May 9th 2007 PST
May 8, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-50 NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 11, no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank. The tank has been repaired after a hail storm struck Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The teleconference follows a meeting to schedule the shuttle's return t ...Continue Reading
May 9th 2007 PST
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May 8th 2007 PST
Today's Top News Monday May 7, 2007 Sun Smarts: Survey Reveals Savviest Cities Residents of the nation's capital are the most likely among residents of 32 cities surveyed to bust myths about tanning beds and base tans Ceiling Height Alters How People Think Yay! Virus Found to Kill Fire Ants Doctor Finds Spider in Boy's Ear Snowball Fight Erupts over Frozen Earth Theory advertisement Top Features Gallery: Tornado Chasers Read More Your Boss Really is Clueless Read M ...Continue Reading
May 8th 2007 PST
NASA Science News for May 7, 2007 Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have recorded the brightest supernova ever seen. The explosion came from a star about 150 times more massive than the Sun located in a distant galaxy. What researchers have learned from the blast suggests that a similar explosion could happen soon here in our own Milky Way. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/07may_bigsupernova.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss. ...Continue Reading
May 8th 2007 PST
 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *May 7, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: May 7, 2007 02:16 pm EDT* *Astronomers Astonished by 'Monstrous' Star Explosion*The newly detected ‘king’ of supernovas might be evidence of a new way massive stars die.Read ...Continue Reading
May 8th 2007 PST
May 7, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6535 Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 RELEASE: 07-102 NASA'S CHANDRA SEES BRIGHTEST SUPERNOVA EVER WASHINGTON - The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes. This discovery indicates that violent explosio ...Continue Reading
May 8th 2007 PST
The following sections were updated since 04 May 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE IN CENTRAL CHINA A thick pocket of haze formed over central China on May 2, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14242 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 02 2007 (Posted on May 04 2007 3:22PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SWEAT FARM ROAD FIRE, GEORGIA The Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia exploded from 1,000 acres to more than 20,000 acres in less than 24 hours bet ...Continue Reading
May 5th 2007 PST
May 4, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-24 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-24 HOUSTON - Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up a week of various maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship. To prepare for the new unpiloted cargo carrier's arrival, the currently docked Progress' engine ...Continue Reading
May 5th 2007 PST
NASA Science News for May 4, 2007 NASA-supported scientists and engineers have successfully tested a methane-powered rocket engine. The firing was not only remarkably beautiful (a must-see movie is featured in today's story) but also may herald a new type of spacecraft that one day roams the outer solar system gathering fuel from planets and moons that it visits. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/04may_methaneblast.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are cu ...Continue Reading
May 5th 2007 PST
May 4, 2007 Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1272/2087 John Bluck Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5026 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-23 NASA AWARDS HEAT SHIELD MATERIAL CONTRACTS FOR ORION SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON - NASA has selected The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Textron Systems, Wilmington, Mass., to develop alternate heat shield materials for the Orion crew exploration spacecraft. The two contracts for Alternate Block 2 Thermal Protection System (TPS ...Continue Reading
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