Aug. 15, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-130 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE STATION ASSEMBLY-CHALLENGES INTERVIEWS As the space shuttle prepares to resume the International Space Station's construction this month, Mission Operations Space Shuttle Manager Paul Hill is available by satellite 7 to 9 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 18, to discuss the job ahead. Media interested in interviewing Hill should contact Debbie Sharp at ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for August 15, 2006 A strange little sunspot noticed by astronomers on July 31st may herald the coming of an unusually stormy solar cycle. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15aug_backwards.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml 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-snglist-882224F@ ...Continue Reading

Aug. 15, 2006 Dean Acosta/Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/1600 RELEASE: 06-291 DELGADO NAMED NASA'S SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Tuesday Glenn A. Delgado has been appointed the assistant administrator for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Delgado will serve as advisor to NASA's associate administrator, Institutions and Management for all agency small business matters. He will provide executive leadership and ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 August 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN IDAHO Numerous wildfires were burning in Idaho in mid-August 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13779 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14 2006 (Posted on Aug 15 2006 10:07AM) FIRES IN OREGON In northern Oregon's Cascade Mountains, several fires were burning in mid-August 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13780 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14 2006 (Posted on A ...Continue Reading

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---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 POST-FRR NEWS CONFERENCE ON NASA TV Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, Aug. 16, no earlier than 2 p.m., Kennedy Space Center, Fla. NASA officials will host a news conference following the two-day Flight Readiness Review for the STS-115 mission on the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Aug. 15-16 meeting is designed to produce a number of key decisions about STS-115, including selection of an official launch date. The briefing will air live ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for August 14, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 14, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 14, 2006 10:59 am EDT* *Star Warp: Long-Sought Shapely Space Figure Found*Observations by the Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA) has found the ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-126 (Corrected) NASA ANNOUNCES CREW AND CARGO TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS NASA Exploration Systems' managers will host a press conference at 4 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 18, to announce the organizations selected to develop and demonstrate commercial orbital transportation services. The services could pave the way for contracts to launch and deliver crew and ...Continue Reading