October 14th 2006 PST
Oct. 13, 2006 Dean Acosta/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/1761 RELEASE: 06-335 MANUEL NAMED HEAD OF NASA DIVERSITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale today announced the appointment of Brenda R. Manuel as the new assistant administrator for the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. Manuel will be responsible for providing executive leadership and advocacy, advising and assisting the Administrator on all matters pertaining to diversity and equal opportunity ...Continue Reading
October 14th 2006 PST
Oct. 13, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-044 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-044 The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew went for a short ride this week, performed maintenance and experiments aboard the growing outpost and celebrated one crew member's 100th day in space. Station Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and ...Continue Reading
October 13th 2006 PST
The following sections were updated since 12 October 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SMOG OVER KOREA Pollution hung in the air over Korea in early October 2006. Some of the pollution may have resulted from fires on Borneo. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13926 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 09 2006 (Posted on Oct 13 2006 1:52PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES ON BORNEO Scores of fires created a thick haze over Borneo in September and October 2006. ...Continue Reading
October 13th 2006 PST
LiveScience.com Friday, October 13, 2006 VIDEO: Sex & the Senses Geneticist Bruce Baker proves male and female flies sense different worlds. One Bird’s Battle with Ugliness Baby finches with ugly fathers lose out on the good genes and get little food brought home by dad. For this reason, the mom equips her eggs with extra antioxidants to protect the embryo during development. Alaskan Lakes Dry Up More than 10,000 Alaskan lakes h ...Continue Reading
October 13th 2006 PST
Oct. 12, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 RELEASE: 06-334 NASA'S SPITZER SEES DAY AND NIGHT ON EXOTIC WORLD NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has made the first measurements of the day and night temperatures of a planet outside our solar system. The infrared observatory revealed that the Jupiter-like gas giant planet circling very close to its sun is always as hot as fire on one side, and potentially as ...Continue Reading
October 13th 2006 PST
The following sections were updated since 11 October 2006. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN THAILAND Though floods are not unusual in Thailand during the summer monsoon season, 2006 brought unusually heavy flooding. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13921 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 11 2006 (Posted on Oct 12 2006 11:29AM) -- VOLCANO (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- ERUPTION FROM RABAUL VOLCANO Rabaul Volcano, on the northeastern tip of New Britain Island, underwent a l ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2006 PST
SPACE.com Update for October 12, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *October 12, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: October 12, 2006 12:38 pm EDT* *Combing the Cosmos at High Speed: The Allen Telescope Array*SETI is akin to discovery science, ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2006 PST
Oct. 11, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-160 NASA MEDIA DAY HIGHLIGHTS SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRESS Media are invited to an Exploration Media Day at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Reporters will have the opportunity to tour facilities, see hardware being built, observe test demonstrations and pose questions to NASA exploration managers. Highlights of t ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2006 PST
Oct. 11, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-9382 RELEASE: 06-333 NASA FINDS SATURN'S MOONS MAY BE CREATING NEW RINGS Cassini scientists are on the trail of the missing moons of Saturn. A recent observation by the spacecraft leads them to believe that they will find the moons near newly discovered rings around the planet. During an unprecedented opportunity, with the sun poised behind Saturn, Cassini scientists discovered t ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2006 PST
LiveScience.com Wednesday, October 11, 2006 More Oxygen Could Make Giant Bugs Giant insects might crawl on Earth or fly above it if there was just more oxygen in the air, scientists report. In fact, it used to be so. Mobility Key to Animals Surviving Human Sprawl Some butterflies within a species are stronger than others, and more able to colonize new areas. And they happen to be more fertile, too. Robot Grabs and Solves Rubik's Cube RuBot II ...Continue Reading
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