February 17th 2007 PDT
LiveScience.com Friday, February 16, 2007 Scientists Generate Electricity in Novel Way A new technique for converting heat into electricity could lead the way to new, more efficient energy sources. Why Female Bugs Outsize Males A new study looks at why sexual dimorphism?the non-sexual size and shape differences between the sexes?exists in the world of six- and eight-legged creatures. January is Warmest on Record The average global temperature last month was the highest for any J ...Continue Reading
February 17th 2007 PDT
SPACE.com Update for February 16, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *February 16, 2007*  *TOP STORY* *posted: February 16, 2007 03:13 pm EDT* *Star Shatters Spinning Speed Record*A star found spinning more than a thousand times every second is thought to be the fastest rotating dead star known.Read More ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2007 PDT
Feb. 16, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4934 STATUS REPORT: SS07-09 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-09 HOUSTON - This week, the Expedition 14 crew continued to focus on preparation for their final planned spacewalk ahead of the space shuttle Atlantis' arrival in March. This comes following Sunday's unexpected circuit breaker trip on the International Space Station and subsequent resetting of affected equipment. A ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2007 PDT
The following sections were updated since 15 February 2007. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN JAKARTA Torrential rains in late January and early February buried Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, in deep flood water. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14116 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 11 2007 (Posted on Feb 15 2007 6:36PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nas ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2007 PDT
Feb. 16, 2007 Beth Dickey/J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/5241 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-46 NASA COMMERCIAL SPACE PARTNERS COMPLETE MILESTONES HOUSTON - Two companies that are receiving NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services funds achieved significant milestones this month in their efforts to develop and demonstrate space cargo launch and delivery systems. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed a preliminary design review f ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2007 PDT
Feb. 16, 2007 Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 RELEASE: 07-45 NASA MARKS 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICANS IN ORBIT WASHINGTON - NASA commemorates the 45th anniversary of Americans in orbit with a special multimedia salute to the original Mercury astronauts and new interviews with Sen. John Glenn, Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra. On Feb. 20, 1962, an Atlas rocket successfully carried Glenn and the hopes of an entire nation into orbit aboard Friendship 7, a flight that ushered in a new era of ...Continue Reading
February 16th 2007 PDT
Feb. 16, 2007 Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3895 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-23 NASA MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON PLANETS BEYOND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM PASADENA, Calif. - Astronomers are scheduled to announce new findings about planets beyond our solar system at a media teleconference Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 10 a.m. PST. The findings are from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Reporters should call the media relations office at NASA's Jet P ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PDT
Feb. 15, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Jessica Rye Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-24 SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES TO PAD, CREW READY FOR COUNTDOWN TEST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 3:09 p.m. EST on top of the giant vehicle known as the crawler transporter. The next milestone for the upcoming mission, STS-117, is a full launch dress rehearsal as the six-member crew pre ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PDT
LiveScience.com Thursday, February 15, 2007 Ancient Crumbs Reveal History of Chili Peppers Food residues on 6,000-year-old cooking utensils ago have revealed that domesticated chili peppers originated in the Americas earlier than once thought, before pottery came into existence. Airbags Linked to Hearing Damage The violent burst of noise let loose by deployed airbags could cause permanent hearing loss to 17 percent of the people exposed to the ?safety nets,? says a researcher at a nati ...Continue Reading
February 15th 2007 PDT
Feb. 15, 2007 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1926 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 Lori Stiles University of Arizona, Tucson 520-626-4402 RELEASE: 07-43 NASA MARS ORBITER SEES EFFECTS OF ANCIENT UNDERGROUND FLUIDS SAN FRANCISCO - Liquid or gas flowed through cracks penetrating underground rock on Mars, according to a report based on some of the first observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These fluids may have produced conditions to support pos ...Continue Reading
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