Today's Top News Tuesday August 7, 2007   Kids Prefer Meals in Fast-Food Wrappers Children favored food in McDonald's wrapping to the same foods and drinks in unbranded packaging. Europe Now Blamed for Decimation of American Bison Greatest Mysteries: Who Are You? Fungus Sex Is Threat to Frogs Sex Drive in Brain, Not Hormones, Study Suggests advertisement Top Features Greatest Mysteries: Does Alien Life Exist? Read More Subliminal Messages Fuel Anxiety Read More ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 August 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOKE AND HAZE OVER THE UNITED STATES Fires raging in Idaho and Montana combined with summer haze to pollute the skies over much of the United States in early August 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14434 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 04 2007 (Posted on Aug 06 2007 2:58PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES AND DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON Numerous large fires burned ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 7, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: August 7, 2007 12:39 pm EDT* *Mars Meteorites Create Water Mystery*Martian meteorites provide new evidence that Mars was once a wet world.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Mission Endeavour: Veteran Spaceflyers Gear Up for ISS Spacewalks * *Heat Wave Improves ...Continue Reading

Aug. 7, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov John Bluck Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026 john.g.bluck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-171 NASA DEVELOPS WIRELESS TILE SCANNER FOR SPACE SHUTTLE INSPECTION MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - A new space shuttle tile inspection method using NASA-built, wireless scanners is replacing manual inspection. The new process begins with the upcoming shuttle mission, STS-118. Endeavour is scheduled to launch from NASA's ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Monday August 6, 2007   Greatest Mysteries: Does Alien Life Exist? Increasingly, signs point to a "yes." The Truth About 'Green' Cleaning Products Phobias to Increase Due to Bridge Collapse Light Shed on New Sunscreen Technologies Not So Cuddly: Panda Attacks Zookeeper advertisement Top Features History's Most Overlooked Mysteries Read More Greatest Mysteries: How Many Species Exist on Earth? Read More 10 Ways to Green Your Home ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 03 August 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ZACA WILDFIRE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The Zaca Fire in Southern California began July 4, 2007, but flared up again in early August, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14432 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 05 2007 (Posted on Aug 06 2007 1:16PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Obse ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 6, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: August 6, 2007 01:05 pm EDT* *Mission Endeavour: Spaceflight Rookies Prepare for First Launch*Two astronauts will make their first spaceflight when the shuttle Endeavour launches Aug. 8.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Russian Cargo Ship Docks at Space Station ...Continue Reading

Aug. 6, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612/207-3280 jdino@mail.arc.nasa.gov Kathy Gill Microsoft Live Labs, Redmond, Wash. 503-443-7000 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-170 NASA, MICROSOFT LAUNCH COLLABORATION WITH IMMERSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY WASHINGTON - On Monday, NASA and Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Wash., released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of the space shuttle Endeavour ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Friday August 3, 2007   Forecasters Predict Fewer Hurricanes Forecasters downgrade hurricane season predictions. Greatest Mysteries: How Many Species Exist on Earth? Company Now Selling Real Flying Saucers Secret to Toddler Vocabulary Explosion Revealed Subliminal Messages Fuel Anxiety advertisement Top Features History's Most Overlooked Mysteries Read More New Fossils Support Deep-Sea Origin of Life Read More Heat Waves in Europe Nearly Twice ...Continue Reading

Aug. 3, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202 358-4769 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Jeanne Ryba Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 jeanne.m.ryba@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-099 NASA ANNOUNCES WEB COVERAGE OF NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. NASA will provide ongoing updates online at: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle ...Continue Reading