June 26th 2006 PDT
June 26, 2006 Dolores Beasley/Mike Braukus Headquarters, Washington Phone: (202) 358-1600/1979 RELEASE: 06-249 EXPLORATION SYSTEMS PROGRESS REPORT NASA engineers are in the midst of a new series of tests that will aid development of the agency's future space transportation systems. The tests support development and integration of the Crew Launch Vehicle, Crew Exploration Vehicle and Cargo Launch Vehicle under the Constellation Program. The program is developing both crew and launch vehicles for NASA's plan t ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2006 PDT
June 26, 2006 Staci Johnson/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202- 358-7232/1761 Debbie V. Nguyen Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-248 NASA'S "WEIGHTLESS WONDER" HOST EXPERIMENTS NASA has selected six proposals from museums and science centers to fly their experiments aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder," a C-9 aircraft that flies a series of rollercoaster-like dips and climbs to produce periods of weightlessness. The selected institutions have partnered with ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2006 PDT
June 26, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-030 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-030 New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Monday as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft linked up to the station's Pirs Docking Compartment. Filled with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition 13 crew, the ISS Progress 22 automatically docked at 12:25 p.m. EDT as t ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2006 PDT
June 26, 2006 Erica Hupp/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/0668 Bill Steigerwald/Nancy Neal-Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-5017/0039 RELEASE: 06-247 NASA AND NSF COMPUTERS SIMULATE SUN'S CORONA For the first time, researchers have developed a computer simulation that can accurately create a model of the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. Funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation, the computer model marks the beginning of a new era in space weather predict ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for June 26, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *June 26, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: June 26, 2006 12:07 pm EDT* *Mini Black Holes Might Reveal 5th Dimension*A space telescope scheduled for launch in 2007 will be se ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Monday, June 26, 2006 Smart Pill to Report from Inside the Body Pending FDA approval, a device about the size of a multivitamin capsule would go in and out natural orifices and report on everything in between. Brain Chip Made With Rat Neurons A uniform neural net of brain cells—a brain chip—has been created by a team of scientists lead by Yael Hanein of Tel Aviv University in Israel. Speed Limit Prop ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2006 PDT
Space Weather News for June 26, 2006 http://spaceweather.com ASTEROID FLYBY: One week from today, on July 3rd, asteroid 2004 XP14 will fly past Earth barely farther away than the Moon. There's no danger of a collision, just a great photo-op for experienced amateur astronomers. The space rock is big enough (600 meters wide) and bright enough (11th magnitude) to see and photograph through backyard telescopes. Observing tips, a sky map and ephemerides are available at SpaceWeather.com . RED vs. RED JR: Two of the bi ...Continue Reading
June 1st 2006 PDT
NASA Science News for June 1, 2006 A little droid is roaming the corridors of the International Space Station, and more are on the way. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/01jun_spheres.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.msfc.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading
May 30th 2006 PDT
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May 25th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Thursday, May 25, 2006 Deserts Might Grow as Tropics Expand The jet streams are on the move, and scientists say it could change rainfall long-term patterns around the globe. U.S. Leadership in Science May Depend on 8th-Graders Children who want to be scientists more likely to get science degrees, shows a new study that suggests they should be encouraged to think along these lines. National Science Foundation Opens New Office Â&Aci ...Continue Reading
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