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PO.DAAC Announcement: NAVO data

August 30th 2006 PDT

This message is to inform users that our data providers at the Naval Oceanographic Office are no longer producing SSTs from the NOAA-16 satellite. SSTs from NOAA-17 will continue to be processed and may be accessed as before. If you require more information, please contact Jorge Vazquez at jorge.vazquez@jpl.nasa.gov =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= User Services Office Phone: +1 (626)744-5508 Physical Oceanography DAAC Email: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.g ...Continue Reading

SMART-1 to Crash the Moon

August 30th 2006 PDT

NASA Science News for August 30, 2006 A European spaceship is about to crash into the Moon. Amateur astronomers may be able to observe the impact. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/30aug_smart1.htm?list882224 Find out about the Science@NASA Podcast feed at http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.htm. 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- ...Continue Reading

Shuttle Atlantis Rolls Back to Launch Pad to Ride Out Ernesto

August 30th 2006 PDT

Aug. 29, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-304 SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLS BACK TO LAUNCH PAD TO RIDE OUT ERNESTO NASA managers decided early Tuesday to move the Space Shuttle Atlantis from its launch pad into the Vehicle Assembly Building for protection from approaching Tropical Storm Ernesto, but later in the day, when the weather forecast improved, they reversed the decision and began moving Atlantis back to the pad. ...Continue Reading

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August 29th 2006 PDT

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NASA TV Providing Live Video of Shuttle Atlantis Rollback

August 29th 2006 PDT

Aug. 29, 2006 Fred Brown/Al Feinberg Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713/1058 RELEASE: M06-139 NASA TV PROVIDING LIVE VIDEO OF SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLBACK NASA TV is providing live video from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., of Space Shuttle Atlantis' rollback from Launch Pad 39-B to the Vehicle Assembly Building on its Public, Education and Media channels. Live video will be available until 11:00 a.m. EDT and following the conclusion of "ISS Commentary" at noon EDT. For NASA TV downlink, streaming ...Continue Reading

NASA Decides to Move Shuttle Atlantis Off Launch Pad

August 29th 2006 PDT

Aug. 29, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-303 NASA DECIDES TO MOVE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS OFF LAUNCH PAD NASA has decided to roll the Space Shuttle Atlantis off its launch pad and back inside the protection of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The roll back is targeted to start at approximately 10:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday. The decision was made due to Tropical Storm Ernesto's track. Ernesto ...Continue Reading

Urban Legends: How They Start and Why They Persist, Today on LiveScience.com --- Monday, August 28, 2006

August 29th 2006 PDT

LiveScience.com Monday, August 28, 2006 Rats Born to Mice in Bizarre Lab Work The breakthrough suggests a way to save endangered species. As a strange aside, it produced rats that glow green. This Machine is Alive! Microscopic Motor Runs on Microbes Scientists have yoked bacteria to power rotary motors, the first microscopic mechanical devices to successfully incorporate living microbes together with inorganic parts. Ethanol Turned Into Food-Grade Alco ...Continue Reading

NASA Announces Media Briefing About Ocean Plant Growth

August 29th 2006 PDT

Aug. 28, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-138 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT OCEAN PLANT GROWTH NASA is hosting a media teleconference about a new technique that enables scientists to determine what limits the growth of ocean plants and affects world climate. The telecom starts at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 31. Briefing Participants: - Paula Bontempi, ocean biology and biogeoch ...Continue Reading

[nh-announce] 28 August 2006 -- Natural Hazards Updates

August 29th 2006 PDT

The following sections were updated since 25 August 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON Started by lightning in late July 2006, the Tripod Complex Fire continued to burn in northern Washington on August 27, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13814 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 27 2006 (Posted on Aug 28 2006 11:59AM) FIRES IN SOUTH AMERICA In South America, scores of fires were churning out thick smoke into the skies above Bolivia, Brazil, and Argent ...Continue Reading

Heads Up 8/29/06

August 29th 2006 PDT

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 EXPLORATION SYSTEMS PRESS CONFERENCE ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Aug. 31, 4 p.m., NASA Headquarters NASA Exploration Systems' managers will host a press conference to announce the prime contractor to develop, and build Orion, America's next human spacecraft. Scott Horowitz, Doug Cooke, Jeff Hanley and Caris A. (Skip) Hatfield will announce the selection and discuss the program. The media briefing will air live on NASA TV a ...Continue Reading
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