SPACE.com Update for July 18, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 18, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 18, 2006 12:13 pm EDT* *Radiation and Bone Loss: Deep Space Mission Concerns*New study says nothing directly about the effect ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, July 18, 2006 First Delta-Wing Fighter Was a Reptile The same triangular wing-shape found on many modern fighter jets was used by a small reptile living 225 million years ago to glide between trees, a new study suggests. Eureka! Bacteria Have the Midas Touch Scientists have discovered that a lowly bacteria appears to turn dissolved metal into solid gold. Why Johnny Can't Read: Schools Favor Girls An eye-popping literacy gap ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 17 July 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE ARABIAN SEA A thin cloud of dust blew over the Arabian Sea in mid July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13714 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 15 2006 (Posted on Jul 18 2006 1:48PM) -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES NORTH OF RUSSIA'S LAKE BAIKAL North of Lake Baikal in south-central Russia, scores of fires were burning in the area's forests in mid-July 20 ...Continue Reading

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LiveScience.com Monday, July 17, 2006 Invasive Strategy: Toads Hit the Road A new study finds that the invasive creatures are using roads to hasten their spread across the continent. Aging Europeans Worry They May Never Retire By 2010 there will be more 55- to 64-year-olds than 15- to 24-year-olds in the European Union. Somebody has to pay. Earthquake Creates Deadly Tsunami in Java The event killed at least six people and caused extensive damage ...Continue Reading

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

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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

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