shapes and with a little heat can snap back after being crumpled or dented. Houses of the Future Could Be Made from Trash New building blocks made of waste products could revolutionize home and office con ...Continue Reading

Friday, March 30, 2007 Earth's Inner Temperature Taken: It's Hot! Scientists have taken the temperature of Earth’s innards, more than a thousand miles beneath the surface, and found that the mercury there soars to about 6,650 degrees Fahrenheit. New Coating Keeps Glass Clean and Fog-Free The stuff attracts water and repels oil, so glasses ...Continue Reading

March 30, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3333 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-17 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR HARDWARE ASSURANCE TESTING BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - On Friday, NASA announced the selection of Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., of Canoga Park, Calif., to provide hardware assurance testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center. The estimated total value of the contract is $80 million. The cost-plus-award-fee contract is for a one ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 30, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: March 30, 2007 01:02 pm EDT* *New Green Comet Set for April Show*A new comet has recently been discovered, and like the brilliant Comet McNaught from earlier this year, this latest discovery belongs to an Australian: Comet Lovejoy (C/2007 E2). Read More * MISS ...Continue Reading

March 30, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 RELEASE: 07-79 NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST LICHTEN INTERNSHIP AWARD WINNER WASHINGTON - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the American Helicopter Society International (AHS), selected Eric Greenwood II from the University of Maryland, University Park, as its first NASA AHS Lichten Internship Award winner. Greenwood was selected based on his paper "Helicopter External Noise Radiation in Turning Flight: Theor ...Continue Reading

March 29, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4934 STATUS REPORT: SS07-15 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-15 HOUSTON - The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one station docking port to another. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin guided the Soyuz away from the Earth-f ...Continue Reading