April 13th 2007 PDT
April 12, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-19 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR "GREEN" EXPLORATION SCIENCES BUILDING GREENBELT, Md. - NASA has awarded a contract to Manhattan Construction Company of Fairfax, Va., for the construction of the Exploration Sciences Building at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The firm fixed price for the basic requirement is approximately ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
Thursday, April 12, 2007 T. Rex Related to Chickens An adolescent female Tyrannosaurus rex died 68 million years ago, but its bones still contain intact soft tissue. Monkey DNA Findings Point Toward Common Human Ancestor The rhesus monkey has now had its genome sequenced, promising to improve research into health and yield insights into human evolution. ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 11 April 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BODELE DEPRESSION DUST STORM On April 11, 2007, a dust storm blew out of northern Africa's Bodele Depression toward Lake Chad. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14213 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 11 2007 (Posted on Apr 12 2007 1:38PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nas ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 09 April 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust plumes blew out of the Taklimakan Desert toward the east on April 8, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14212 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 08 2007 (Posted on Apr 10 2007 1:26PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN SPAIN The Ebro River, which flows through eastern Spain, spilled over its banks in early April 2007 in the wake ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *April 12, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: April 12, 2007 10:35 am EDT* *Really Old Stars Perhaps Ideal for Advanced Civilizations*In the near future, with the launch of NASA's Kepler Mission in 2008, we'll have the tools to seek evidence of Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of distant stars.Read More *Â&Aci ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 06 April 2007. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN CHINA A warm, dry winter left much of China in extreme drought by March 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14204 *** (SPOT) image from Mar 31 2007 (Posted on Apr 05 2007 11:09AM) -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST AND CLOUDS OVER EASTERN CHINA Dust mixed with clouds over eastern China, and the Korean Peninsula on March 31, 2007. * http://naturalh ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
April 12, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton,Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 (mobile) Pat Paterno Leader Dogs for the Blind, Rochester, Mich. 248-659-5019/917-6035 (mobile) RELEASE: 07-87 NASA ENGINEER HELPS TRAIN PUPPY FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP ROLE HAMPTON, Va. - One of NASA's newest workers is a top dog ? literally. A golden retriever puppy named Aries goes to work every day at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. as part of the &qu ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 10 April 2007. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Southern African crops wilted under hot temperatures and dry skies in January, February, and March 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14211 *** (SPOT) image from Mar 31 2007 (Posted on Apr 09 2007 2:01PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.n ...Continue Reading
April 12th 2007 PDT
 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *April 11, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: April 11, 2007 02:03 pm EDT* *Pentagon Considering Study on Space-Based Solar Power*The Pentagon's National Security Space Office (NSSO) may begin a study in the near future on the possibility of using satellites to collect solar energy for use on Earth, according to Defense Depar ...Continue Reading
April 11th 2007 PDT
The NASA History Division is pleased to announce the publication of Michael Meltzer's/ Mission to Jupiter: A History of the Galileo Project/ (NASA SP-2007-4231). A landmark mission in terms of planetary science and spacecraft design, the Galileo spacecraft project also explored a new frontier. This book tells the story of how managers amd other project personnel skillfully overcome major hurdles to make this mission a significant success. Hard copies of this book are for sale to the ...Continue Reading
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