Mar. 16, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Kelly O. Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-5050 STATUS REPORT: SS07-13 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-13 HOUSTON - The Expedition 14 crew was busy this week moving trash into the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship, installing a new window on the space station and preparing for upcoming missions to the station. The new window was installed on Wednesday on the port side hatch of the Unity node. It is fitted with a berthin ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, March 16, 2007 Man-Of-Steel Mentality Helps Guys Heal Faster While many scientists have considered masculine tendencies to be barriers to health and recovery, a small study of about 50 men suggests the opposite. The body-of-steel mentality can boost a guy?s recovery. Night Vision Helps With Camouflage In Briny Deep Thanks to their keen night vision, cuttlefish can camouflage themselves against nocturnal predators in the briny deep. Laughter May Boost A ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 16, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 16, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 16, 2007 11:02 am EDT* *Orbital Outposts: A Better Bet than a Moonbase?*Getting back and forth to orbit is far easier than getting to the Moon or Mars, which is why we've had space stations circling Earth for th ...Continue Reading

March 15, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 CONTRACT RELEASE: 07-010 NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT TO SUPPORT SCIENCE AND MISSION OPERATIONS WASHINGTON - NASA has decided to exercise a five-year option with Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., for continued systems development and operations support for the Science and Mission Systems Office at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville. The maximum ...Continue Reading

Mar. 15, 2007 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 Kendra Horn Space Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colo. 719-576-8000 RELEASE: 07-67 NASA RECOGNIZED FOR WATER PURIFICATION AND CLEAN UP TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON - On April 12, two technologies developed at NASA for America's space program will be inducted into the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame. NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, receives the honor for its development of the Microbial Check Valve used in water purificat ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, March 15, 2007 Surprising Pace of Evolution and Extinction Revealed New species evolve faster at high latitudes than in the tropics, but they also go extinct faster, a new study suggests. The Secret to Sniffing: How We Smell So Well The simple act of sniffing can actually ramp up electrical signals from the nose to the brain, helping the schnoz detect even faint scents. Headless Bodies Hold Secrets to Pacific Migration Ancient headless bodies disc ...Continue Reading

Mar. 15, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/3895 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 ESA Media Relations Office European Space Agency, Paris +33-1-53-69-7155 RELEASE: 07-68 ICE ON MARS' SOUTH POLE IS DEEP AND WIDE Pasadena, Calif. - New measurements of Mars' south polar region indicate extensive frozen water. The polar region contains enough frozen water to cover the whole planet in a liquid layer approximately 36 feet deep. A joint NA ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 March 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONES FLOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA Within four days, two cyclones came ashore over the northern shore of Western Australia. The storms caused flooding along the coast and in the DeGrey River basin. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14168 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 13 2007 (Posted on Mar 14 2007 3:42PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TORNADOES IN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA A massive tornad ...Continue Reading

Mar. 15, 2007 Allard Beutel/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769/1761 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-65 NASA SPACE STATION MODULE IN PERFECT "HARMONY" WITH NEW NAME Ever since it was designed for the International Space Station, it has been known as the Node 2 module. Now thanks to students from across the United States, Node 2 also will be known as "Harmony." At an event Thursday ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 15, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 15, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 15, 2007 11:20 am EDT* *Here Comes the Sun ...*A month ago, my daffodils began blooming, and I knew that spring was coming. Next week, it?s official. On March 21 at 00 07 UT (universal time), the Earth spins thr ...Continue Reading