LiveScience.com Monday, October 30, 2006 The Astronomy of Halloween Halloween is the halfway point between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice, the last of four "cross-quarter" days on the solar calendar. Big Birds Reveal How Dinosaur Walked Scientists studying modern emus believe they have solved the mystery of why some predatory dinosaurs did a funny cross-step as they walked. Study: Soccer Referees Not Always Fair Disgruntled soccer f ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, October 31, 2006 GRIFFIN TO ANNOUNCE HUBBLE MISSION DECISION Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m., NASA HQ Channel 31. The administrator will announce the agency's decision on a space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope during a meeting with NASA employees at Goddard Space Flight Center. Headquarters employees may watch the event on NASA TV in the auditorium. The program will air on NASA TV and at: http://aquarius.hq.na ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 30, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 30, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 30, 2006 12:55 pm EDT* *Mass Migration: How Stars Move in Crowd*The stellar residents of jam-packed celestial cities em ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for October 30, 2006 Researchers are putting the finishing touches on a new life support system for the ISS that seems to come right out of the pages of science fiction. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/30oct_eclss.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 em ...Continue Reading

Oct. 27, 2006 Dean Acosta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400 Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-170 NASA SETS HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION DECISION ANNOUNCEMENT NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will announce on Tuesday, Oct. 31, a decision on a space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The announcement is scheduled for 10 a.m. EST during an agency-wide employee meeting from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The event w ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 26 October 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ESPERANZA FIRE Waves of gray-brown smoke from the Esperanza Fire washed over the mountains southeast of Los Angeles and out over the Pacific on October 26, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13945 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 26 2006 (Posted on Oct 27 2006 1:49PM) -- VOLCANO (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ON SOUFRIERE HILLS The Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, October 27, 2006 Genetic Upper Class: Could the Human Race Split? Could the human species split in two over time due to evolutionary pressures as predicted by science fiction writer H.G. Wells? While the idea is fascinating, the science is flimsy. New Recipe: How to Make a Mass Extinction Scientists are revisiting what it takes to wipe out many species at once. And they think it might be happening again, right now. The W ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 27, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 27, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 27, 2006 05:35 pm EDT* *Despite Setbacks, Teams Set Sights On Lunar Lander Purse*Rival space groups are vowing to push ...Continue Reading

--------------------------------------- Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 NASA TV AIRS ARRIVAL OF ISS PROGRESS 23 Date/Time: Thursday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. (NASA TV coverage begins) The Progress 23 spacecraft carrying a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies will dock to the International Space Station (ISS) at 10:28 a.m. EDT Oct. 26. For details, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station NASA BLOOD DRIVE Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Oct. 26, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., MIC 6 Contact: Beverly Vaughn 358-2600 NASA civil service and contracto ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 25, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 25, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 25, 2006 04:36 pm EDT* *Orbital Fire Brigade: Better Smoke Detectors for Future Spacecraft*When your home is an aluminu ...Continue Reading