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Jan. 22, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-008 NASA SETS INTERVIEWS WITH ASTRONAUTS FROM RECENT SHUTTLE FLIGHT HOUSTON - A month after returning from space, NASA astronauts Joan Higginbotham, a Chicago native, and Bill Oefelein, an Alaska native, are available for satellite interviews. Higginbotham is available Thursday, Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 a.m. CST. Oefelein is available Friday, Jan. 26 from 3 to 5 p. ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for January 22, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *January 22, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: January 22, 2007 01:41 pm EDT* *Earth's Moon Destined to Disintegrate*The Sun is midway through its stable hydrogen burning phase known as the main sequence. But when the Sun enters the red giant phase in around 5 ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 19 January 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST IN IRAN AND TURKMENISTAN A dust storm blew across the border between Iran and Turkmenistan on January 20, 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14083 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jan 20 2007 (Posted on Jan 22 2007 11:27AM) DUST BLOWING OVER THE CANARY ISLANDS Saharan dust blew over the Canary Islands in mid January 2007. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14081 *** ...Continue Reading

Jan. 19, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS07-03 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-03 HOUSTON - New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Friday night as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. With more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition 14 crew, the ISS Progress 24 automatically docked to Pirs at 8:59 ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for January 19, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *January 19, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: January 19, 2007 03:24 pm EDT* *Vote for your Favorite Greatest Comet Images*Comet McNaught evolved into a brilliant object in January 2007, visible for a time during the day. How did it stack up against the brigh ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, January 19, 2007 Bees Employ Building Superintendents One species of bumblebee needs more help with the heating and cooling system than a Manhattan apartment dweller.. Nobel Prize Winners Live Longer You don't have to be a rocket scientist to live a long and happy life, but a new study suggests it might help. Nature's Whitest White Found in Ghostly Beetle A beetle with scales as pale as a ghost could help engineers come up with super-thin, paper-wh ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, January 18, 2007 Daydreamers: Scientists Find Our Bored Baseline Bored out of your mind is a reality. During mundane tasks, your brain shifts into a default mode of daydreaming, a recent study concludes. Nature's Whitest White Found in Ghostly Beetle A beetle with scales as pale as a ghost could help engineers come up with super-thin, paper-white paints, new research shows. Intersex Fish Linked to Human Activity Male fish with female characteristics in ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 January 2007. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze clung to the southern edge of the Himalaya in early 2007, continuing a pattern from late 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14080 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 17 2007 (Posted on Jan 17 2007 3:11PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NORTHERN AFRICA FIRE SEASON Each year, thousands of fires dot the Sahel and savannas of northern Africa during ...Continue Reading

Jan. 18, 2007 Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/3895 Michael Buckley Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-7536 RELEASE: 07-012 NASA SPACECRAFT EN ROUTE TO PLUTO PREPARES FOR JUPITER ENCOUNTER WASHINGTON - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet. The spacecraft will study and swing past Jupiter, increasing speed on its voyage toward Pluto, the Kuiper Belt and beyond. The fastest spacecraft ever ...Continue Reading