The following sections were updated since 15 December 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the southern side of the Himalayas in late November 2006. Haze remained in the area the following month. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14031 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 11 2006 (Posted on Dec 15 2006 9:17AM) DUST STORM FROM THE BODELE DEPRESSION A dust storm blew out of the Bodele Depression on December 11, 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.g ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for December 18, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 18, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 18, 2006 11:27 am EDT* *Spacewalkers to Help Fold ISS Solar Array*HOUSTON -- Two shuttle astronauts are poised to step outside the International Space Station (ISS) later today in an extra spacewalk aim ...Continue Reading

Dec. 18, 2006 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 Jon Murchinson Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif. 650-253-4437 RELEASE: 06-371 NASA AND GOOGLE TO BRING SPACE EXPLORATION DOWN TO EARTH MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing, to human- ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for December 15, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 15, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 15, 2006 04:43 pm EDT* *NASA Weighs ISS Solar Array Plans, Lauds Spacewalk*HOUSTON -- NASA mission managers are weighing plans to address a stubborn solar array left half-exposed above the International ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, December 15, 2006 Big Hawaiian Earthquake Had Surprising Trigger A new fault formed off the northwest coast of Hawaii on Oct. 15 of this year, and now scientists are figuring out what caused the crack and the ensuing 6.7 magnitude earthquake. Warm Fuzzy Feelings Fuel Higher Prices People seem to assign higher value to objects when they're in a friendlier mindset, a new study suggests. Al Gore Urges Scientists to Speak Out on Climate Change Gore said that in orde ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2006 Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/9000 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-190 NASA AMES SCHEDULES BRIEFING TO DISCUSS GOOGLE AGREEMENT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif,. - NASA Ames Research Center hosts a media briefing Monday to discuss a major announcement involving Google, Inc. WHAT: Media briefing announcing details of Space Act Agreement with Google, Inc. WHERE: NASA Ames Research Center, Bldg. N-200, upstairs conference room WHO: S. Pete Worden, director, NASA Ames Resea ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 December 2006. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON UTOR Typhoon Utor struck the Philippines on December 9, 2006. Coming just a week after Super Typhoon Durian passed through the island chain on a parallel path to the north, Utor brought heavy rain and strong winds to sodden ground and swollen rivers. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=14030 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 13 2006 (Posted on Dec 15 2006 12:31PM) ---------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2006 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-189 NASA LOOKING FOR FUTURE EXPLORERS FOR EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - NASA is searching for the next generation of space explorers to participate in the fun, exciting and educational challenge of designing and building their own version of NASA's lunar rover or "moonbuggy" to compete in NASA's 14th Great Moonbuggy Race. This an ...Continue Reading

Dec. 15, 2006 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 Debbie Nguyen Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-372 NASA SELECTS UNDERGRADUATE TEAMS TO FLY ON 'WEIGHTLESS WONDER' HOUSTON -Thirty-four undergraduate student teams have been selected to fly and conduct experiments aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder" reduced gravity aircraft next spring. After arrival at Ellington Field and NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, the teams will spend several days preparing themselve ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, December 14, 2006 Some Like it Hot: Especially This Microbe Life may be able to thrive at even more extreme conditions below the sea floor than previously thought, according to scientists who found a microbe able to convert nitrogen to energy at temperatures far higher than was known before. Why Teens Do Stupid Things It's not that they don't ponder the the potential consequences. In fact, a new study finds teens spend more time weighing risk than adults. ...Continue Reading