To: Nasa Reports NASA SimLabs News VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1http://www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov/newsletter/news.html   January 2007   TABLE OF CONTENTS   If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, SimLabs News is a quarterly publication reviewing current projects at the NASA Ames Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs). NASA SimLabs is comprised of three unique Flight Simulators, an Air Traffic Control radar simulator and a high fidelity Air Traffic Control Tower simulator. The facilities support gover ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for January 31, 2007  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *January 31, 2007*     *TOP STORY* *posted: January 31, 2007 10:57 am EDT* *LIVE Coverage: ISS Spacewalkers Make Up Lost Time, Begin Work*Spacewalkers Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams have completed their pre-breathing activities for today's planne ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 07-19 SPACE STATION TO GROW FASTER, MARK FIRSTS THROUGHOUT YEAR HOUSTON - Already spanning an acre in orbit, the International Space Station this year will grow faster in size, power, volume and mass than ever before, significantly expanding its capabilities and setting new records for humans in orbit. "This will be a challenging but rewarding year for the station ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for January 31, 2007 When deadly floods struck Panama last November, a space-age situation room named SERVIR helped save lives. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/31jan_servir.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml! You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@lyris.msfc.n ...Continue Reading

Starry Night® Times - February 2007 If you have trouble viewing this newsletter, click here. *Welcome again to our monthly newsletter with features on exciting celestial events, product reviews, tips & tricks, and a monthly sky calendar. We hope you enjoy it!* [*]*Breaking News: Sky and Telescope Reports on Bluestar*"Once you use the BlueStar you won't go back to wired astronomy again."  &nb ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2007 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-03 NASA AWARDS MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT GREENBELT, Md. - NASA has selected Bastion Technologies, Inc. to provide mechanical systems engineering support for programs and projects at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. This is a cost-plus award fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a min ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2007 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315/344-6111 Kevin Crossett Jamestown 2007 757-253-4534/848-3361 Elizabeth S. Kostelny Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Richmond, Va. 804-648-1889, ext. 306 RELEASE: 07-17 NASA TO FLY HISTORIC JAMESTOWN ARTIFACT, MEMENTOS ON SPACE SHUTTLE HAMPTON, Va. - To honor early American explorers, NASA will fly into space four coins and a nearly 400-year-old artifact fro ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2007 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington Phone: 202-358-5241 RELEASE: 07-18 NASA ANNOUNCES AERONAUTICS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WASHINGTON - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has amended its NASA Research Announcement to solicit additional research proposals. The "Research Opportunities in Aeronautics" announcement solicits research in several new topic areas for the Intelligent Flight Deck Technology Project, Subsonic Rotary Wing Project and the Supersonics Project. The ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2007 David Mould/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1898/1600 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-015 ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATORS DISCUSS BUDGET DETAILS WASHINGTON - After NASA Administrator Michael Griffin briefs the media about the agency's Fiscal Year 2008 budget at 1 p.m. EST, Monday, Feb. 5, the agency's mission directorate associate administrators will be available by telephone to discuss the proposal's impact on their specific areas. The teleconferences will start no earlier than 2:30 p.m. The current ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Geologists Watch as African Continent is Torn Apart It's liable to be a long, slow investigation as seismic activity parts the Red Sea and changes the map of Africa forever. White House Accused of Misleading Public on Global Warming The Democratic chairman of a House panel examining the government's response to climate change said Tuesday there is evidence that senior Bush administration officials sought repeatedly "to mislead the public by ...Continue Reading