LiveScience.com Thursday, July 20, 2006 History Suggests Major Wind Shift Could Again Bring Drought to Great Plains Sand dune records show that wind is the reason behind the drought of the Medieval Warm Period. Ocean 'Gummy Bears' Fight Global Warming Swarms of lowly thumb-sized ocean creatures play a critical role in transporting greenhouse gas carbon deep into the deep sea. Yesterday's News Now on DVD CustomFlix, a division of Amazon, allows cust ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2006 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Va. 757-864-9886 RELEASE: 06-282 NASA BRINGS THE FUTURE OF EXPLORATION TO OSHKOSH AIRVENTURE 2006 NASA will take visitors to the moon, Mars and beyond at the country's biggest annual air show, held in Oshkosh, Wis., July 24-30. NASA scientists, engineers, educators, and communicators will be on hand at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Airventure 2006 to provide a glimpse of the future in an exhi ...Continue Reading

July 20, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Doug Peterson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-283 NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR COLUMBUS SHUTTLE MISSION NASA has assigned crew members to the space shuttle mission that will deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. A veteran space flier, Navy Cmdr. Stephen N. Frick, will command the STS-122 shuttle mission to deliver the lab to the station. Navy Cmdr. Alan G. Poindexter will s ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma/Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/4769 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-117 NASA ANNOUNCES ACCREDITATION DEADLINES FOR NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT The launch of the next space shuttle mission, designated STS-115, is targeted for late August. The possible launch window for the Space Shuttle Atlantis from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is August 28 to September 7. All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials. For accreditation, media must work for legitimate, verif ...Continue Reading

July 19, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 RELEASE: 06-281 CASSINI REVEALS TITAN'S XANADU REGION TO BE AN EARTH-LIKE LAND New radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed geological features similar to Earth on Xanadu, an Australia-sized, bright region on Saturn's moon Titan. These radar images, from a strip more than 2,796 miles long, show Xanadu is surrounded by darker terrain, reminis ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, July 20, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Thursday, July 20, 9:30 a.m., NASA HQ Channel 36 Contact: Kendra Perkins 358-2119 NASA TV will broadcast the July 20 hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform regarding global climate change, private sector efforts to ameliorate the impact and similar steps government can take. Panel 1: James Connaughton, Council of Environmental Quality and Dr. Thomas Karl, National ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for July 19, 2006 The fourth installment of Science@NASA's Apollo Chronicles explains why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't fall asleep 37 years ago in the Sea of Tranquillity. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity.htm?list882224 You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@lyris. ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 19, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 19, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 19, 2006 10:59 am EDT* *Beyond Discovery: A Soyuz-Shuttle-Station Shuffle*With Discovery back on Earth, NASA is confident the or ...Continue Reading

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