The following sections were updated since 01 December 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM NEAR BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA A dust storm, possibly mingled with smoke from nearby fires, clouded the skies over Brisbane, Australia, in late November 2006. By December 1, the dust plume had moved northward over the Coral Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13998 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 30 2006 (Posted on Dec 01 2006 10:02PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec. 7, 9:35 p.m. EST, Cape Canaveral, Fla. During STS-116, Discovery's crew will rewire the International Space Station, bringing electrical power on line from the solar arrays installed earlier this year. Watch the launch on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov or on NASA Television. FINAL MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING CLASS Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec. 7, 2 p.m., MIC 6 Cont ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-186 NASA SCHEDULES BRIEFING TO ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT FIND ON MARS WASHINGTON - NASA hosts a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 6, to present new science results from the Mars Global Surveyor. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E Street, S.W. in Washington and carried live on NASA Televis ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Monday, December 4, 2006 Survival of the Loudest: Urban Birds Change Their Tune To survive the urban jungle, birds change their tune, with faster-paced and higher-pitched songs to make them heard above the din. Earthquake Forecasts Possible with Seconds to Spare Italian scientists say the effects of strong earthquakes can be predicted seconds before the destruction occurs. Smart or Scary? Software That Follows You Rity, a software robot (or "sobot" ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Dec. 3, 2006 http://spaceweather.com FREQUENT FIREBALLS: Have you ever stepped outside after dinner to walk the dog--just in time to see a bright fireball streak across the sky? It makes you wonder, how often does that happen? More often than you think. A NASA meteor expert has used a computer model of Earth's meteoroid environment to calculate how often Earth runs into bits and pieces of comets and asteroids big enough to produce fireballs. (A fireball is defined to be a meteor brighter than ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for December 1, 2006 Meteoroids are hitting the Moon more often than anyone expected. That's the tentative conclusion of astronomers who recently saw two Leonids hit the Moon and explode. The full story includes a movie of one of the Leonid impacts. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/01dec_lunarleonid.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 unsubscrib ...Continue Reading

Dec. 1, 2006 David Mould/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898/1600 RELEASE: 06-360 NASA ADMINISTRATOR SPEAKS TO DISTINGUISHED ROYAL SOCIETY LONDON - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on Friday called the exploration of space "the boldest human adventure yet conceived" and emphasized the importance of international collaboration in journeys to the moon, Mars and other destinations in the solar system. "The exploration and development of the space frontier is, truly, the most techn ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, December 1, 2006 Genocide Rules Ant Warfare When it comes to differentiating a friend from a rival, invasive ants have it easier than humans: they use genetic differences, a new study shows. Freezing Ovaries May Preserve Fertility A new program aimed at freezing women?s ovaries could provide new hope for cancer patients facing fertility loss. Students Hack Popular Device to Track Jogger's Whereabouts A popular runner's device that combines Nike shoes w ...Continue Reading

Dec. 1, 2006 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Edward Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-063 NASA AWARDS ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR GODDARD CENTER GREENBELT, Md. - NASA has selected SGT, Inc., Greenbelt, Md., for engineering support for ongoing programs and projects at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, cost-plus award fee contract has a maximum value of $400 million over five yea ...Continue Reading

Dec. 1, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-052 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-052 HOUSTON - The International Space Station crew have been preparing for the planned arrival next week of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a complex mission to rewire the station's electrical system. Shuttle Discovery is due to launch at 8:35 p.m. CST Thursday, Dec. 7 on mission STS-116. In addition to work th ...Continue Reading