HAMPTON, Va., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on the Earth's upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge

DETROIT, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3rd Annual Robert S.

This June 24-26, join the Peninsula Association for Sickle Cell Anemia (PASCA) and the City of Hampton as they present the 21st annual Afrikan American Festival.

A new study by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that turbulence from boat propellers can and does kill large numbers of copepods—tiny crustaceans that are an important part of marine food webs.

HAMPTON, Va., March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After nine years in a clean room, an instrument that studies the Earth's atmosphere and protective ozone layer has been returned to service. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110302/DC57724) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III-ISS (SAGE III-ISS) will measure ozone, water vapor and aerosols in the atmosphere when it is attached to the International Space Station (ISS) three years from now. The instrument is scheduled for launch in 2014 on a SpaceX rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "It will ride in the unpressurized trunk of the rocket, and NASA will use robots to dock the instrument on the ISS - kind of like Transformers," said Michael Cisewski, SAGE III-ISS project manager at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.