Today on SPACE.com --- Wednesday February 15, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: Astrophotography Made Easy and Affordable! with great cameras from Orion http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?itemID=237&itemType=CATEGORY&path=1%2C3 -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Biggest Lightning Storm Ever Recorded on Saturn * Recount Results: A Million Stars Missing * Planets Might Orbit Backward around Odd Star * Image of the Day: Olympics From on High Spaceflight: * Air Apparent: New Oxygen Systems for the ISS * ASTRONOTES: SuitSat Signal Survives * NASA Recycles Former ISS Module for Life Support Research * NASA Moon Plans Advance * NASA Revising Public Affairs Policies * Commentary: NASA's 2007 Budget Proposal: No Real Vision * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * VIDEO: Nature Presents: Under Antarctic Ice * U.S. Ski Suits Straight Out of Science Fiction * Creepy Spiders: The Best of Your Amazing Images * Ancient Cave Art Full of Teenage Graffiti * Test Helps Predict Your Chances Of Dying * Why Some Old Lovers Look Alike * Vote Now: The Biggest Popular Myths NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: Aurora: Dangerous Beauty * Amazing Images Hall of Fame * Gallery: NASA's First 100 Spacewalks * Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery * VOTE! Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever! * New Gallery: Visualizations of Mars * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies * Film Documentary Spotlights Lost Challenger Teacher-Astronaut * NASA's Mars Rovers to Hit the Silver Screen * New Horizons Documentary a 'Passport' to Space Planning, Politics and Passion * Gallery: Walking on the Moon in 3D * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! Recent Headlines: * The Lover's Moon: Go Ahead and Swoon * Pilot Steve Fossett Breaks Flight Record * Former NASA Public Affairs Official Says He's Under Attack * SpaceX Scrubs Falcon 1 Launch Debut for Third Time * Spirit Mars Rover Reaches 'Home Plate': Formation Has Researchers Puzzled * Reaching for the Edge: New Horizons Spacecraft Bound for Pluto * Complete Coverage Stardust Returns to Earth Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Biggest Lightning Storm Ever Recorded on Saturn http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060214_saturn_lightning.html Scientists are tracking the strongest lighting storm ever detected at Saturn. The storm is larger than the continental United States, with electrical activity 1,000 times stronger than the lightning on Earth. * Recount Results: A Million Stars Missing http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060214_scitues_lost_stars.html Call it a slip-up in stellar record keeping. A new survey finds that the globular cluster Messier 12 actually has about one million fewer stars than astronomers had long assumed. * Planets Might Orbit Backward around Odd Star http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060213_backards.html A developing star has been found to have two disks of material rotating in opposite directions. The discovery hints at a future solar system with planets going this way and that. * Image of the Day: Olympics From on High http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060215.html Astronauts aboard the International Space Station take a long distance look at Turin, Italy, home of the 20th Winter Olympic Games. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Air Apparent: New Oxygen Systems for the ISS http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060215_techwed_iss_oxygen.html Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be breathing easy after the next shuttle visit to the orbital research platform. * ASTRONOTES: SuitSat Signal Survives http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html An unmanned spacesuit drifting in Earth orbit is still pumping out a weak radio signal more than 10 days since astronauts tossed it from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA officials said Tuesday. * NASA Recycles Former ISS Module for Life Support Research http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060214_iss_module.html A module once destined to house astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has found a new purpose as a test bed for future life support systems. * NASA Moon Plans Advance http://www.space.com/news/060214_staif_moonplans.html NASA is fleshing out details of launch vehicles, robotic and human exploration systems that can enable a sustained back to the Moon effort, including possible establishment of an Antarctic-like lunar outpost. * NASA Revising Public Affairs Policies http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_060213.html NASA is revising its public affairs policies following allegations that political appointees tried to muzzle the agency's top climatologist, who is known for speaking his mind about global warming. * Commentary: NASA's 2007 Budget Proposal: No Real Vision http://www.space.com/news/HuntressFriedman_Commentary_021306.html Let's put the bottom line right at the top. The Bush administration is unwilling to provide the funds necessary to fulfill its Vision for Space Exploration. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: What is the name given to the process of transmitting technical data to or from spacecraft? