Science News
GLOBE to train U.S., Russian teachers
July 23, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Russia joins GLOBE in down-to-earth mission to record the global surface environment. Next week's workshop joins NASA scientists and Russian professors who will train U.S. and Russian teachers in the wheat and sunflower fields of summertime Russia.
Salt Lake City shows hot and cold spots
July 21, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Urban Heat in July: NASA's "heat hunters" measure blistering - and refreshing - areas in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Digging in and taking cover
July 20, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Lunar and Martian dirt could provide radiation shielding for crews on future planetary missions.
Levitating furnace holds promise for future experiments
July 15, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
A unique levitation furnace that flew on the Space Shuttleis 1998 is being eyed for upgrades to fly on future Shuttle and International Space Stationmissions.
Microgravitytakes a quantum leap -- Space StationResearch may shape society in 21st Century
July 15, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Materials Research aboard the International Space Stationwill help shape society in the 21st century
Space Stationwill put experimenters "on the rack"
July 13, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
scientists present plans for fundamental experiments on board International Space Station.
Marshall scientists recognized for work
July 9, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
scientists receive international, NASA, and regional awards.
Materials Sciences Meeting to review recent missions, preview Space Stationplans
July 9, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
International conference Next week in Alabama on Microgravityscience successes, and the future of science on International Space Station.
A whole lot of shakin' going on
July 9, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Starquakes lead to the discovery of a very weird kind of star - with an incredibly strong magnetic field - only the fourth ever discovered.
California's capital glows
July 1, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
and has cool spots, too - in an aerial image taken June 29 from a study of how urban forests can help keep cities from overheating.