SPACE.com Update for August 25, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 25, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 25, 2006 12:10 pm EDT* *ISS Construction Crew: Spacewalking Duo to Wield Orbital Robot Arms*CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Â& ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2006 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Charles Henry Guillaume Canadian Space Agency, Montreal 450-926-6651 RELEASE: 06-301 NASA INVITES STUDENTS TO HELP ASTRONAUT COUNT THE STARS NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) are collaborating on a new education activity that helps students become astronomers. The Star Count Project will investigate the visual quality of the night sky and help assess the extent of atmospheric light pollution. There are many factors that affect how man ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for August 25, 2006 Contrary to a wide-spread report, Mars will not look as big as the full Moon on August 27th. In fact, the red planet will be nearly invisible to the human eye. There is, however, something real to see on August 27th--a morning alignment of Venus and Saturn. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/25aug_marshoax.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 fre ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-137 NASA ANNOUNCES CONTRACTOR FOR ORION CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE NASA Exploration Systems' managers will host a press conference at 4 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 31, to announce the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, America's next human spacecraft. The press conference will be in the NASA headquarters auditorium, 300 E Street S.W., W ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-044 NASA AWARDS NOAA GOES-R INSTRUMENT CONTRACT NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R) Program, has selected Assurance Technology Corporation for a $101.7 million dollar contract. The contract is for the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS), which ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 23 August 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- COLUMBIA COMPLEX FIRE In the southeastern corner of Washington the Columbia Complex Fire had grown to 34,000 acres as of August 24, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13804 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 23 2006 (Posted on Aug 24 2006 1:37PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MONSOON RAINS FLOOD SOUTHERN INDIA Three days of torrential monsoon rain triggered floods across much of In ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for August 24, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 24, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 24, 2006 04:45 pm EDT* *Pluto Demoted: No Longer a Planet in Highly Controversial Definition*The IAU proposed a new defin ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, August 24, 2006 Even the Simplest Creatures Favor Family Single-celled amoebas, the simplest creatures known, stick with kin in times of need. Ancient Minty Painkiller Worked, Modern Study Suggests The doctors of ancient Greece and China had it right when they applied cool and minty salves to soothe aches and pains. Talking Robot is Surprisingly Anthropomorphic WT-6 uses a tongue, lips and vocal cords. The World's Longest-Ru ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for August 24, 2006 http://spaceweather.com Today, astronomers at the International Astronomical Union's General Assembly in Prague decided that the Solar System has eight planets, and Pluto is not one of them. Pluto has been declared a "dwarf planet." Joining Pluto in the dwarf planet category are giant asteroid Ceres and Pluto's cousin 2003 UB313. Get the full story at http://spaceweather.com . You are currently subscribed to spaceweather as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. To unsubscrib ...Continue Reading

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