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * VIDEO: Nature Presents: Under Antarctic Ice http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=under_antarctic_quest Scuba diving filmmakers document stunning creatures and scenes beneath the ice pack around the South Pole. Preview this video. Narrated by Hillary Swank * U.S. Ski Suits Straight Out of Science Fiction http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060215_technovelgy.html In their 1971 novel The Flying Sorcerors, David Gerrold and Larry Niven wrote about an impossible idea, a suit that was both flexible all over and hard as armor all over. * Creepy Spiders: The Best of Your Amazing Images http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=537&gid=37 We've selected the best of your eight-legged Amazing Images. * Ancient Cave Art Full of Teenage Graffiti http://www.livescience.com/history/060214_cave_art.html Many art historians and anthropologists believe Paleolithic cave wall art was done by accomplished shaman-artists, but mixed in with the finer paintings are graffiti-like scenes of sex and hunting. * Test Helps Predict Your Chances Of Dying http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060214_ap_dying_test.html It sounds like a perfect parlor game for baby boomers suddenly confronting their own mortality: What are your chances of dying within four years? Researchers have come up with 12 risk factors to try to answer that for people who are 50 and older. * Why Some Old Lovers Look Alike http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060214_face_personality.html Forget about opposites attracting. We like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own. * Vote Now: The Biggest Popular Myths http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/?cat=myths LiveScience explores some of the most familiar wives tales and urban legends, plus some that sound dubious but which turn out to be true. Vote for your favorite. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * VIDEO: Aurora: Dangerous Beauty http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b050715_auroradanger Violent eruptions on the Sun paint great beauty in polar skies. But they also bring high voltage! * Amazing Images Hall of Fame http://www.space.com/amazingimages/ Upload your cool science and space-themed images now. Get your own homepage, vote for your favorites and more! * Gallery: NASA's First 100 Spacewalks http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=706&gid=57 Astronauts became their own spaceships and ventured out into the vacuum of Earth orbit, the Moon's surface or the deep space between. * Comets Through Time: Myths and Mystery http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/comets/ Take a journey around the Solar System with this new multimedia adventure! * VOTE! Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever! http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=galactic Out of this world: Vote now for your favorite galactic image. * New Gallery: Visualizations of Mars http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3823&gid=278 Incredible Mars renderings from Space Artist Kees Veenenbos. * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! http://www.space.com/php/weatherbug/ Type in your ZIP Code and hit "Go" to get your live local weather. * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! http://www.space.com/jobs/ Imaginova and CareerBuilder.com have partnered to bring you the best in job searching, resume posting, and online recruiting. ---------------------------------- Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... http://www.space.com/entertainment/ * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Vote Now For Your Favorite Space Movie of All Time! * Film Documentary Spotlights Lost Challenger Teacher-Astronaut http://www.space.com/entertainment/ap_060124_challenger_mcauliffe.html The Challenger explosion left an indelible impression on Renee Sotile, who like so many starry-eyed students in 1986 had been captivated by a teacher who was among the crew heading to space. * NASA's Mars Rovers to Hit the Silver Screen http://www.space.com/entertainment/060119_ent_roving_mars.html NASA's hardy twin robots Spirit and Opportunity currently roving across the surface of Mars will be immortalized in a fresh documentary about their wildly successful mission. * New Horizons Documentary a 'Passport' to Space Planning, Politics and Passion http://www.space.com/entertainment/060114_passport_review.html This remarkable show flies out far ahead of the probe itself, giving viewers two critical insights into the "third realm" of the Solar System. * Gallery: Walking on the Moon in 3D http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3594&gid=265&index=0 Take a sneak peek at scenes from the new IMAX movie Magnificent Desolation. * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! http://www.space.com/entertainment/spacebox/ Explore the SpaceBox! The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Music Inspired by the Cosmos! ---------------------------------- Recent Headlines: http://www.space.com/news/ * The Lover's Moon: Go Ahead and Swoon http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060213_mystery_monday.html * Pilot Steve Fossett Breaks Flight Record http://www.space.com/news/ap_060211_fossett_record.html * Former NASA Public Affairs Official Says He's Under Attack http://www.space.com/news/ap_060210_deutsch_response.html * SpaceX Scrubs Falcon 1 Launch Debut for Third Time http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060210_spacex_falcon1_scrub.html * Spirit Mars Rover Reaches 'Home Plate': Formation Has Researchers Puzzled http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060210_spirit_home_plate.html * Reaching for the Edge: New Horizons Spacecraft Bound for Pluto http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/0601_pluto_newhorizons_archive.html * Complete Coverage Stardust Returns to Earth http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/0601_stardust_archive.html ----------------------------- * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * NightSky: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- JOIN NOW! 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