August 21st 2006 PST
Aug. 21, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6535 Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 RELEASE: 06-297 NASA FINDS DIRECT PROOF OF DARK MATTER Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies. The discovery, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, gives direct evidence for the existence of dark matter. "Th ...Continue Reading
August 21st 2006 PST
SPACE.com Update for August 21, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *August 21, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: August 21, 2006 11:22 am EDT* *Orbital Dreams: New Launch Site in Hand for Private Spaceflight Firm*A U.S.-Canadian venture to d ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2006 PST
Aug. 18, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-038 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-038 The astronauts aboard the International Space Station spent much of their week preparing for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, set for launch Aug. 27 on the STS-115 mission. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Re ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2006 PST
Aug. 18, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-132 COUNTDOWN BEGINS AUG. 24 FOR SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH NASA will begin the launch countdown for Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-115 mission at 6 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, 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 spac ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2006 PST
The following sections were updated since 17 August 2006. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM WUKONG Tropical storm Wukong formed in the western Pacific on August 12, 2006, as a tropical depression. Within a day, it had become organized enough to be classified as a tropical storm and earn its name. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13790 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 16 2006 (Posted on Aug 17 2006 10:42AM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2006 PST
Starry Night® Times - September 2006 If you have trouble viewing this newsletter, click here. *Welcome again to our monthly newsletter with features on exciting celestial events, product reviews, tips & tricks, and a monthly sky calendar. We hope you enjoy it!* [*]A ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2006 PST
Aug. 18, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-295 NASA SELECTS CREW AND CARGO TRANSPORTATION TO ORBIT PARTNERS NASA selected SpaceX, El Segundo, Calif. and Rocketplane-Kistler, Oklahoma City, to develop and demonstrate commercial orbital transportation services that could open new markets and pave the way for contracts to launch and deliver crew and cargo to the International Space Station. NASA and ...Continue Reading
August 18th 2006 PST
Aug. 18, 2006 David Steitz/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/1761 Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 RELEASE: 06-296 NASA AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TOOL WINS SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR AWARD The Future Air traffic management Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET) was selected as NASA's 2006 Software of the Year. The FACET software is designed to help improve the safety and efficiency of the national airspace system and is being recognized for innovation and significant co ...Continue Reading
August 18th 2006 PST
SPACE.com Update for August 18, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *August 18, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: August 18, 2006 11:24 am EDT* *What a Sight! The Moon and Three Planets*Three planets and a crescent Moon will be putting on ...Continue Reading
August 18th 2006 PST
Aug. 17, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4493 RELEASE: 06-292 HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered what astronomers are reporting as the dimmest stars ever seen in any globular star cluster. Globular clusters are spherical concentrations of hundreds of thousands of stars. These clusters formed early in the 13.7-billion-year-old universe. The cluster NGC 6397 is ...Continue Reading
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