News, Monday, 17 July 2006 Discovery Cleared for Landing; First Attempt This Morning Landing is set for 7:14 a.m. MDT today at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The crew is scheduled to fire the shuttleÂ’s engines at 6:07 a.m. to begin DiscoveryÂ’s descent to Florida. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html +++++ TONIGHT'S Snowbird Star Party (Update) Those SLAS members wishing to take advantage of the free dinner offer are encouraged to avoid long lines by arriving early. SLASers who arrive before 7:00 p.m. will be put to the front of the food line. Take Snowbird entrance #2 and ask directions of the volunteer staff. http://slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=895 +++++ Congratulations Congratulations to Mike Wilson for completing training on the Bogdan Refractor at SPOC. +++++ Scientists Gaining Clearer Picture of Comet Makeup and Origin Scientists are getting their best understanding yet of the makeup of comets - not only of the materials inside these planetary building blocks, but also of the way they could have formed... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Scientists_Gaining_Clearer_Picture_of_Come... +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/latest/index.cfm http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-releases.cfm +++++ Information On The Mars Rovers At: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html +++++ SLAS 2006 Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/LOCAL.HTML +++++ SSA / UMNH 2006 Southern Utah Public Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/STARPARTIES.HTML +++++ ************************************************** News is being sent to you because of your affiliation with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society or because you are subscribed to the Utah Astronomy Listserve. To unsubscribe please send your request to paw at wirelessbeehive dot com. Check out my NASA Solar System Ambassador web site at: http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky and mirrored at http://utahastro.info/ For astronomy clubs in Utah see: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/UTAHCLUBS.HTML For the Utah Astronomy Listserve see: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy ************************************************** -- Patrick Wiggins NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah & NE Nevada paw at wirelessbeehive dot com http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky http://utahastro.info/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092