SPACE.com Update for August 10, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 10, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 10, 2006 11:13 am EDT* *The First Female Space Tourist? U.S. Entrepreneur Determined to Reach Orbit*For U.S. entrepreneur ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, August 10, 2006 The PC Turns 25, for Better or Worse Aug. 12 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of IBM’s first personal computer, a landmark system that would spawn generations of clones and make IBM a household name. Ancient Fossilized Embryos Imaged in 3D Scientists get rare glimpse of 500-million-year-old unborn creatures using a new imaging technique. Surprise for Linguists: Nouns and Verbs Sound Dif ...Continue Reading

________________________________________________ Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006 STS-115 PRE-LAUNCH BRIEFINGS ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Friday, Aug. 11, 9 a.m., Johnson Space Center Program managers and the six-member STS-115 crew will participate in a series of media briefings that will air live on NASA TV. These include: the Program and International Space Station Assembly Overview Briefing, 9 a.m.; STS-115 Mission Overview Briefing, 10:30 a.m.; STS-115 Spacewalk Overview Briefing, noon; STS-115 crew news conference, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 9, 2006 Paul Foerman Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-1880 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-043 NASA ANNOUNCES STENNIS SPACE CENTER CONTRACTS NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss., announced two contract awards Wednesday. Mississippi Space Services, located at Stennis, received a one-year contract extension to provide facility operating services at the center. Stennis also exercised the first option on a six-year, cost-plus-award-fee contract with Sverdrup Techn ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 08 August 2006. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN LUZON, PHILIPPINES In mid-July, a combination of monsoon rains and downpours associated with Tropical Storm Bilis left the Philippine Island Luzon soggy. Floods affected the low-lying center of the island from Manila to Dagupan. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13766 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 06 2006 (Posted on Aug 09 2006 2:04PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new image ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for August 9, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 9, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 9, 2006 11:48 am EDT* *Mars Rover Inspects Beagle Crater*Those industrious robots on Mars—NASA’s ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Surprise for Linguists: Nouns and Verbs Sound Different Subtle differences make a verb sound more like a verb and make noun more "nouny." Cell Phones Automatically Monitored for Better Traffic Updates A new service that measures radio signals beamed between your cell phone and cell phone towers could soon help speed up your commute. Feds Lower Hurricane Forecast The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season sho ...Continue Reading

Greetings: During the next week the NASA History Division plans to release a solicitation for the preparation of a scholarly book-length manuscript on A History of NASA's International Relations. The book should focus on the time period since NASA's inception, but will also include historical detail on previous scientific endeavors, such as the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The publication will include consideration of the cultural, political, social, and personal factors that have shaped NASA's approach to ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006 STS-115 CREW PARTICIPATES IN COUNTDOWN TEST Date/Time/Location: Aug. 7-10, Kennedy Space Center. The astronauts and ground crews for Space Shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission, STS-115, are participating in a full launch dress rehearsal. The demonstration test provides the crew of each shuttle mission with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency egress tra ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for August 8, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 8, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 8, 2006 03:54 pm EDT* *Organic Molecules Found in Diverse Space Places*A two-year survey of interstellar dust clouds has tu ...Continue Reading