August 29th 2006 PST
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August 29th 2006 PST
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
August 29th 2006 PST
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
August 29th 2006 PST
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
August 29th 2006 PST
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
August 29th 2006 PST
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
August 29th 2006 PST
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
August 28th 2006 PST
SPACE.com Update for August 28, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold} Â * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *August 28, 2006* Â *TOP STORY* *posted: August 28, 2006 11:15 am EDT*Â *Strange Pulsing Star Puzzles Astronomers*Astronomers using radio telescopes from around the world have discovered a spinnin ...Continue Reading
August 28th 2006 PST
Aug. 28, 2006 Allard Beutel/Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 06-302 TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO FORCES SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' LAUNCH DELAY Tuesday's scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on its STS-115 mission to the International Space Station is being postponed because of Tropical Storm Ernesto. A new launch date has not been set. Although no final decision has been made, shuttle managers meeting at NASA's Kennedy Space Center instructed launch teams Monday to continue prelimin ...Continue Reading
August 26th 2006 PST
Aug. 25, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-039 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-039 With the countdown clock ticking toward the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-115 mission, the International Space Station crew continues to prepare for visitors. Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer, NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germ ...Continue Reading
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