Today on LiveScience.com --- Friday, February 2, 2007 -- http://bcast1.imaginova.com/t?r=2&ctl=7B9D:2F3A9 /------------------------------------- Advertisement: Gizmos, gadgets, games, gear, gifts! There are hundreds of cool choices for kids and grown-ups at LiveScienceStore.com. http://bcast1.imaginova.com/t?r=2&ctl=7B93:2F3A9 -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: * Why Ancient Greeks are Always Nude http://bcast1.imaginova.com/t?r=2&ctl=7B99:2F3A9 Like many of the statues they left behind, the ...Continue Reading

Feb. 2, 2007 Beth Dickey/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 John Bluck Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026/9000 RELEASE: 07-21 NASA MOON-IMPACTOR MISSION PASSES MAJOR REVIEW WASHINGTON - NASA's drive to return astronauts to the moon and later probe deeper into space achieved a key milestone recently when agency officials approved critical elements of a moon impact mission scheduled to launch in October 2008. NASA's unmanned Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Sat ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for February 2, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *February 2, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: February 2, 2007 11:37 am EDT* *The Moon and Saturn Get Together*Watching the full Moon rise over the east-northeast horizon on Friday evening, you will probably notice Saturn shining sedately just above and to th ...Continue Reading

Feb. 2, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-017 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS SET FOR MOVE TO VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Media are invited to witness an important milestone for the upcoming space shuttle Atlantis mission, designated STS-117. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, Atlantis is scheduled to move from the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Once ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 01 February 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE AND SEDIMENT IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA Haze hugged the Himalaya Mountains in late January 2007, while thick sediment clogged the mouth of the Ganges. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14103 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 27 2007 (Posted on Feb 01 2007 3:33PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ...Continue Reading

Feb. 1, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-016 NASA TO HIGHLIGHT NEXT SPACE STATION COMPONENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Tuesday, Feb 6, at 10:30 a.m. EST, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will showcase the next element to be added to the International Space Station. The starboard 3/4 truss segment will launch aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-117, targeted for March 15. The element will be added to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 31 January 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM FROM THE BODELE DEPRESSION On January 29, 2007, a dust storm blew out of the Bodele Depression in northern Africa toward Lake Chad. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14102 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 29 2007 (Posted on Jan 31 2007 7:19PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http:// ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for February 1, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *February 1, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: February 1, 2007 11:35 am EDT* *Private Spaceflight Industry Foresees Steady Progress in 2007*The budding personal space travel industry anticipates progress on a number of fronts in 2007, including favorable U.S. ...Continue Reading

Feb. 1, 2007 Beth Dickey/J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-20 COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION CAPABILITIES AGREEMENTS SIGNED On Wednesday, NASA agreed to cooperate with PlanetSpace Inc. of Chicago and Transformational Space Corp. (t/Space) of Reston, Va., to facilitate the commercialization of low-Earth orbit as they develop capabilities to transport goods and people to orbital destinations. The non-reimbursable ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, February 1, 2007 Rats on a Road Trip Reveal Pollution's Risk to Heart Rats on a road trip have underscored what scientists have long suspected about highway driving?car and truck exhaust is just as bad for your heart as it is for your lungs. Europe's First Stegosaurus Discovered The find supports the idea that Europe and North America were once connected by a series of temporary land bridges that allowed dinosaurs to cross. Earth Will Survive Global Warming ...Continue Reading