News, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 ESA's Envisat Views Earth The European Space Agency today donated a composite satellite image of global land cover provided by its Envisat satellite to the United Nations in Geneva http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM2CXEFWOE_Protecting_0.html +++++ Hubble Reveals Two Dust Disks Around Nearby Star Beta Pictoris The images offer tantalizing new evidence for at least one Jupiter-size planet orbiting Beta Pictoris. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/25/ +++++ NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Marks Mission Halfway Point As the Cassini spacecraft reaches the halfway mark in its four-year tour of the Saturn system, discoveries made during the first half of the mission have scientists revved up to find out what's in store for the second act. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=670 +++++ NASA Issues Hubble Space Telescope Status Report NASA engineers continue to examine the issues surrounding a problem related to the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_06252_HST_status_report.html +++++ Old US Satellite Passes Space Station Without Incident An old U.S. Air Force spy satellite named Hitch Hiker 1 passed close but harmlessly by the International Space Station... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Old_US_Satellite_Passes_Space_Station_With... +++++ STS Update http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news/status-20060627.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