News, Thursday, 20 July 2006 Cassini Reveals Earth-like Land on Titan New radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal geological features very similar to a bright region on Saturn's moon Titan. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=675 +++++ Arches, Quintuplet, and GC Star Clusters This Chandra X-ray image of the Galactic Center shows three massive star clusters near Sagittarius A*. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/gcenter/ +++++ SMART-1 Manoeuvres Bring Moon Impact to Nearside On 2 July 2006, mission controllers successfully completed a two-week manoeuvre campaign designed to adjust the orbit for a nearside impact, to maximise science returns at mission end. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/SMART-1/SEM7P0BUQPE_0.html +++++ Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity The fourth installment of Science@NASA's Apollo Chronicles explains why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin couldn't fall asleep 37 years ago in the Sea of Tranquillity. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity.htm?list8645... +++++ Cluster Hits the Magnetic BullÂ’s-Eye The four spacecraft surrounded a region within which the EarthÂ’s magnetic field was spontaneously reconfiguring itself. http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMAYXAUQPE_index_0.html +++++ Podcast: Mars -- 30 Years After Viking Mars exploration, from the Viking Mission 30 years ago to today's spacecraft at the red planet. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/ +++++ Gruithuisen: Non-Mare Volcanism in Procellarum This image, taken by ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Gruithuisen area on the Moon. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEM871BUQPE_0.html +++++ Team Envisions Exploring Mars With Mini Probes MIT engineers and scientist colleagues have a new vision for the future of Mars exploration: a swarm of probes, each the size of a baseball, spreading out across the planet in every direction. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060719091322.htm +++++ China Eyes Exploration of Mars China's space exploration plans include not only missions to the Moon but also Mars... http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/19/china.space.reut/index.html +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** 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