Nov. 7, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-249 SHUTTLE DISCOVERY CREW RETURNS HOME AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday at 1:01 p.m. EST after completing a 15-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles in space. Discovery's STS-120 mission added a key component to the ...Continue Reading

Nov. 6, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-156 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TO MOVE TO LAUNCH PAD SATURDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, Nov. 10, as preparations for the STS-122 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Dec. 6 on an 11-day missio ...Continue Reading

Nov. 6, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 202-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-155 NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR BRIEFINGS, SPACE STATION WORK HOUSTON - In the wake of space shuttle Discovery's delivery of the Harmony connecting module to the International Space Station, the station crew will conduct three spacewalks and robotically move two components this month to prepare for delivery of a Europea ...Continue Reading

Nov. 6, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Denize Springer San Francisco State University, Calif. 415-405-3803 denize@sfsu.edu Bob Sanders University of California, Berkeley 510-643-6998 rsanders@berkeley.edu RELEASE: 07-248 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER RECORD FIFTH PLANET ORBITING NEARBY STAR WASHINGTON - Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 05 November 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE RED SEA A dust plume blew off the coast of Saudi Arabia and over the Red Sea on November 3, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14609 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 03 2005 (Posted on Nov 05 2007 3:49PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM NOEL FLOODS CARIBBEAN ISLANDS Tropical Storm Noel left floods and landslides in its wake after crossing Hi ...Continue Reading

Nov. 6, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Laura Holtman Denver Museum of Nature & Science 303-370-6407 laura.holtman@dmns.org RELEASE: M07-154 NASA HONORS APOLLO ASTRONAUT SCOTT CARPENTER DENVER - NASA will honor Mercury astronaut and retired Navy Commander Scott Carpenter with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program. Carpenter will receive the award during a evening ceremony on Nov. 10 at the Denver ...Continue Reading

<<flyer-mars wars.doc>> The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the release of/ Mars Wars:  The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative/ (NASA SP-2007-4410) by Thor Hogan.  This analytical policy history explains how and why President George H.W. Bush's 1989 plan for space exploration never came to full fruition.  This book is available for public sale and a pdf version is also at _http://history.nasa.gov/sp4410.pdf_ online.  More details about the book including ...Continue Reading

Nov. 5, 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: M07-153 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery crew is scheduled to complete a 15-day mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The STS-120 mission began Oct. 23 and delivered the Ha ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 02 November 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Haze spread through eastern China in early November 2007, continuing the pattern from October. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14608 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 05 2007 (Posted on Nov 05 2007 12:54PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO Days of heavy rains inundated southeastern Mexico in late October and early Novembe ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jenna Mills Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185 jenna.c.mills@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-053 NASA SELECTS USRA TO LEAD NATIONAL EDUCATION INTERNSHIP PROJECT HOUSTON - NASA has selected the Universities Space Research Association of Columbia, Md., to lead the agency's Undergraduate Student Research Project (USRP). The project is a national comprehensive educational initiative designed to provide real-world ...Continue Reading