July 18th 2006 PDT
July 17, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-280 NASA WELCOMES SPACE SHUTTLE CREW BACK TO EARTH The Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew are home after a 13-day, five million-mile journey in space. The mission, STS-121, succeeded in testing shuttle safety improvements, repairing a rail car on the International Space Station and producing never-before-seen, high-resolution images of the shuttle during and after its July 4t ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for July 17, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *July 17, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: July 17, 2006 11:11 am EDT* *Landing Day: Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Earth*It’s been three long years since t ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2006 PDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, July 18, 2006 DELL DAY AT NASA HQ Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, July 18, 8 a.m. - noon, MIC 3 Contact: Noah Nason 358-1334 NASA employees get up to 12 percent off on home computers through Dell's Employee Purchase Program. Stop by for special promotional materials and to learn about Dell's Home and Home Office systems (Dimension desktops, Inspiron notebooks, etc.). For further information on NASA Headquarters' Employee Purchase Programs, visit: htt ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 14 July 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN MONTANA AND WYOMING In southeastern Montana and northern Wyoming, the winds were whipping eastward and spreading several large wildfires in mid-July 2006. The most recent image shows the Montana fires on July 16. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13712 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 16 2006 (Posted on Jul 17 2006 10:06AM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM BILI ...Continue Reading
July 17th 2006 PDT
Space Weather News for July 17th http://spaceweather.com GENESIS I: An inflatable satellite? Believe it. Genesis I, launched last week by Russia for a private aerospace firm, blew up like a balloon when it reached Earth orbit on July 12th. The mission tests an unorthodox idea, that inflatable modules might be used to build future space stations. So far so good. Although it's not the brightest object in the night sky, Genesis I can be seen making regular passes over the United States and Europe. A picture of suc ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 13 July 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN MONTANA AND WYOMING In southeastern Montana and northern Wyoming the winds were whipping eastward and spreading several large wildfires on July 13, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13710 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 13 2006 (Posted on Jul 14 2006 12:53PM) FIRES IN CALIFORNIA Several large fires were burning in California in mid-July 2006. This event contains images of the Sawto ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2006 PDT
July 14, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-115 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND MONDAY Commander Steve Lindsey and his crew onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will complete their mission, STS-121, with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., set for 9:07 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 17. Discovery began its 13-day mission to the International Spac ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for July 14, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *July 14, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: July 14, 2006 10:39 am EDT* *Shuttle Crew to Scan Discovery's Wing for Space Rock Damage*HOUSTON – Astronauts aboard ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2006 PDT
July 14, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 RELEASE: 06-279 NASA MARKS 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARS VIKING MISSION Thirty years after the first successful landing on Mars by NASA's Viking spacecraft, the ambitious mission continues to evoke pride and enthusiasm for future space exploration. NASA's Viking 1 and 2 missions to Mars, each consisting of an orbiter and a ...Continue Reading
July 15th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Friday, July 14, 2006 Scientists Concoct Chocolate That Won't Melt The question now is whether consumers will approve the taste and texture. Many past attempts have failed. Desire Controls What We See, Study Finds Without realizing it, people will perceive things according to how they want to see them, a new study suggests. Darwin's Finches Evolve Before Scientists' Eyes Competition for food between two species drives an important evo ...Continue Reading
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