Mar. 22, 2007 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 RELEASE: 07-74 NASA HELPS LOCAL STUDENT ROCKET SCIENTISTS REACH FOR THE STARS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Some of the best student scientists from across the country are hard at work on their model rockets, set to launch this spring as part of NASA's Student Launch Initiative. Student teams will display and launch their vehicles at a rocket launch event April 25-28 hosted by NASA ...Continue Reading

Mar. 22, 2007 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 Doc Mirelson National PNT Coordination Office 202-482-1496/5809 RELEASE: 07-71 NATIONAL POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING ADVISORY BOARD NAMED WASHINGTON - NASA and the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) announced Thursday, March 22 the members of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board. James Schlesinger will chair the 24-member board; Brad Parkinson is t ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 22, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 22, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 22, 2007 11:16 am EDT* *The Astronaut Farmer: A Tough Row to Hoe*The Astronaut Farmer is the quintessential American Story. That?s right; it?s the classic, archetypical, consummate, perfected American myth, served up in packaging so homes ...Continue Reading

Mar. 21, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/0668 Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-12 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES WASHINGTON - NASA has selected Space Systems Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., and MicroSat Systems, Inc., Littleton, Colo., for award of the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office, Rapid II, contracts with a minimum value of $50,000 each. This award is under a commercial, fixed pr ...Continue Reading

NASA has just released never-before-seen movies of intense activity in an unexpected place on the sun. The images were captured by a space telescope onboard Japan's Hinode spacecraft. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/21mar_chromosphere.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 free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 20 March 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES Numerous fires were burning across the southern United States in early March 2007. This image shows the area on March 20, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14175 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 20 2007 (Posted on Mar 21 2007 11:57AM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN HONDURAS Heavy rains triggered floods along the Atlantic Coast of Ho ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Super-Hurricane Threat Extremely Low While fears of a hurricane directly hitting a major city have increased in recent years, the chances of that happening are actually very small, a new study finds. Predators Stifle Rapid Evolution of Prey Scientists have identified two factors that play important roles in the fitful process of evolution. Feathers Could Yield Map to Predict Bird Flu Outbreaks Chemical clues in feathers could help scientists ...Continue Reading

Mar. 21, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 RELEASE: 07-72 INTERNATIONAL SPACECRAFT REVEALS DETAILED PROCESSES ON THE SUN WASHINGTON - NASA released on Wednesday never-before-seen images that show the sun's magnetic field is much more turbulent and dynamic than previously known. The international spacecraft Hinode, formerly known as Solar B, took the images. Hinode, Japanese for "sunrise," was launched Sept ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for March 21, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *March 21, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: March 21, 2007 11:54 am EDT* *Tossing Orion: NASA Performs Drop Tests, Rocket Checks for Next Spaceship*NASA has repeatedly sent scale-sized versions of its planned Orion spaceship plummeting back to Earth in a series tests to pinpoint the best ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 March 2007. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN MYANMAR Numerous fires were burning in Myanmar and surrounding countries in early March 2007, when the Aqua MODIS sensor captured these images. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14172 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 18 2007 (Posted on Mar 19 2007 2:23PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EMISSIONS FROM ANATAHAN On March 17, 2007, the Anatahan Volcano, in the Northern Mariana Is ...Continue Reading