Nov. 17, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-050 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-050 Houston - Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter continue to prepare for a spacewalk Wednesday, Nov. 22, out of the International Space Station's Russian Pirs Docking Compartment airlock. Lopez-Alegria, who will make his sixth spacewalk, and Ty ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2006 Katherine Trinidad/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749/1979 June Malone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 RELEASE: 06-356 ROCKET MOTOR TEST HELPS NASA'S SHUTTLE AND ARES 1 PROMONTORY, Utah - NASA's Space Shuttle Program successfully fired a reusable solid rocket motor Thursday, Nov. 16, at a Utah facility. The two-minute test provided important information for nighttime shuttle launches and for the development of the rocket that will carry the next hum ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for November 16, 2006 Soon, astronauts onboard the ISS will test a high-tech medical device that uses primitive enzymes from horseshoe crabs to diagnose human illness. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/16nov_locad.htm?list882224 The Science@NASA Podcast feed is available at http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.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=sng ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, November 16, 2006 Mere Thought of Money Makes People Selfish Just the mere thought of money can turn a person selfish, so that he helps others less often and prefers to play alone, a new study shows. Short Legs Win Evolution Battle When island lizards were exposed to a new predator, natural selection occurred in a six-month period, first favoring longer and then shorter hind legs. New Robot Adapts to Injuries A newly designed robot can sense and rec ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 15 November 2006. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE SERGIO Sergio was the tenth hurricane in the Eastern Pacific in 2006. When Sergio first reached Tropical Storm status on November 13, it broke a record set in 1961, the last time more than one tropical storm formed in the Eastern Pacific in November. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13972 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 15 2006 (Posted on Nov 16 2006 1:39PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated even ...Continue Reading

Nov. 16, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries/John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-354 NASA COMPLETES MILESTONE REVIEW OF NEXT HUMAN SPACECRAFT SYSTEM NASA has completed a milestone first review of all systems for the Orion spacecraft and the Ares I and Ares V rockets. The review brings the agency a step closer to launching the nation's next human space vehicle. NASA completed the thorough systems requirements review of t ...Continue Reading

Nov. 16, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 RELEASE: 06-353 NASA'S HUBBLE FINDS EVIDENCE FOR DARK ENERGY IN THE YOUNG UNIVERSE Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a new constituent of space, but rather has been present for most of the universe's history. Dark energy is a mysterious repulsive force that causes the universe to expand at an increasing rate ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for November 16, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 16, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: November 16, 2006 11:44 am EDT* *NASA Studies Manned Asteroid Mission*NASA is appraising a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid?gauging the scientific merit of the endeavor while testing out spacecraft gear, a ...Continue Reading

The NASA History Division is looking for interns for the winter/spring 2007 semester.  More information is at _http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm_ on-line.  The deadline for applications is December 22.  Please forward this information to any interested students. We are also pleased to announce a new monograph. / Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle/ (NASA SP-2006-4535) by Gene J. Matranga, C. Wayne Ottinger, Calvin R. Jarvis, with D. Christian Gelzer is Monogr ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Science Confirms Diet Tactic: Eat Slow, Eat Less To all dieters out there: we know you haven?t eaten all day and you?re hungry, but eat a little slower if you want to keep shedding those pounds. U.S. Air Force Seeks Voice-Transformation Technology Researchers are being solicited to help ordinary human airmen disguise their voices, even to sound like another person altogether. How Fat Flies Finesse Flight Blowflies keep from spirali ...Continue Reading