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- NASA Announces STS-127 Prelaunch and Mission Web Coverage
A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcast, pictures and videos will highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. more
Tue Jun 09 12:00am EDT
- NASA Announces Winners in Second Annual Lunar Art Contest
The results of the second annual NASA Lunar Art Contest are out-of-this-world productions from high school and college students from around the globe. more
Mon Jun 08 12:00am EDT
- NASA Sets Lunar Spacecraft Launch Coverage Events
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, spacecraft are set to launch together to the moon aboard an Atlas V rocket on June 17. more
Fri Jun 05 12:00am EDT
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Source: NASA Breaking News
- Research Updates: Recently Published OBPR Research
Extinction Limits And Flame-Spread Rates Exhibit Different Behavior For Opposed And Concurrent Flows Over Thin Solids; Advances In Understanding Drug-Resistance In Bacteria; New Biosensor; Study Moves In On Why Astronauts Suffer Bone Loss... more
- Ultrasound Makes Waves In Space And On Earth
Ultrasound techniques developed by NASA to examine International Space Station crewmembers may soon find another use helping treat medical emergencies on Earth. more
- Bioastronautics Critical Path Roadmap Available for Review and Comment
An update to the current baseline Bioastronautics Critical Path Roadmap (BCPR) is available for review. more
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Source: NASA Office of Biological and Physical Research News
- News: Studying Rivers for Clues to Global Carbon Cycle
In a study of how organic carbon is processed in rivers, a research team has determined that carbon processing in rivers is a bigger component of global carbon cycling than previously thought. (Northwestern University press release) more
- News: Nitrogen Pollution Boosts Plant Growth in Tropics by 20 Percent
A study finds that excess nitrogen in tropical forests boosts plant growth by an average of 20 percent, countering the belief that such forests would not respond to nitrogen pollution. (University of California - Irvine press release) more
- News: Wind Patterns Could Mask Effects of Global Warming in Ocean
Scientists have found that natural variability in Earth's atmosphere could be masking the overall effect of global warming in the North Atlantic Ocean. (University of Liverpool press release) more
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Source: NASA's Earth Observatory