The following sections were updated since 26 March 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN NORTHERN ARGENTINA Unusually heavy late-summer rains led to extensive flooding across northern Argentina from January through March 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14183 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 21 2007 (Posted on Mar 26 2007 5:58PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://natura ...Continue Reading

Mar. 27, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 RELEASE: 07-76 NASA ANNOUNCES AERONAUTICS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WASHINGTON - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has amended its NASA Research Announcement to solicit additional research proposals. The "Research Opportunities in Aeronautics" announcement seeks research in several new topic areas for the Next Generation Air Transportation System Air Traffic Management Airspace Project and the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 27, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: March 27, 2007 11:28 am EDT* *Newfound Data Could Solve NASA's Great Gravity Mystery*It’s been years since NASA last heard from its two Pioneer probes as they hurtle out of the solar system, but scientists are still debating the source of an odd force that appears ...Continue Reading

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Mar. 26, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 RELEASE: 07-75 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDICAL REVIEW TEAM MEMBERS WASHINGTON - On Monday, NASA announced the committee members who will conduct a comprehensive review of health services, including behavioral health care, available to astronauts. The committee will review current NASA healthcare systems and medical policies, standards and certifications for astronauts. In April, they will travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, to review docu ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 March 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE OVER CHINA Haze mingled with clouds in the skies over eastern China in late March 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14182 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 26 2007 (Posted on Mar 26 2007 2:02PM) DUST STORM OUT OF NORTHERN AFRICA Dust storm blowing out over the western Mediterranean * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14181 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 20 2007 (Po ...Continue Reading

Monday, March 26, 2007 Rare Semi-Identical Twins Discovered Researchers discovered twins who are identical on their mom's side of the equation but share only half their genes from dad. Interspecies Cloning Debate Reignites At least three respected teams of British scientists have reignited the moral debate over inserting human genes into animal eggs by pro ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 26, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: March 26, 2007 10:50 am EDT* *Astronomers Puzzled by Titan's Missing Craters*The discovery of a new impact crater on Titan's surface, only the fourth one known, underscores the oddity that the Saturnian moon has so few craters, which leads scientists to believe the moon's surface ...Continue Reading

Mar. 23, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-14 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-14 HOUSTON - The Expedition 14 crew continued work this week on scientific experiments and increased the bandwidth on the International Space Station's computer network. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams spent time working with experiments that may hold the key to several aspects of lo ...Continue Reading