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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

Feb. 7, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/0668 Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745/0697 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-019 HUBBLE MISSION ASTRONAUTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY FEB. 13 GREENBELT, Md. - The space shuttle crew for a mission to extend and improve the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope will be at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Feb. 12-14. This is the first visit by the astronauts to Goddard as part of thei ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for February 7, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *February 7, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: February 7, 2007 11:36 am EDT* *The Kepler Mission: The Search for Earth-like Planets*BOULDER, Colorado ? The hunt for Earth-like worlds orbiting distant suns will get a big boost next year with the liftoff of NAS ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for February 7, 2007 Today, the ESA-NASA Ulysses spacecraft is flying over uncharted territory--the mysterious South Pole of the sun. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/07feb_southpole.htm?list882224 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&l=snglistor send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@lyris.msfc.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading