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LiveScience.com Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Mystery of Madonna and Child Painting Solved Chemists have solved a 20-year mystery surrounding the date of a Madonna and Child painting, the "de Brecy Tondo," painted by an as-yet unidentified artist. Robotic Exoskelton Could Help People Walk A robotic ankle exoskeleton developed at the University of Michigan helps people regain limb function; it is controlled by the wearer's own nervous system. Raking In Welfare Not Key For U.S ...Continue Reading

Feb. 13, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-021 NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFING ON DISCOVERY BENEATH ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET WASHINGTON - Researchers from NASA and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif., will unveil new results from an unprecedented study of water deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. The study will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) during the annu ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 12 February 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA On February 10, 2007, a dust plume lingered over the Arabian Sea. The dust likely originated in Iran and Pakistan. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14114 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 10 2007 (Posted on Feb 12 2007 4:41PM) -- FLOOD (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Floods swept across southern Africa in the wake of unusually heavy ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for February 13, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *February 13, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: February 13, 2007 11:26 am EDT* *Uncharted Territory: New Glimpse of the Sun's South Pole*A spacecraft in solar orbit reached almost directly above the south pole of the Sun last week, giving scientists a rare g ...Continue Reading

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Feb. 13, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/0668 Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Johnson Space Center, Houston 301-286-7745/0697 RELEASE: 07-40 GODDARD ENGINEERS PROVIDE TRAINING FOR HUBBLE ASTRONAUTS GREENBELT, Md. - Astronauts selected for the next space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope are at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., this week for their first formal crew orientation. Goddard engineers and managers are briefing the crew about ...Continue Reading

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Feb. 12, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-39 NASA ANNOUNCES THREE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREWS WASHINGTON - NASA and its international partners have named the crews that will live and work aboard the International Space Station for the next two years. The crew members make up three expeditions to the station and represent four space agencies. The assignments include the first long-duration sta ...Continue Reading

Feb. 12, 2007 David Mould/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1600 RELEASE: 07-38 PLANETARY SCIENTIST SELECTED TO LEAD MISSION DIRECTORATE WASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Monday that Dr. S. Alan Stern will be the agency's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, effective April 2. Stern succeeds Dr. Mary L. Cleave who announced her retirement. Stern joins NASA from the Southwest Research Institute's Space Science and Engineering Division, Boulder, C ...Continue Reading