February 16th 2007 PST
Feb. 16, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-23 NASA MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON PLANETS BEYOND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM PASADENA, Calif. - Astronomers are scheduled to announce new findings about planets beyond our solar system at a media teleconference Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 10 a.m. PST. The findings are from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Reporters should call the media relations office at NASA's Jet P ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PST
Feb. 15, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-24 SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES TO PAD, CREW READY FOR COUNTDOWN TEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 3:09 p.m. EST on top of the giant vehicle known as the crawler transporter. The next milestone for the upcoming mission, STS-117, is a full launch dress rehearsal as the six-member crew pre ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PST
LiveScience.com Thursday, February 15, 2007 Ancient Crumbs Reveal History of Chili Peppers Food residues on 6,000-year-old cooking utensils ago have revealed that domesticated chili peppers originated in the Americas earlier than once thought, before pottery came into existence. Airbags Linked to Hearing Damage The violent burst of noise let loose by deployed airbags could cause permanent hearing loss to 17 percent of the people exposed to the ?safety nets,? says a researcher at a nati ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PST
Feb. 15, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1926 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 Lori Stiles University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 RELEASE: 07-43 NASA MARS ORBITER SEES EFFECTS OF ANCIENT UNDERGROUND FLUIDS SAN FRANCISCO - Liquid or gas flowed through cracks penetrating underground rock on Mars, according to a report based on some of the first observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These fluids may have produced conditions to support pos ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PST
Feb. 15, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 RELEASE: 07-42 JOINT NASA STUDY REVEALS LEAKS IN ANTARCTIC 'PLUMBING SYSTEM' WASHINGTON - Scientists using NASA satellites have discovered an extensive network of waterways beneath a fast-moving Antarctic ice stream that provide clues as to how "leaks" in the system impact sea level and the world's largest ice sheet. Antarctica holds about 90 percent of the world' ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PST
SPACE.com Update for February 15, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *February 15, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: February 15, 2007 11:39 am EDT* *Browsing the Stacks at the Lunar Library*There is an enormous amount of literature associated with the Apollo program itself, but slowly the data gathered by that program and oth ...Continue Reading
February 14th 2007 PST
NASA Science News for February 14, 2007 NASA has been exploring space for nearly half a century, yet there's one thing we still don't know: what is the best way to explore an alien planet? Discovering the most effective techniques is itself cutting-edge research. That's why NASA wants to use the moon as a "graduate school for exploration." FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/14feb_school.htm?list882224 Find out about the Science@NASA Podcast feed at http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.htm. You ...Continue Reading
February 14th 2007 PST
LiveScience.com Wednesday, February 14, 2007 'Kinship Detectors' Prevent Incest ... In Some Cases Humans are born with "kinship detectors? that help us stay away from evolutionary disastrous romantic tangles with our siblings, a new study suggests. But it only works if you grow up with the sibling. Why Men Ignore Their Wives Men and women are sure to argue about this one. In fact, the man and woman who led the study don't agree on the meaning of the results. Shark Decli ...Continue Reading
February 14th 2007 PST
SPACE.com Update for February 14, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *February 14, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: February 14, 2007 01:23 pm EDT* *The Ultimate Glide: PlanetSpace's Suborbital Travel Plan*Even as the private spaceflight firm PlanetSpace, Inc. aims for orbital space shots, the Chicago-based company is also dr ...Continue Reading
February 14th 2007 PST
Feb. 14, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-22 NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW STATION SPACEWALK HOUSTON - NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CST Friday, Feb. 16 to preview the fourth spacewalk this month by the residents of the International Space Station. The spacewalk is set to begin at 4 a.m. CST Feb. 22. The Feb. 16 briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, and will inc ...Continue Reading
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