LiveScience.com Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Healthy Offspring Born From Lab-Grown Sperm Scientists have fertilized mouse eggs with sperm created from embryonic stem cells in the lab, a new study reports. Historical Tours Get New High-Tech Guide Monuments often lack good historical explanations or offer information that is out of date. A new project would send presentations to cell phones. What a Trip: Psychedelic Drug Study Recalls the '60s Many of the ...Continue Reading

July 11, 2006 Dean Acosta/Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-113 PRESIDENT BUSH CALLS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION President George W. Bush offered his best wishes to the crews of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station Tuesday. In a private phone call from the White House at 10:35 a.m. EDT, the president told the astronauts that they represent the best of service and exploration, and he thanked them for the job they are doing. A phot ...Continue Reading

If you have trouble viewing this email, click here. Click here for the July issue of Starry Night Times, which has a detailed guide of how to use Starry Night to view Jupiter's spots. Click here for a SPACE.com article on Red Spot Jr. Viewing Jupiter You’ll find Jupiter glowing brilliantly in the southern sky at nightfall, about halfway between the horizon and straight overhead. Its banded cloud pattern offers a pleasing view in backyard telescopes. Start with a low-power eyepiece and get the sharpest f ...Continue Reading

If you have trouble viewing this email, click here. Click here for the July issue of Starry Night Times, which has a detailed guide of how to use Starry Night to view Jupiter's spots. Click here for a SPACE.com article on Red Spot Jr. Viewing Jupiter You’ll find Jupiter glowing brilliantly in the southern sky at nightfall, about halfway between the horizon and straight overhead. Its banded cloud pattern offers a pleasing view in backy ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, July 11, 2006 STS-121 COVERAGE ON NASA TV AND ONLINE NASA is providing round-the-clock television and Internet coverage of the Space Shuttle Discovery's ongoing mission, STS-121, to the International Space Station. For mission information and a NASA TV schedule, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle EXTERNAL TRAINING REGISTRATION AND PURCHASE GO TO NSSC Contact: Mary Alice Diedrich 358-1159 Effective July 3, registration and purchase of offsite/ext ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Monday, July 10, 2006 Ancient U.S. Antelope Migration Route in Danger A 6,000-year-old corridor between Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks shrinks as developments move in. How Mosquitoes Find a Mate: Lots of Whining The high-pitched whine of a mosquito might drive you nuts, but it's music to the ears of these little pests. Mystery Solved: Why Gorillas Eat Rotting Wood After observing mountain gorillas in Uganda for nearly a ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 July 2006. -- STORM (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON EWINIAR Typhoon Ewiniar formed in the western Pacific on June 29, 2006, a hundred miles south of the Yap Islands in the Federated States of Micronesia. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13694 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 07 2006 (Posted on Jul 07 2006 9:52AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 10, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 10, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 10, 2006 11:36 am EDT* *Spacewalkers to Make Critical Space Station Repairs*HOUSTON – Two astronauts are set to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 05 July 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN CANADA'S YUKON TERRITORY Lightning triggered several fires in southeast Yukon Territory, Canada, over the first weekend of July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13690 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 04 2006 (Posted on Jul 05 2006 4:25PM) FIRES IN CENTRAL CANADA Numerous large and smoky fires were burning in central Canada in late June 2006. NASA's Terra satellite detected fires in Alb ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 July 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CENTRAL CANADA Numerous large and smoky fires were burning in central Canada in late June and early July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13692 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 05 2006 (Posted on Jul 06 2006 3:10PM) -- VOLCANO (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- STROMBOLI VOLCANO Stromboli Volcano showed signs of activity in early July 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.p ...Continue Reading