News, Saturday, 01 July 2006 NASA TV Shuttle Launch Coverage Begins at 8:00 a.m. MDT Today Launch is set for 1:49 p.m. MDT this afternoon. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html +++++ STS Update http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news/status-20060630.html +++++ SPOC Open Tonight Weather permitting SPOC will be open for public viewing tonight (Saturday). Come on out and watch the shuttle and ISS fly over. http://slas.us/displayevent.asp?EventID=844 +++++ Sunday Night's Flyby of Asteroid 2004 XP14 On the morning of July 3, 2006, a small asteroid will brighten to 11th magnitude as it passes Earth. Here's how to find it. http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/asteroids/article_1751_1.asp +++++ Space Station's Future Rides on Successful Shuttle Launch Any problems with Discovery's planned launch on Saturday could mean the end of the shuttle programme – that would leave the still-unfinished ISS high and dry http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9455-space-stations-future-rides-... +++++ Kepler Crater as Seen by SMART-1 This animation, made from images taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Kepler crater on the Moon. http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMBGLVT0PE_index_0.html +++++ Engineers Restart Hubble Camera NASA engineers successfully activated the Advanced Camera for Surveys at 9:12 a.m. EDT Friday aboard the agency's Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_06272_HST_status_report.html +++++ Hubble's Back — and Better Than Ever? The Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys is up and running after a nearly two-week shutdown. http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1750_1.asp +++++ NASA Names New Rockets NASA announced on Friday the names of the next generation of launch vehicles that will return humans to the moon and later take them to Mars and other destinations. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_06270_NASA_Announces_Ares.html +++++ Full Plate for Opportunity Opportunity is healthy. Opportunity has had a full plate with a new flight software load being uplinked and the rover driving towards "Victoria Crater." http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status_opportunityAll.html#sol859 +++++ NASA's Micro-Satellites Complete Mission NASA's three orbiting micro-satellites known as Space Technology 5 have completed their planned 90-day mission. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_06254_microsatellites.html +++++ Can You Hear Me Now? Not on Mars It may be difficult for two people to have a conversation on Mars... http://www.physorg.com/news70900952.html +++++ Squadrons of Planet Hunters Could Find Life Over the years, a series of new telescopes have been lofted into space... But these observatories will pale in comparison when squadrons of space telescopes reach orbit. http://www.universetoday.com/2006/06/30/squadrons-of-planet-hunters-could-fi... +++++ Cassini Update http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/sig-event-details.cfm?newsID=671 +++++ ISS Update http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2006/iss06-33.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