February 26th 2007 PDT
Feb. 26, 2007 Beth Dickey/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Fred Gorell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-9444, ext.181 RELEASE: 07-53 NASA ANNOUNCES UNDERSEA MISSION TO INCLUDE FIRST FLIGHT SURGEON WASHINGTON - NASA will send a flight surgeon, two astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor into the ocean depths off the Florida coast May 7-18 to test space medicine concepts and moon-walking techniq ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 23 February 2007. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE GAMEDE Tropical Cyclone Gamede was spinning in middle of the Indian Ocean on February 21, 2007. The nearest land to the storm system was Diego Garcia, several hundred miles north of the storm. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14139 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 25 2007 (Posted on Feb 26 2007 1:46PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CLOUD STREETS OVER TH ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2007 PDT
SPACE.com Update for February 26, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *February 26, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: February 26, 2007 01:40 pm EDT* *Virgin Galactic Spaceliner Steps Forward*A passenger-carrying suborbital spaceliner and the airplane that will serve as its first stage are starting to take shape on the factory ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2007 PDT
Feb. 26, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 RELEASE: 07-52 NASA AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTNER FOR AERONAUTICAL TESTING WASHINGTON - NASA and the Department of Defense recently signed an agreement to develop an integrated national strategy for managing their respective aeronautical test facilities. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Kenneth Krieg signed the National Partnership for Aeronautical Testing (NPAT) a ...Continue Reading
February 26th 2007 PDT
NASA Science News for February 26, 2007 En route to Pluto, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is about to visit Jupiter, and while it's there, steal some velocity for the trip ahead. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/26feb_grandtheft.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=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@lyris.msfc.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading
February 24th 2007 PDT
Feb. 23, 2007 Beth Dickey/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 Sally Harrington Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2037 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-07 NASA AWARDS TURBINE PUMP ASSEMBLY CONTRACT FOR ARES I CLEVELAND - NASA has selected Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International Inc. of Rockford, Ill., to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver engineering models of a turbine pump assembly for the Ares I upper stage thrust vector control subsystem. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contra ...Continue Reading
February 23rd 2007 PDT
Feb. 23, 2007 Beth Dickey/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 RELEASE: 07-51 NASA ISSUES ARES I UPPER STAGE PRODUCTION REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WASHINGTON - Friday NASA issued a request for proposal for the Ares I launch vehicle upper stage element. Ares I is the launch vehicle that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew and cargo to low Earth orbit. The upper stage proposals are due to Marshall ...Continue Reading
February 23rd 2007 PDT
LiveScience.com Friday, February 23, 2007 Beaver Returns to New York City Centuries After Eradication The first beaver to return to New York City since colonial times when the dam-builders were hunted to extinction has been photographed and filmed at its lodge surrounded by gnawed tree stumps, a scientist said today. Video Captures Hyperactive Lizards Defending Turf Like dancers in a crowded nightclub, some lizards ramp up their body movements to be seen above the background chaos in order ...Continue Reading
February 23rd 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 22 February 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER LIBYA Saharan dust swept northward across Libya and northwestern Egypt toward the Mediterranean on February 23, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14137 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 23 2007 (Posted on Feb 23 2007 1:04PM) DUST STORM FROM THE SAHARA DESERT On February 21, 2007, a dust storm several hundred kilometers across clogged the skies over Algeria and Mali. ...Continue Reading
February 22nd 2007 PDT
LiveScience.com Thursday, February 22, 2007 First American Settlers Not Who We Thought The Clovis People, a group of mastodon hunters distinguished by their unique spear points, likely populated North America after others had already arrived, finds a new study. Global Warming to Fuel More Childhood Fevers Warmer temperatures promised by climate change researchers could affect children more than adults in the form of more frequent fevers. Live Bacteria Could Reduce Earthquake Damag ...Continue Reading
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