July 28, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-042 NASA AWARDS LAUNCH SERVICES FOR LUNAR MISSION NASA announced today the award of launch services for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. of Littleton, Colo. The total cost of launch services for NASA, which includes spacecraft processing, and associated mission integration services such as telemetry support ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 27 July 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES In blazing heat, firefighters were working to contain numerous wildfires in several Western states in late July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13736 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 27 2006 (Posted on Jul 28 2006 12:10PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON KAEMI Typhoon Kaemi tracked northwest across the Philippine Sea before striking Taiwan ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Friday, July 28, 2006 New Type of Volcano Pops Up Small volcanoes discovered east of the Japanese Islands on the western Pacific Ocean floor formed through an unrecognized type of volcanism. Shadowy T-rays: Hunting Tumors and Exploring the Universe X-rays and microwaves have all sorts of applications, but researchers are just beginning to explore lesser known T-rays. Newfound Snake Anti-Venom is Already Inside You Our immune systems mi ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 28, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 28, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 28, 2006 10:56 am EDT* *Wet Wear: Aquanauts Test Spacesuit Concepts on Ocean Floor*Six aquanauts will rise from the deep today ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9382 RELEASE: 06-274 CASSINI FINDS LAKES ON TITAN'S ARCTIC REGION NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found lakes on Saturn's moon Titan. The lakes are most likely the source of hydrocarbon smog in the frigid moon's atmosphere. Finding the source of the complex soup of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere has been a major goal for the Cassini mission and is a signi ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2006 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington Phone: 202- 358-1979 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston Phone: 281- 483-5111 STATUS REPORT: 06-273 NASA EXPLORATION SYSTEMS PROGRESS REPORT NASA engineers around the country recently completed tests associated with rocket engines, heat protection systems and spacesuits destined for use in the Constellation Program of moon and Mars missions. Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., completed an early step in developi ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 27, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 27, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 27, 2006 10:37 am EDT* *Hot New Idea: How Dead Stars Go Cold*A new study suggests that the mechanism behind the intense X-ra ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 26 July 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TAKLIMAKAN DUST STORM A dust storm struck the Taklimakan Desert in western China in late July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13734 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 26 2006 (Posted on Jul 27 2006 12:32PM) -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM EMILIA The fifth named storm to form in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2006, Tropical Storm Emilia skirted the coast of Mexi ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for July 28, 2006 At the dawn on the Space Age, the first spaceship to reach the Moon crashed. Forty-seven years later, NASA plans to do it again. A ship named LCROSS is going to hit the Moon, not once but twice, in a daring search for lunar water. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28jul_crashlanding.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 unsubscrib ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, July 27, 2006 Newfound Snake Anti-Venom is Already Inside You Our immune systems might already be effective in protecting us against small doses of venom from certain snakes and insects without any outside help. Scientist: Inject Sulfur into Air to Battle Global Warming A scientist says we can mimic the effect of volcanoes and shade the whole planet. Cosmic Dust Ruled Out in Ancient Global Warming About 10,000 years ago, ...Continue Reading