April 16th 2007 PDT
April 16, 2007 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Leslie Williams Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3893 RELEASE: 07-86 NASA BUYS ABORT TEST BOOSTERS FOR ORION FLIGHT TESTS WASHINGTON - NASA has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to support abort flight test requirements for the Orion Project. The Air Force has contracted with Orbital Sciences Corp. of Chandler, Ariz., to provide launch services for ...Continue Reading
April 16th 2007 PDT
*From:* Ciancone, Michael L. (JSC-NE) *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2007 11:37 AM*Subject:* FW: Imagining Outer Space, 1900-2000 Here is an annoucement and call for papers for a conference in Germany next February on "Imagining Outer Space, 1900-2000." Abstracts are due by May 15. M *From:* Alexander CT Geppert [mailto:alexander.geppert@fu-berlin.de] *To:* Ciancone, Michael L. (JSC-NE)*Subject:* CfP: Imagining Outer Space, 1900-2000 Dear Mike, I am currently organizing a medium-size confere ...Continue Reading
April 16th 2007 PDT
 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *April 16, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: April 16, 2007 10:50 am EDT* *Lawmakers Rebuff NASA's Plan to Kill Robotic Lunar Lander*House and Senate appropriators have pushed back against NASA's proposed termination of a planned 2011 robotic lunar lander mission.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Astronaut ...Continue Reading
April 14th 2007 PDT
NASA Science News for April 13, 2007 What happens to a hurricane when it gets hit by a dust storm? This is an important question because Atlantic hurricanes are born not far from the Sahara desert. Recently NASA scientists gathered data that brings them closer to the answer. They did it by flying directly into a dusty hurricane. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/13apr_dustyhurricanes.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as ...Continue Reading
April 13th 2007 PDT
Friday, April 13, 2007 Gambling on Global Warming Goes Mainstream Scientists have been wagering privately for years, now the public can bet on climate change effects. The odds, however, are not in your favor. Feds: Accuracy of Face Recognition Software Skyrockets Federal investigators interested in gauging its usefulness in national security applications f ...Continue Reading
April 13th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 12 April 2007. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite shows scores of fires burning in Guatemala and Mexico on April 11, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14216 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 11 2007 (Posted on Apr 13 2007 12:20PM) FIRES IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA Multiple fires were burning in Victoria and New South Wales in mi ...Continue Reading
April 13th 2007 PDT
 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *April 13, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: April 13, 2007 11:59 am EDT* *Not a UFO: Venus Dominates the Evening Sky*Venus shines so brilliantly in the west-northwest sky soon as the sun sets that some readers are wondering if it's something else.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Space Tourist: ISS a Cozy ...Continue Reading
April 13th 2007 PDT
April 13, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 RELEASE: 07-88 REPORT REVEALS LIKELY CAUSES OF MARS SPACECRAFT LOSS WASHINGTON - After studying Mars four times as long as originally planned, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter appears to have succumbed to battery failure caused by a complex sequence of events involving the onboard computer memory and ground commands. The causes were released today in a preliminary report ...Continue Reading
April 13th 2007 PDT
NASA Science News for April 12, 2007 NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed a remarkable eclipse of a supermassive black hole, allowing a disk of hot matter swirling around the hole to be measured. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12apr_blackholeeclipse.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T& ...Continue Reading
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
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