September 16th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 14 September 2006. -- STORM (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- EXTRA-TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE The sixth storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Florence formed on September 3, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13865 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 14 2006 (Posted on Sep 15 2006 12:26PM) TYPHOON SHANSHAN Typhoon Shanshan formed on September 10, 2006, in the western Pacific well off the coast of the Philippine Islands. Over the course of ...Continue Reading
September 16th 2006 PDT
Sep. 15, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-046 NASA AWARDS THERMAL PROTECTION CONTRACT FOR ORION SPACECRAFT NASA has selected The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., to support the design and development of a lunar direct return-capable heat shield for the Orion crew exploration vehicle. The hybrid firm fixed-p ...Continue Reading
September 15th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Friday, September 15, 2006 Hearing Voices: Some People Like It Researchers look into why some people enjoy hearing voices in their heads. 2006 Hotter Than Ever So Far in U.S. The first eight months of 2006 was the warmest in the continental United States since record-keeping began in 1895, NOAA officials said today. Oldest New World Text Found This find lights the hope of future discoveries of written records detailing the Olmecs, ...Continue Reading
September 15th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 13 September 2006. -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DROUGHT ON THE GREAT PLAINS Across the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, devastating drought spread across grasslands and croplands in summer 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13862 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 28 2006 (Posted on Sep 14 2006 12:55PM) DROUGHT IN CENTRAL ASIA Spring rains failed to fall over northwestern Afghanistan, leaving as many as 2.5 millio ...Continue Reading
September 15th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Thursday, September 14, 2006 Artificial Humans Gills Inspired by Diving Beetles By studying how beetles can trap air to keep from drowning, researchers suggest a trick that could help people breathe underwater. El Nino Forms, Throttling Hurricane Formation El Nino conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are likely to continue into early 2007. Man's Bionic Arm Provides Hope for GIs Jesse Sullivan is first amputee with a ...Continue Reading
September 15th 2006 PDT
--------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 FOLLOW STS-115 ON NASA TV AND THE WEB NASA is providing extensive television and Internet coverage of Space Shuttle Atlantis' mission, STS-115. The NASA TV schedule for STS-115 is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html For Web coverage of STS-115, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle NEXT STATION CREW SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH Date/Time/Location: Monday, Sept. 18, 12:09 a.m. EDT, Baikonur Cosmodrome ...Continue Reading
September 15th 2006 PDT
Sep. 14, 2006 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-046 NASA EXERCISES PAYLOAD PROCESSING SERVICES CONTRACT OPTION NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will extend its Checkout, Assembly, and Payload Processing Services contract for three years with Boeing Space Operations Company of Titusville, Fla., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Chicago. The contract extension and modification, valued at $278.5 million ...Continue Reading
September 15th 2006 PDT
Sep. 14, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-045 NASA EXTENDS LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSION SUPPORT CONTRACT NASA has awarded a potential five-year, $448.86 million contract extension to Lockheed Martin Space Operations Co., Houston, for space shuttle and International Space Station mission operations support work. This action extends the original Mission Support Operations Contract awarded Sept. 30, 2003, that expir ...Continue Reading
September 14th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for September 14, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *September 14, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: September 14, 2006 11:07 am EDT* *Astronauts Unfurl New Solar Wings at ISS*HOUSTON – The International Space ...Continue Reading
September 14th 2006 PDT
New Starry Night Software, Book and DVD - Great Value for only $49.95 If you have trouble viewing this email, click here. Visit SPACE.com (www.space.com) f or space news, information, education, and entertainment. You have received this e-mail as a recipient of the SPACE.com Daily E-Mail Newsletter. To make sure our email updates are delivered to your Inbox (rather than your junk or bulk email box), please add spaceudate@SPACE.com to your email ad ...Continue Reading
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