News, Tuesday, 11 July 2006 Russian Soyuz Flights To Cost NASA 12 Million Dollars A Seat NASA will have to pay $12 million (9-million euros) to use a Russian Soyuz rocket to reach the International Space Station next year... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russian_Soyuz_Flights_To_Cost_NASA_12_Mill... +++++ India Suffers Two Rocekt Setbacks IndiaÂ’s attempt to launch its heaviest satellite failed on Monday when the rocket carrying it went into a tailspin about a minute after blastoff and disintegrated, space officials said. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13801904/ +++++ 'Burns Cliff' in Color Stereo The panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured a sweeping image of "Burns Cliff"... http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20060710a.html +++++ Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills (False Color) From its winter outpost at "Low Ridge" inside Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this spectacular, color mosaic of hilly, sandy terrain and two potential iron meteorites. http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20060710a.html +++++ Satellite Systems To Warn of Health Threats Satellite solutions can make all the difference to the efficiency of telemedicine. With this in mind, ESA is preparing a European telemedicine via satellite programme which will be of direct benefit to the healthcare community. http://www.esa.int/esaTE/SEM4EEA6CPE_index_0.html +++++ China To Transmit Pop Music From Lunar-Probing Satellite Beijing, China (AFP) Jul 10, 2006 - China will transmit 30 pieces of Chinese music to Earth next year aboard its first lunar-probing satellite, state media said. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_To_Transmit_Pop_Music_From_Lunar_Pro... +++++ Europe Launches its First Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite MetOp-A, the first member of a new family of European satellites designed to monitor the EarthÂ’s atmosphere from low Earth orbit, is to be launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 17 July. http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMUEFA6CPE_LPmetop_0.html +++++ China Successfully Tests New Rocket Engine China has successfully test-fired the engines of a new rocket that could launch its first manned mission to the moon... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Successfully_Tests_New_Rocket_Engine... +++++ TV and Web Coverage of Shuttle Discovery NASA is providing round-the-clock coverage of Discovery's flight to the space station. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jul/HQ_M06111_121_coverage.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