* DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *May 25, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: May 25, 2007 10:45 am EDT* *The Truth Behind This Month's Blue Moon*With two full Moons this month, the second is blue. Why?Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Benson Space Unveils New Dream Chaser Design * *Aviation: Always Hip, Not Always Headlined *  * SCIENCE/ASTRONOMY* *Wander ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *May 24, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: May 24, 2007 04:50 pm EDT* *Benson Space Unveils New Dream Chaser Design*DALLAS, Texas - Space entrepreneur, Jim Benson, head of Benson Space Company of Poway, California is set to announce a fresh approach in the design of his firm’s â€Â&# ...Continue Reading

<<nltr24-2.pdf>> Attached is the May edition of the NASA History News and Notes newsletter.  It and prior editions will also be available shortly from _http://history.nasa.gov/histnews.htm_ online. Stephen Garber NASA History Division Mail Suite CO72, Room 7U82 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax _http://history.nasa.gov_ ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Thursday May 24, 2007   Tracks Reveal Dinosaurs Swam Footprints and ripples reveal a large creature swam against a current. New Database Debunks Terrorism Myths A First: Brain Cell Seen While Developing The Surprising Realities of Mythical Creatures An Evolving Debate about Evolution advertisement Top Features Top 10 Poisonous Plants Read More Top 10 Gay Animals Read More New Gallery: Alien Life of the Antarctic Read More What's ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 May 2007. -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KLYUCHEVSKAYA VOLCANO The Klyuchevskaya Volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula continued its ongoing activity by releasing another plume on May 24, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14277 *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 24 2007 (Posted on May 24 2007 1:49PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http:/ ...Continue Reading

May 24, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-58 NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE ON NEXT SHUTTLE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 31, to discuss the status of the upcoming space shuttle mission. The news conference will begin after the conclusion of a Flight Readiness Review, a two-day meeting to a ...Continue Reading

May 24, 2007 Beth Dickey/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/1272 Kelly Humphries/John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-122 REVIEWS DOCUMENT NASA'S PROGRESS ON NEXT HUMAN SPACECRAFT HOUSTON - NASA this week wrapped up six months of system requirements reviews for the Orion spacecraft, the Ares launch vehicles and other support systems, bringing together the Constellation Program's list of basic capability needs. The Constellation Program is developing a new s ...Continue Reading

May 23, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 RELEASE: 07-121 NASA FUNDS UNIVERSITIES' NEW EXPERIMENTS FOR SUBORBITAL FLIGHTS WASHINGTON - NASA has selected four universities to conduct suborbital scientific research that is a new step in reinvigorating the agency's sounding rocket science program. Managed out of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., the sounding rocket program offers a low-cost test bed for new scientific studies and techniques, scientific instrumentation an ...Continue Reading

Today's Top News Wednesday May 23, 2007   Birds Relax in Tropics Like Humans Tropical birds use less energy than northern cousins, study finds. Corn Stalks Engineered to Self-Degrade into Fuel Study: Your Personality Can Change (and Probably Should) Finger Length Predicts SAT Performance Virgin Shark Gives Birth advertisement Top Features What's Your Environmental Footprint? Read More Top 10 Aphrodisiacs Read More Gallery: Great White Sharks Read More ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 May 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT A dust storm formed in the Taklimakan Desert on May 19, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14274 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 19 2007 (Posted on May 22 2007 10:52AM) DUST PLUME OFF THE COAST OF EGYPT A dust plume blew off the coast of Egypt and over the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14275 *** MODI ...Continue Reading