News, Thursday, 21 SEP 2006 ASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Set for Landing Today The Space Shuttle Atlantis, led by Commander Brent Jett, is scheduled to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. today, Thursday, Sept. 21. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/sep/HQ_06319_atlantis_landing.html +++++ Ground-Piercing Radar on NASA Mars Orbiter Ready for Work NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has extended the long-armed antenna of its radar, preparing the instrument to begin probing for underground layers of Mars. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/newsroom/pressreleases/20060919a.html +++++ Greetings to Earth....From the Cassini spacecraft! As the Sun slipped behind Saturn last week, I caught a glimpse of something familiar behind the planet's rings -- a pale blue dot that I recognized as Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia08324.html +++++ NASA Rover Opportunity Takes First Peek Into Victoria Crater http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2006-111 +++++ Scientists Discover New Ring and Other Features at Saturn Saturn sports a new ring in an image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sunday, Sept. 17, during a one-of-a-kind observation. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2006-110 +++++ Ground-Piercing Radar on NASA Mars Orbiter Ready for Work NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has extended the long-armed antenna of its radar, preparing the instrument to begin probing for underground layers of Mars. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2006-109 +++++ To Be or Not to Be: Is It All About Spinning? Thanks to the unique possibilities offered by ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer , astronomers have solved a 140-year-old mystery concerning active hot stars. http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-35-06.html +++++ Teachers In Space Two more companies say they are setting aside seats in their yet-to-be-built suborbital craft to give teachers a free ride to the edge of space. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/09/20/4507.aspx +++++ Arctic Summer Ice Anomaly Shocks Scientists Satellite images have shown for the first time dramatic openings in the Arctic’s perennial sea ice pack... http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM7ZF8LURE_index_0.html +++++ Solar-B – A New Solar Mission To Study the Dynamic Sun A new Japanese-led solar mission with ESA participation is preparing for launch on 23 September 2006. http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM9ZE8LURE_index_0.html +++++ Station Crews Brief Media on NASA TV The NASA astronauts, Russian cosmonauts and spaceflight participant aboard the ISS will participate in a news conference Friday, September 22. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/sep/HQ_M06150_ISS_TV.html +++++ India Space Agency Dreams Of Lunar Ice Mines India Has a date with the moon in 2008. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/India_Space_Agency_Dreams_Of_Lunar_Ice_Min... +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Free Telescopes For SLAS Members SLAS has several scopes available for free, long term loan to current SLAS members who have belonged to SLAS for at least 30 days. http://slas.us/membership_benefits.htm +++++ Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At:s 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 +++++ SLAS 2007 Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/LOCAL2007.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