LiveScience.com Friday, September 1, 2006 100 Years Ago: Football's First Forward Pass The game was scoreless and coach Eddie Cochems was frustrated with the team's inability to move the ball. Snoring Gets More Complex Snoring is commonly caused by what scientists call sleep apnea. There are two types. Brain Gene May Help Make Us Human Humans have more copies of a possibly important brain gene than other apes. Fossils Suggest Chaotic Recovery fro ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 31 August 2006. -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA Unusually heavy monsoon rains throughout August 2006 triggered widespread flooding in northwestern India. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13829 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 31 2006 (Posted on Sep 01 2006 12:44PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.n ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-140 NASA TESTS TECHNOLOGY UNDER HARSH DESERT CONDITIONS Arizona's high desert is a long way from the moon and Mars, but its temperature extremes, gusty winds and dust make NASA's robots, rovers and latest space gear feel right at home. The state's famed Meteor Crater and Cinder Lake area represents a surrogate planet surface for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies team of scientists and engineers ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for September 1, 2006 With astronauts returning to the Moon, reliable forecasts of space weather are more important than ever. A new proposed mission called "Solar Sentinels" would surround the sun with spacecraft to keep an eye on solar activity. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/01sep_sentinels.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 unsu ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-141 NASA STARTS SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS COUNTDOWN SEPT. 3 NASA will start the launch countdown for Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-115 mission at 8 a.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 3, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis' crew will resume construction of the International Space Station, which is the goal of the remaining space shuttle flights until the spacecraft are ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-142 NASA UPDATES SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS PRE-LAUNCH EVENTS News conferences, events and operating hours for the NASA Kennedy Space Center News Center are set for the Sept. 6 launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-115 mission to the International Space Station. The first countdown for Atlantis' launch was stopped Tuesday because of Tropical Depression Ernesto. On S ...Continue Reading

Sept, 1, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-040 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-040 With the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis delayed, activities for the International Space Station crew were adjusted. The crew initially expected to greet Atlantis' crew this week. But the shuttle is set to launch Sept. 6 on mission STS-115 to bring a new truss section to the station, complete with a second s ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-309 NASA CONTINUES SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH WITH UNDERSEA LAB NASA's third mission this year to an undersea laboratory off the Florida coast begins when four astronauts splash down Sept. 16. Veteran space flyer astronaut Sandra H. Magnus will lead the crew on a seven-day undersea mission Sept. 16 - 22 onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Aqua ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for September 1, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *September 1, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: September 1, 2006 11:12 am EDT* *Lockheed Martin to Build NASA's Orion Spaceship*WASHINGTON ­–N ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-308 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH DATE Following a detailed inspection of NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., the six-member crew has a new launch date to begin the STS-115 mission to the International Space Station. The lift-off from Kennedy is set for 12:29 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 6. Shuttle managers decided on the launch date ...Continue Reading