June 27, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 RELEASE: 07-144 NASA AIRBORNE EXPEDITION CHASES CLIMATE, OZONE QUESTIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign will begin this summer in San Jose, Costa Rica, with an investigation into how chemical compounds in the air are transported vertically into the stratosphere and how that transport affects cloud formation and climate. The study will begin the week of July 16 with coordinated obse ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Wednesday June 27, 2007   BREAKING NEWS: Plan to Dump Iron in Ocean Criticized Environmental group objects to plans to dust ocean with iron. Iguanas Die to Find Mr. Right 2030: Half the World's Population to Live in Cities Subordinate Fish Starve to Avoid Conflict Egyptian Mummy is Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsu advertisement Top Features Gallery: Dinosaur Fossils Read More VIDEO: Appear To Levitate Read More Gallery: Hurricanes from Above Rea ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 26 June 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (3 updated events, 4 new images) -- DUST PLUME OFF WESTERN AFRICA Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa and over Cape Verde on June 22, 2007, continuing a pattern of dust storm activity for the second consecutive day. Two days after the dust storm began, satellites tracked the plume's progress westward across the Atlantic Ocean. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14334 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 27 2007 (Posted on ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *June 27, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: June 27, 2007 12:20 pm EDT* *How NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System's Origin*Dawn will explore two mini-worlds for clues to our solar system's origins.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Handheld Microorganism Detector Tested Aboard Space Station * ...Continue Reading

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The following sections were updated since 25 June 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PLUME OFF WESTERN AFRICA Saharan dust blew off the west coast of Africa and over Cape Verde on June 22, 2007, continuing a pattern of dust storm activity for the second consecutive day. Two days after the dust storm began, satellites tracked the plume's progress westward across the Atlantic Ocean. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14326 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 23 2007 (Posted on ...Continue Reading

June 26, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281/483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-74 RECORD-BREAKING ASTRONAUT SUNI WILLIAMS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who returned to Earth last week after the longest space voyage ever by a woman, will be available for satellite interviews on NASA Television from 5:30 - 8 a.m. CDT Friday, June 29. Williams spent 195 days in space, 190 of them as a flight engineer aboard t ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *June 26, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: June 26, 2007 04:49 pm EDT* *Crater Could Solve 1908 Tunguska Meteor Mystery*Researchers point out possible 1908 Tunguska event crater, in a lake.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *NASA Details Plan to Open ISS for Outside Use * *Armadillo Aerospace: Scaling Up ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Tuesday June 26, 2007   07/07/07: Is This Your Lucky Day? The origins of lucky number seven dates back to biblical times. Feds: Storing Carbon Dioxide Underground Can Work False Pride Seen as Survival Skill Debate Flares over Whether Circumcision Curbs HIV 'Power Couples' Meet in Cities, Study Finds advertisement Top Features 10 Ways to Green Your Spending Read More Gallery: Backyard Bugs Read More VIDEO: Appear To Levitate Read Mor ...Continue Reading