Nov. 28, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-181 NASA TO BRIEF EXPLORATION STRATEGY AND LUNAR ARCHITECTURE HOUSTON - NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and senior executives from the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate will host a press conference at 1 p.m. CST Monday, Dec. 4, to announce the agency's global exploration strategy and lunar architecture. Scott Horowitz, associate administ ...Continue Reading

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Nov. 27, 2006 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 Marny Skora Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-3315 RELEASE: C06-062 NASA SELECTS MARYLAND FIRM FOR MISSION SUPPORT HAMPTON, Va. - NASA has selected Swales Aerospace, Beltsville, Md., to provide research and technology services to the agency's Langley Research Center. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a maximum value of $200 million over five years. Swales Aerospace will provide on-site research, engineering ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 24 November 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN TERRITORY AND QUEENSLAND Fires and large burn scars were scattered across the tropical savannas of Northern Territory and Queensland on November 27, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13984 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 27 2006 (Posted on Nov 27 2006 12:19PM) -- VOLCANO (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MOUNT ETNA, SICILY Sicily’s Mount Etna released a thick plume of vol ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Monday, November 27, 2006 Global Warming Could Doom Male Crocodiles Crocodile gender is determined by temperature during incubation. Nest Whale Vocabulary More Elaborate Than Thought Scientists discover 35 different sounds, including grumbles, snorts and cries. Computer Detects Anger Before Fights Break Out Combined with closed circuit television systems, this new software can quickly notify security personnel about loud, angry people in outdoor public spaces, p ...Continue Reading

------------------------------------------ Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006 CAR PASSES FOR STS-116 LAUNCH Contact: Tawana Clary 358-1718 tawana.m.clary@nasa.gov. NASA Headquarters has a limited number (9) of car passes for employees to view the STS-116 launch, scheduled no earlier than Dec. 7 at 9:38 p.m., at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The passes (for up to seven people per vehicle) will be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis. Employees who receive a car pass must attend a mandatory security briefing, which includes ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for November 27, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 27, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: November 27, 2006 11:43 am EDT* *Galactic Baby Boom Influenced Life on Earth*A long-ago stellar baby boom in the Milky Way sparked a flowering and crashing of life here on Earth, a new study suggests. Read More ...Continue Reading

The Fellowship in Aerospace History http://www.historians.org/prizes/NASA.htm The Fellowship in Aerospace History, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), annually funds one or more research projects for six months to one year. Proposals of advanced research in history related to all aspects of aerospace, from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, are eligible, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and history ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, November 24, 2006 Humans Inhabit the Soul of Experimental Robot In tests, researchers see, hear and feel sensations detected by a robot in another location, and they control the robot, too. New Insight into People Who Taste Words A new study of a small group of people who can "taste" words could help reveal how cognition and perception in all of us. Biking Can Make Women's Genitals Less Sensitive Women who bicycle frequently run the risk o ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 22 November 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OFF PAKISTAN Plumes of dust blew off the coasts of Pakistan and Iran on November 22, 2006. The plumes blew to the southeast over the Arabian Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13983 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 22 2006 (Posted on Nov 22 2006 4:59PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ...Continue Reading