SPACE.com Update for November 6, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 6, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: November 6, 2006 11:27 am EDT* *Missing Helium Mystery Solved: Big Stars Ate It*Stars once thought to expel helium 3 into spa ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Nov. 5, 2006 http://spaceweather.com TRANSIT OF MERCURY: On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, Mercury will pass directly in front of the sun. The rare transit will be visible from the Americas, Hawaii and all around the Pacific Rim. It begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (11:12 a.m. PST) and lasts for nearly five hours. Because Mercury is so small, only a tiny fraction of the sun will be covered. So don't stare at the sun on Wednesday; it will be as blinding as ever. Instead, try to view the event through a properly ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-048 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-048 Repair of an oxygen generator, robotic arm operations and cargo unpacking were the top priorities aboard the International Space Station this week. On Monday, Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin installed new valves and cables to repair the Elektron oxygen-generation unit which shut down in mid-Sept ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for November 3, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 3, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: November 3, 2006 04:31 pm EDT* *Viewer's Guide: Watch Mercury Cross the Sun*On Nov. 8, more than half the world will get to ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2006 John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-059 NASA AWARDS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT CONTRACT NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, has awarded a three-year $19.8 million Aircraft Operations Systems Support contract to Science Applications International Corp., of San Diego. Two one-year options could bring the total value of the contract to $31.4 million. The first option is valued at $5.7 mi ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-173 NEWLY RETURNED STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, back from six months on the International Space Station, will be available for satellite interviews from 6:15 to 8:30 a.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 9. To participate, media should contact NASA's Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 8. Will ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 02 November 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES ON BORNEO AND SUMATRA Smoke from agricultural and forest fires burning on Sumatra and Borneo since late September 2006 blanketed a wide region with smoke that interrupted air and highway travel and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels. Fires were still burning in early November. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13950 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 02 2006 (Posted on Nov 02 2006 8:49AM) -- ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, November 3, 2006 Americans Rank Climate Change as Top Environmental Problem A new survey of Americans reveals a dramatic change in their ranking of global warming as a top environmental problem. Mate Selection Not All About Looks Female animals may use other ways to choose mates besides ornamental displays, which may help their offspring survive longer. Scientists Study Political-Genetic Link Politics may not be in the blood, ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Nicole Cloutier Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-172 NASA ANNOUNCES ASTRONAUTS' APPEARANCE AT VETERANS JOB FAIR NASA astronauts Joe Tanner and Dan Burbank will give job candidates their perspective Monday about using military experience to build careers at an employment fair exclusively for veterans. The two spacewalkers will address participants during the Salute Our Heroes job fair and career expo in Hall 1A of t ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for November 2, 2006 A new space telescope onboard Japan's Hinode spacecraft is beaming back some fantastic images of the sun. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/02nov_firstlight.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=snglistor send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@lyris.msfc.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading