January 9th 2007 PST
Jan. 8, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 RELEASE: 07-03 NASA SELECTS PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE MARS MISSIONS AND STUDIES WASHINGTON - On Monday, NASA selected for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars' atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before. In addition, NASA also will fund a U.S. scientist to participate in a proposed European Mars mission as well as fund ins ...Continue Reading
January 8th 2007 PST
LiveScience.com Monday, January 8, 2007 Why Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches Males can drum up to 12,000 times a day. If they said, "Not tonight honey, I have a headache," there would be no little woodpeckers. New Source of Stem Cells Discovered Scientists on Sunday reported the discovery of a new source of human stem cells that have the capability to develop into many different types of cells, including muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells. Newfound B ...Continue Reading
January 8th 2007 PST
Jan. 8, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-002 NEXT SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK HOUSTON - NASA astronauts John D. "Danny" Olivas, an El Paso, Texas native, and Chicago-area native Lee Archambault, members of the next space shuttle mission targeted for launch in March, are available for interviews by satellite this week. It will be the first space flight for both Olivas ...Continue Reading
January 8th 2007 PST
SPACE.com Update for January 8, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *January 8, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: January 8, 2007 11:38 am EDT* *Astronomers Create 3D Map of Dark Matter*Astronomers have mapped the positions of vast, invisible isles of dark matter in the sky, within which normal "bright" matter galaxie ...Continue Reading
January 7th 2007 PST
Jan. 7, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/3895 Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 RELEASE: 07-02 HUBBLE MAPS THE COSMIC WEB OF "CLUMPY" DARK MATTER IN 3-D SEATTLE - An international team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has created the first three-dimensional map of the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. Dark matter i ...Continue Reading
January 7th 2007 PST
Jan. 5, 2007 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-002 NASA EXTENDS ARES I DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - NASA has authorized a contract action having a value of $48 million with ATK Thiokol of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and development of the first stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle. Ares I will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew of ...Continue Reading
January 6th 2007 PST
SPACE.com Update for January 5, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *January 5, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: January 5, 2007 03:02 pm EDT* *Skywatcher's Almanac: Celestial Highlights in 2007*From a potentially spectacular summer meteor shower to a pair of lunar eclipses and compelling appearances of the planets, this year ...Continue Reading
January 6th 2007 PST
Jan. 5, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-01 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-01 HOUSTON - New gear helped the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year as they prepared a second oxygen-generating system, upgraded soundproofing in the living quarters and unpacked supplies delivered just before Christmas by the space shuttle. After a New Year's Day holiday, station E ...Continue Reading
January 6th 2007 PST
LiveScience.com Friday, January 5, 2007 The World's Weirdest Weather As if tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards weren?t enough to keep us on our toes, Mother Nature occasionally surprises us with some truly odd weather phenomena; from whirlwinds of fire to bloody rains, it?s a strange world of weather out there.? Andrea Thompson Self-Cleaning Underwear Goes Weeks Without Washing A protective coating of nanomaterial repels water, oil and bacteria. ...Continue Reading
January 5th 2007 PST
The following sections were updated since 04 January 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- BODELE DEPRESSION DUST STORM On January 2, 2007, another winter dust storm whipped dust from the Bodele Depression across Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14061 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 02 2007 (Posted on Jan 05 2007 1:34PM) DUST OFF IRAN AND PAKISTAN Dust plumes blew off the coasts of Iran and Pakistan on January 4, 2007. * http://naturalhaza ...Continue Reading
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