[Friday, June 1, 2007] In late May, the Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) robot successfully navigated one of the world's deepest sinkholes. The mission could be a prelude to a future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, believed to contain a liquid water ocean.

[Monday, June 4, 2007] University of Wisconsin researchers will join the hunt for extraterrestrial life and early life on Earth by developing techniques and instruments to read the chemical signatures living organisms leave in rocks and minerals.

[Monday, June 4, 2007] When it comes to air pollution, the smallest size can do the most harm. More than a decade ago, a pioneering study showed that one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution is particulate matter 10 microns (about 0.0004 inch) or less in size.

[Tuesday, June 5, 2007] On Saturday, June 2, two platforms, Away 32 and Away 33, were carried aloft by balloon. These platforms were loaded. Away 32 was the first in the air. It reached 94,000 feet with a fast climb rate of 1,300 feet per minute.

[Wednesday, June 6, 2007] "Satellite data detect previously unknown seasonal cycles in the leaf area of the Amazon Rainforest. Increasing leaf area during the sunny dry season may actually trigger the seasonal rains."

[Thursday, June 7, 2007] NPOESS is a tri- agency acquisition--managed by the Departments of Commerce and Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--which experienced escalating costs, schedule delays, and technical difficulties.

[Friday, June 8, 2007] Thales Alenia Space Italia developed the COSMO-SkyMed program for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence.

[Friday, June 8, 2007] The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) has asked the National Academies to perform a study that will provide guidance to ATM on its strategy for achieving its goals in the atmospheric sciences.

[Sunday, June 10, 2007] A new computer model simulates convection patterns in the deep interior of the Sun in unprecedented detail. The patterns, known as giant cells, play a critical role in solar variability, influencing magnetic storms that take aim at Earth.

[Sunday, June 10, 2007] After successfully undergoing a rigorous three-month testing programme, the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) payload is about to make its journey from ESA's Test Centre in the Netherlands to France.

[Monday, June 11, 2007] Sargassum seaweed, famous in nautical lore for entangling ships in its dense floating vegetation, has been detected from space for the first time thanks to an instrument aboard ESA's environmental satellite, Envisat.

[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] Noted astrobiologist Imre Friedmann died yesterday morning. Friedmann guided the developing careers of many of today's leading astrobiologists.

[Tuesday, June 12, 2007] A new NASA study proposes a novel technique to pinpoint more precisely the location of Earth's center of mass and how it moves through space.

[Monday, June 18, 2007] As part of the outreach activities for the International Heliophysical Year 2007, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) is organizing a five-day Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007.

[Monday, June 18, 2007] Approves Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines, Workplan for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Proposes Draft Resolution on Registering Space Objects

[Monday, June 18, 2007] With an active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2007, NOAA’s high-powered satellites are ready to send forecasters a steady stream of crisp, detailed images, and other important data, of any storm that develops in the Western Hemisphere.

[Tuesday, June 19, 2007] The Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. completed eight years of outstanding on-orbit operations today, performing six years beyond its minimum two-year mission requirement.

[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] Scientists planning NASA's largest Earth science expedition of the year will hold a media teleconference on Wednesday, June 27, at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss the upcoming Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign.

[Wednesday, June 20, 2007] Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service will recognize the John F. Kennedy Space Center as a certified "StormReady" facility on Friday, June 22.

[Friday, June 22, 2007] WHOI has just completed a successful test of new robotic vehicles designed for use beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean. These vehicles will conduct the first search for life on the seafloor of the world's most isolated ocean.

[Monday, June 25, 2007] Rep. Rohrabacher sent a letter to Rep. Mark Udall, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, requesting a hearing to examine the United States' ability to track Near Earth Objects that potentially pose a significant threat to the planet.

[Wednesday, June 27, 2007] In July 2007 several hundred students will get look over the shoulder of space researchers at a remote research base in the Canadian arctic. The place: Devon Island, a place many call "Mars on Earth".

[Thursday, June 28, 2007] Research comparing silicon samples from Earth, meteorites and planetary materials, published in Nature (28th June 2007), provides new evidence that the Earth's core formed under very different conditions from those that existed on Mars.

[Friday, June 29, 2007] A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.

[Friday, June 29, 2007] On Thursday the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics examined the NASA Fiscal Year 2008 budget request and plans for the Earth science and applications programs.