The following sections were updated since 07 March 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BODELE DEPRESSION DUST STORM, LAKE CHAD FIRES In early March 2007, dust blew out of the Bodele Depression while fires burned around the edges of Lake Chad. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14157 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 05 2007 (Posted on Mar 07 2007 3:04PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA The widespread rain and high tides accompanying Cycl ...Continue Reading

Mar. 8, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-12 NASA TO ANNOUNCE WINNER OF SPACE STATION STUDENT NAMING CONTEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's newest module for the International Space Station is about to be given a new name. NASA's Kennedy Space Center hosts a media event on Thursday, March 15, at noon EDT to unveil the Node 2 module's new name. The name was chosen from an academic competition involving thousands of ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 8, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 8, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 8, 2007 11:19 am EDT* *Orbital Express: Prototype Satellites Primed for In-Flight Service*Two prototype spacecraft, one wielding its own robotic arm, are poised to launch spaceward late Thursday on a three-month m ...Continue Reading

Mar. 7, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Michael Mewhinney NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/9000 Caroline Ritter International Space University, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France +03-88-65-54-55 RELEASE: 07-61 NASA AMES TO HOST INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY SUMMER SESSION MOFFET FIELD, Calif. - NASA announced on Wednesday that the International Space University Summer Session Program in 2009 will be held at the Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Gorillas Gave Humans 'The Crabs' Humans inherited pubic lice, aka crabs, from gorillas roughly three million years ago. But it does not mean there was any monkey business involved. Dino Bones Reveal DNA Surprise The distinction between birds and the dinosaurs from which they evolved is getting even murkier as scientists reported this week that both groups had short genomes, or complete DNA sequences. Mystery Solved? The Shipwreck that ...Continue Reading

Mar. 7, 2007 David Mould/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1600 Eileen Hawley/James Rostohar Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-26 STATEMENT REGARDING THE STATUS OF LISA NOWAK HOUSTON - U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak's detail as a NASA astronaut has been terminated, effective March 8, by mutual agreement between NASA and the U.S. Navy. Nowak, an active duty naval officer, began her detail with NASA following selection as a member of the astronaut class of 1996. She flew one m ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 March 2007. -- FLOOD (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TORRENTIAL RAIN BRINGS FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES TO SOUTH AMERICA Torrential rain pounded Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru from December 2006 through February 2007, causing floods and landslides. Bolivia was particularly hard-hit with extensive flooding. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14156 *** ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 05 2007 (Posted on Mar 06 2007 10:50AM) FLOODING IN THE ZAMBEZI VALLEY In the wake of ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 7, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 7, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 7, 2007 01:27 pm EDT* *Deep Mission: Aquatic Robotic Diver Could Aid Europa Exploration*It?s robotic, aquatic and ramping up for a long, deep dive, all to test technology that could one day allow its autonomous de ...Continue Reading

Mar. 7, 2007 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/9000 RELEASE: 07-27 NASA TO EXPLORE FUTURE COLLABORATIONS WITH STATE OF HAWAII MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA officials announced Wednesday they have agreed to explore future collaborations with the state of Hawaii in commercial space initiatives and programs supporting research, education and workforce development. Under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed today in Hawaii, NASA Ames Research Center will expl ...Continue Reading

Mar. 7, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 RELEASE: 07-59 NASA AND USGS PRODUCE MOST DETAILED SATELLITE VIEWS OF ANTARCTICA GREENBELT, Md. - Researchers from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Golden, Colo., have woven together more than a thousand images from the Landsat 7 satellite to create the most detailed, high-resolution map ever produced of Antarctica. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) ...Continue Reading