The Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) would like to announce several new sea surface temperature products available through the Global Data Assembly Center (GDAC) of the GHRSST-PP (Global Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project). New products available in the GHRSST-PP L2P/L4 format include: 1) Regional 6 km Level 2P from the NOAA GOES 11 and 12 geostationary platforms at 1/2 hourly intervals 2) Global daily 1 km L2P from the NASA Aq ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for February 8, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *February 8, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: February 8, 2007 12:38 pm EDT* *LIVE Coverage: NASA Astronaut Breaks U.S. Spacewalking Record*Spacewalkers Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams have completed their pre-breathing activities for today's planne ...Continue Reading

Feb. 8, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Lindsay Crouch Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3189 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-636-6300 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-020 FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPACEWALKER SPEAKS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE WASHINGTON - NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) will host the 12th Annual Pre-Service Teacher Conference Feb. 15-17 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, in Alexandria, Va. Former Astronaut Bernard Harr ...Continue Reading

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Feb. 7, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 07-25 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLS TO VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's space shuttle Atlantis completed a milestone to move it one step closer to a targeted March launch. Early Wednesday drivers moved Atlantis from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis, perched on top of the giant, 76 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 7, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 RELEASE: 07-24 SPACECRAFT SET TO REACH MILESTONE, REPORTS TECHNICAL GLITCHES WASHINGTON - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft this month is set to surpass the record for the most science data returned by any Mars spacecraft. While continuing to produce data at record levels, engineers are examining why two instruments are intermittently not performing entirely as pla ...Continue Reading

A beta-version of the PO.DAAC Event Tracker is now available at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/hurricanes/. This initial release is intended as a preview of a new tool that will provide subsets of PO.DAAC data holdings for major oceanographic events such as hurricanes and typhoons. The Event Tracker currently only subsets wind and sigma0 data from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT along hurricane tracks in 2003, 2006 and 2007. The entire QuikSCAT time series will be added to the tool in upcoming weeks. In addition, future versions ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Hackers Attack Every 39 Seconds Computers are under nearly constant siege by hackers who gain access by guessing simple passwords, a new study shows. Imagining Better Health Can Make it So A healthy attitude could go a long way toward zapping your body into shape. Literally. Human Origins Go on Display A new exhibit on human evolution opening this weekend at the American Museum of Natural History in New York explores where humans cam ...Continue Reading

Feb. 7, 2007 David Mould/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1600 Eileen Hawley/James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-026 NASA SETS BRIEFING TODAY TO RESPOND TO ASTRONAUT-RELATED INQUIRIES NASA will hold two consecutive media briefings today beginning at 3 p.m. EST to address general questions from media concerning astronauts, their selection and screening, flight training and other matters. The briefings will originate from NASA Headquarters and from the ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 February 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER KOREA On February 6, 2007, thick haze blew across the Korean Peninsula toward Japan. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14109 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 06 2007 (Posted on Feb 06 2007 8:25AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/ http://earthobserva ...Continue Reading