February 23rd 2007 PST
LiveScience.com Friday, February 23, 2007 Beaver Returns to New York City Centuries After Eradication The first beaver to return to New York City since colonial times when the dam-builders were hunted to extinction has been photographed and filmed at its lodge surrounded by gnawed tree stumps, a scientist said today. Video Captures Hyperactive Lizards Defending Turf Like dancers in a crowded nightclub, some lizards ramp up their body movements to be seen above the background chaos in order ...Continue Reading
February 23rd 2007 PST
The following sections were updated since 22 February 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER LIBYA Saharan dust swept northward across Libya and northwestern Egypt toward the Mediterranean on February 23, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14137 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 23 2007 (Posted on Feb 23 2007 1:04PM) DUST STORM FROM THE SAHARA DESERT On February 21, 2007, a dust storm several hundred kilometers across clogged the skies over Algeria and Mali. ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
LiveScience.com Thursday, February 22, 2007 First American Settlers Not Who We Thought The Clovis People, a group of mastodon hunters distinguished by their unique spear points, likely populated North America after others had already arrived, finds a new study. Global Warming to Fuel More Childhood Fevers Warmer temperatures promised by climate change researchers could affect children more than adults in the form of more frequent fevers. Live Bacteria Could Reduce Earthquake Damag ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
NASA Science News for February 22, 2007 The ESA-NASA Ulysses spacecraft has discovered that there is no place in the inner solar system completely safe from solar radiation storms. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/22feb_nosafeplace.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank ema ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
The following sections were updated since 21 February 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER KOREA On February 6, 2007, thick haze blew across the Korean Peninsula toward Japan. Two weeks later, more haze hung over the region. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14128 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 21 2007 (Posted on Feb 21 2007 3:44PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Numerous fires were scattered across Southeast Asia in mid-January ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
Feb. 22, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-10 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-10 HOUSTON - Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin retracted a stuck antenna on a cargo spacecraft during a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk that ended at 10:45 a.m. CST Thursday. On Oct. 26, the antenna failed to retract when the Progress vehicle docked to the station's Zv ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
Feb. 21, 2007 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/9000 RELEASE: 07-50 NASA PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AGREEMENT WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC MOFFET FIELD, Calif. - NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with a U.S. company, Virgin Galactic, LLC, to explore the potential for collaborations on the development of space suits, heat shields for spaceships, hybrid rocket motors and hypersonic vehicles capa ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
SPACE.com Update for February 21, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *February 21, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: February 21, 2007 05:13 pm EDT* *Clouds, But No Water, Detected On Distant Planet*The most detailed analysis of light from the atmospheres of two planets outside our solar system ever performed has turned up no ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PST
Feb. 21, 2007 David Mould Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/9000 Stephen Attenborough Virgin Galactic, LLC, New York +44 207-664-6030 RELEASE: 07-49 NASA, VIRGIN GALACTIC TO EXPLORE FUTURE COOPERATION MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with a U.S. company, Virgin Galactic, LLC, to explore the potential for collaborations on the development of space suits, heat shields for spaceships ...Continue Reading
February 21st 2007 PST
<<nltr24-1.pdf>> Attached is the latest quarterly/ News and Notes/ newsletter from the NASA History Division. It is also online at _http://history.nasa.gov/nltrc.pdf_ on the Web. We are also pleased to announce the availability of two new Web resources. First,/ We Freeze to Please: A History of NASA's Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Safety/ (NASA SP-2002-4226) by William M. Leary is now available at _http://history.nasa.gov/sp4226.pdf_ online. Second, the lengthy appendices to ...Continue Reading
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