NASA Science News for April 27, 2007 Lightning is more than just heat and light: it's a chemical factory that produces a natural pollutant called "NOx" that may affect both local air quality and global climate. NASA scientists are developing new ways to monitor lightning NOx from Earth orbit. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27apr_nox.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 ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-23 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-23 HOUSTON - The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams began the week with a couple light duty days after the ...Continue Reading

 * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *April 27, 2007*      *TOP STORY* *posted: April 27, 2007 03:30 pm EDT* *Spot the Celestial Snake*South of Saturn, a little group of five or six stars marks the head of Hydra the Water Snake.Read More * MISSIONS/LAUNCHES* *Stephen Hawking Flies Weightless Aboard Jet * *Space Station Astronaut to Return to Earth Early *  *Â& ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 RELEASE: 07-94 NASA SCIENCE STATEMENT ON STEPHEN HAWKING'S ZERO GRAVITY FLIGHT WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from Alan Stern, NASA associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at Headquarters in Washington, regarding renowned physicist Stephen Hawking's flight aboard Zero Gravity Corporation's Boeing 727. "Stephen Hawking's flight to experience zero gravity is exciting. I can say from flying hundreds of parabol ...Continue Reading

Friday, April 27, 2007 Sex Fattens Female Ticks to 100 Times Normal Size After mating, one species of female tick balloons to a body-bursting 100 times its original size. Dusty Document Reveals First European Voyage up Delaware River The nearly four-century-old document pinpoints the date Europeans first voyaged up the waterway. ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 Alan Hayes Volanz Aerospace, Inc., Owings, Md. 202-498-6804 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-43 Corrected NASA'S CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE FOR IMPROVED ASTRONAUT GLOVES SET WASHINGTON - On Wednesday and Thursday, May 2-3, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an improved astronaut glove design. The Astronaut Glove Challenge, one of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges, will take place at the New Eng ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2007 David E. Steitz/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 Alan Hayes Volanz Aerospace, Inc., Owings, Md. 202-498-6804 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-43 NASA'S CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE FOR IMPROVED ASTRONAUT GLOVES SET WASHINGTON - On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2-3, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an improved astronaut glove design. The Astronaut Glove Challenge, one of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges, will take place at the New England Air M ...Continue Reading

Thursday, April 26, 2007 Volcanoes Triggered Ancient Warming Event Eruptions that sundered Greenland from western Europe set off intense global warming 55 million years ago. Hot Flashes Can Strike Men, Too The research could lead to treatments for men and women. Ocean's 'Twilight Zone' Traps Greenhouse Gas ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 25 April 2007. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES Much of the southwestern United States experienced moderate to severe drought in the spring of 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14229 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 06 2007 (Posted on Apr 25 2007 10:40AM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SWEAT FARM ROAD FIRE, GEORGIA The Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia exploded from 1,000 ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-93 NASA TO ROTATE STATION ASTRONAUTS ON NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION HOUSTON - After several months working aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Suni Williams will come back to Earth aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, targeted for launch June 8. That shuttle mission, STS-117, will carry her successor, astronaut Clay Anderson, to the station to begin his duty ...Continue Reading