August 25th 2006 PDT
Aug. 24, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-137 NASA ANNOUNCES CONTRACTOR FOR ORION CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE NASA Exploration Systems' managers will host a press conference at 4 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 31, to announce the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, America's next human spacecraft. The press conference will be in the NASA headquarters auditorium, 300 E Street S.W., W ...Continue Reading
August 25th 2006 PDT
Aug. 24, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237 Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-044 NASA AWARDS NOAA GOES-R INSTRUMENT CONTRACT NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R) Program, has selected Assurance Technology Corporation for a $101.7 million dollar contract. The contract is for the Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS), which ...Continue Reading
August 25th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 23 August 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- COLUMBIA COMPLEX FIRE In the southeastern corner of Washington the Columbia Complex Fire had grown to 34,000 acres as of August 24, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13804 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 23 2006 (Posted on Aug 24 2006 1:37PM) -- FLOOD (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MONSOON RAINS FLOOD SOUTHERN INDIA Three days of torrential monsoon rain triggered floods across much of In ...Continue Reading
August 25th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for August 24, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *August 24, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: August 24, 2006 04:45 pm EDT* *Pluto Demoted: No Longer a Planet in Highly Controversial Definition*The IAU proposed a new defin ...Continue Reading
August 25th 2006 PDT
LiveScience.com Thursday, August 24, 2006 Even the Simplest Creatures Favor Family Single-celled amoebas, the simplest creatures known, stick with kin in times of need. Ancient Minty Painkiller Worked, Modern Study Suggests The doctors of ancient Greece and China had it right when they applied cool and minty salves to soothe aches and pains. Talking Robot is Surprisingly Anthropomorphic WT-6 uses a tongue, lips and vocal cords. The World's Longest-Ru ...Continue Reading
August 24th 2006 PDT
Space Weather News for August 24, 2006 http://spaceweather.com Today, astronomers at the International Astronomical Union's General Assembly in Prague decided that the Solar System has eight planets, and Pluto is not one of them. Pluto has been declared a "dwarf planet." Joining Pluto in the dwarf planet category are giant asteroid Ceres and Pluto's cousin 2003 UB313. Get the full story at http://spaceweather.com . You are currently subscribed to spaceweather as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. To unsubscrib ...Continue Reading
August 24th 2006 PDT
Catch a Flight through the Universe with Starry Night Enthusiast New Version 6 If you have trouble viewing this email, click here. Visit LiveScience.com (www.LiveScience.com) for a fast-paced look at the new discoveries, scientific inquiries and the oddities in the world around us. You have received this e-mail as a recipient of the LiveScience.com Daily E-Mail Newsletter. To make sure our email updates are delivered to ...Continue Reading
August 24th 2006 PDT
Catch a Flight through the Universe with Starry Night Enthusiast New Version 6 If you have trouble viewing this email, click here. Visit LiveScience.com (www.LiveScience.com) for a fast-paced look at the new discoveries, scientific inquiries and the oddities in the world around us. You have received this e-mail as a recipient of the LiveScience.com Daily E-Mail Newsletter. To make sure our email updates are delivered to ...Continue Reading
August 24th 2006 PDT
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August 24th 2006 PDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 NASA TV AND WEB COVERAGE OF STS-115 LAUNCH Date/Time: Sunday, Aug. 27, 4:30 p.m. (scheduled launch time) NASA TV and the NASA Portal http://www.nasa.gov will provide extensive prelaunch and launch day coverage for the Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-115 mission. The NASA Portal's prelaunch webcast is set for 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 26. Launch day coverage on NASA TV and NASA's Launch Blog begins at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 27. To access mission ...Continue Reading
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