The following sections were updated since 20 March 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES Numerous fires were burning across the southern United States in early March 2007. This image shows the area on March 20, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14175 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 20 2007 (Posted on Mar 21 2007 11:57AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN HONDURAS Heavy rains triggered floods along the Atlantic Coast of Ho ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Super-Hurricane Threat Extremely Low While fears of a hurricane directly hitting a major city have increased in recent years, the chances of that happening are actually very small, a new study finds. Predators Stifle Rapid Evolution of Prey Scientists have identified two factors that play important roles in the fitful process of evolution. Feathers Could Yield Map to Predict Bird Flu Outbreaks Chemical clues in feathers could help scientists ...Continue Reading

Mar. 21, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 RELEASE: 07-72 INTERNATIONAL SPACECRAFT REVEALS DETAILED PROCESSES ON THE SUN WASHINGTON - NASA released on Wednesday never-before-seen images that show the sun's magnetic field is much more turbulent and dynamic than previously known. The international spacecraft Hinode, formerly known as Solar B, took the images. Hinode, Japanese for "sunrise," was launched Sept ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 21, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 21, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 21, 2007 11:54 am EDT* *Tossing Orion: NASA Performs Drop Tests, Rocket Checks for Next Spaceship*NASA has repeatedly sent scale-sized versions of its planned Orion spaceship plummeting back to Earth in a series ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 March 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MYANMAR Numerous fires were burning in Myanmar and surrounding countries in early March 2007, when the Aqua MODIS sensor captured these images. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14172 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 18 2007 (Posted on Mar 19 2007 2:23PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EMISSIONS FROM ANATAHAN On March 17, 2007, the Anatahan Volcano, in the Northern Mariana Is ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 20, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 20, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 20, 2007 11:39 am EDT* *Astronauts Squeeze in Extra Science Aboard Space Station*Astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are filling the time gulf left by an absent shuttle mission with ex ...Continue Reading

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Mar. 20, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 CONTRACT RELEASE: 07-11 NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AWARDS HUMAN CAPITAL CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has awarded Will Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., a contract to provide administrative and technical support services at the center. The contract begins April 1, 2007, with a one-year base period followed by four one-year op ...Continue Reading

March 20, 2007 Beth Dickey/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 RELEASE: 07-70 NASA SCIENTISTS AND TEACHERS TO STUDY MARS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT Moffett Field, Calif. - A passionate teacher can make any subject come alive for students, and NASA is helping fuel that passion. On March 25-30, 2007, NASA's Spaceward Bound project at the agency's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will take a team of NASA scientists a ...Continue Reading

Mar. 20, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-31 NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON STATION CREW CHANGE, SOYUZ MOVE HOUSTON - NASA will hold a pair of media briefings on Tuesday, March 27, to preview the upcoming exchange of crews aboard the International Space Station. At 1 p.m. CDT, NASA will preview the upcoming Expedition 15 mission. A second briefing, set to begin at 2 p.m., will review the work done during th ...Continue Reading