July 4th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Tuesday, July 4, 2006 The Raw Food Diet: A Raw Deal Nothing but nuts, fruits and uncooked vegetables sounds healthy. But read the fine print. Understanding of Human Body Clock Reworked The effect of a mutation in a key gene involved in regulating the sleep and wake cycles in mammals works in the opposite way from what was previously thought. Bird Extinctions More Rapid Than Thought A new study suggests the presumed rate of extin ...Continue Reading
July 3rd 2006 PDT
July 3, 2006 Joe Pally Headquarters, Washington 202-358-7239 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-109 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE STATION VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES WHAT: The International Space Station will make a visible pass over the Northern, Va. and Washington area. The station will be visible with the naked eye, because it's in low Earth orbit and large enough to reflect sunlight. WHEN: Starting at about 9:35 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 4. WHERE: For viewing instructions and opportunities visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end- To subs ...Continue Reading
July 3rd 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 30 June 2006. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA A dry summer and fall delayed planting in some of Australia's major winter grain regions. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13685 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 09 2006 (Posted on Jun 30 2006 3:48PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON EWINIAR Typhoon Ewiniar formed in the western Pacific on June 29, 2006 a hundred miles south of the Yap Islands in ...Continue Reading
July 3rd 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Monday, July 3, 2006 More than 6,000 U.S. Children Injured by Fireworks Annually Parents are present in more than half the cases Sucking Helium Could Reveal Hidden Lung Damage Soon, seemingly healthy smokers could inhale the gas in a new MRI technique to explore early signs of emphysema and asthma. ...Continue Reading
July 3rd 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for July 3, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *July 3, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: July 3, 2006 10:46 am EDT* *BREAKING NEWS: Foam Crack May Delay Discovery Launch*A crack in the insulating foam of Shuttle Discovery& ...Continue Reading
June 30th 2006 PDT
June 30, 2006 Joe Pally Headquarters, Washington 202-358-7239 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-031 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-031 The Expedition 13 crew welcomed a Russian resupply ship this week and prepared for the arrival of Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery's launch is scheduled for 3:49 p.m. EDT Saturday. Discovery's STS-121 mission will return the station to three crew members for the first time since 2003, when European Space Agency ...Continue Reading
June 30th 2006 PDT
June 30, 2006 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 Lori J. Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-040 NASA AWARDS ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES CONTRACT NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has selected ASRC Aerospace, Inc., of Greenbelt, Md., to provide engineering and scientific services. ASRC will provide on-site support services for technical, engineering and scientific tasks in the areas of aeronautics, microgravity scie ...Continue Reading
June 30th 2006 PDT
June 30, 2006 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 RELEASE: 06-272 NASA ISSUES HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE STATUS REPORT NASA engineers successfully activated the Advanced Camera for Surveys at 9:12 a.m. EDT Friday aboard the agency's Hubble Space Telescope. Checkout was completed at 10:20 a.m. EDT with science observations scheduled to resume Sunday, July 2. "This is the best possible news," said Ed Ruitberg, deputy a ...Continue Reading
June 30th 2006 PDT
June 30, 2006 Sonja Alexander/Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761/1600 RELEASE: 06-271 NASA SELECTS CONSORTIUM FOR EDUCATION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NASA's Office of Education Minority University Research and Education Program selected a consortium of three organizations to administer its Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology Project: the Hispanic College Fund, the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. The project ...Continue Reading
June 30th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 29 June 2006. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY RAIN IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES From June 23 to June 26, heavy downpours pounded the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, including the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13684 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 29 2006 (Posted on Jun 29 2006 5:28PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's E ...Continue Reading
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