Today on SPACE.com --- Monday September 18, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
/------------------------------------- Advertisement: Visit the LiveScience Store Cool Gifts, Gadgets, and Gear. Products for the inquiring mind. http://livesciencestore.com/index.html -------------------------------------/ In today's issue: Science/Astronomy: * Milky Way's Formation Theory Questioned * Partial Solar Eclipse for South America Sept. 22 * Brighter Space Station Might Rival Venus in Night Sky * Image of the Day: Shadow and Shade Spaceflight: * Mission Atlantis: Astronauts Scan Shuttle Heat Shield for Damage * Liftoff! Fourth Space Tourist, New Crew Launches Toward Space Station * Space Station Crew Detects Smoke-like Smell in Russian Segment * NOAA Drops GOES-R Sensors * Space Station Gets Ready for New Guests * Interview with Anousheh Ansari, the First Female Space Tourist * NEW! Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does Mona Lisa's Smile Change? * Vote for the Freakiest Lab Animals * Why We Itch * 'Minority Report' Ads Are In Your Future * Egyptian Mummy Real * New: Lightning Strikes: The Best of Your Amazing Images * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: STS-115 Spacewalks * LIVE NASA TV Video of STS-115 Mission to the ISS * Amazing Galaxies: Great Backyard Images * Top 10: The Wildest Weather in the Galaxy * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space * VIDEO: When Stars Collide * New: Stars and Galaxies Wallpaper, Part 2 * Vote: The Best Space Movies Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Milky Way's Formation Theory Questioned http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060918_galactic_bulge.html The Milky Way might not have formed through the merger of several smaller galaxies as previously thought, but by some other unknown process, a new study suggests. * Partial Solar Eclipse for South America Sept. 22 http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060915_night_sky.html If you plan to be in the central or eastern portion of South America or the western or southern part of Africa on Friday, Sept. 22, you will be treated to a partial solar eclipse. * Brighter Space Station Might Rival Venus in Night Sky http://www.space.com/spacewatch/060915_iss_watch.html The biggest and brightest manmade object orbiting Earth just got bigger and brighter. * Image of the Day: Shadow and Shade http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060918.html This moody true color portrait of Saturn shows a world that can, at times, seem as serene and peaceful as it is frigid and hostile. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Mission Atlantis: Astronauts Scan Shuttle Heat Shield for Damage http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060918_sts115_lateinspection.html Astronauts aboard NASA's space shuttle Atlantis once more scanned their spacecraft's heat shield Monday, this time in search of any signs of strikes by micrometeorites or orbital debris (MMOD). * Liftoff! Fourth Space Tourist, New Crew Launches Toward Space Station http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060918_exp14_launch.html A Russian rocket launched the world's fourth space tourist and two astronauts into orbit early Monday morning on a two-day trip bound for the International Space Station (ISS). * Space Station Crew Detects Smoke-like Smell in Russian Segment http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060918_iss_smoke.html Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) reported a smoke-like smell in the Russian-built segment of the orbital laboratory Monday, sending the crew into emergency procedures though no smoke or fire was evident. * NOAA Drops GOES-R Sensors http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_060918.html The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has decided to drop plans for the development of a new instrument package for the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. * Space Station Gets Ready for New Guests http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060917_ap_exp14_prep.html The international space station's three residents bade farewell to one set of houseguests Sunday and prepared for the arrival of more visitors. * Interview with Anousheh Ansari, the First Female Space Tourist http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060915_ansari_qna.html In a telephone interview with SPACE.com, Ansari discussed the hardest part of her training, the most anticipated part of her trip, and why she takes offense to the term "space tourist." * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: How long does it take to orbit the Earth (under 300 miles altitude) ? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Why Does Mona Lisa's Smile Change? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Why Does Mona Lisa's Smile Change? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * Vote for the Freakiest Lab Animals http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=freakylabanimals Some genetically altered creatures are loaded with human cells and even organs. Others glow. Vote for the freakiest. * Why We Itch http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060918_mm_itch.html Scientists are just as frustrated as you in trying to figure out what causes various skin irritations and how to put an end to all the scratching. But there are some things you should know. * 'Minority Report' Ads Are In Your Future http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/060917_bluscreen.html BluScreen, an interactive advertising technology that identifies passers-by using their Bluetooth-enabled cellphones, is being tested at the school of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University in the UK. * Egyptian Mummy Real http://www.livescience.com/history/060915_ap_barnum_mummy.html P.T. Barnum wasn't fooling. The Egyptian mummy in his museum is for real. * New: Lightning Strikes: The Best of Your Amazing Images http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=883&gid=56&index=0 Spectacular flashes submitted by LiveScience visitors! * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=urbanlegends We invite you to vote on your favorite and most broken-telephoned urban legends out there. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: STS-115 Spacewalks http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4243&gid=304 Cool photos of the spacewalks performed during the STS-115 Mission. * LIVE NASA TV Video of STS-115 Mission to the ISS http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html Tune in to NASA TV for full coverage of Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-115. * Amazing Galaxies: Great Backyard Images http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=3971&gid=286 Spectacular views submitted by SPACE.com visitors. * Top 10: The Wildest Weather in the Galaxy http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060703_wild_weather_top10.html Raging winds, iron rain and heat waves to melt lead. Explore the Top 10 stormiest places. * Vote Now: The Strangest Things in Space http://www.space.com/bestimg/?cat=strangest Now you can decide which is most bizarre. * VIDEO: When Stars Collide http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=when_stars_collid Stars are so far apart, it's hard to imagine them crashing. But they do. And the result isn't pretty * New: Stars and Galaxies Wallpaper, Part 2 http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=universe2 Fifteen of the coolest wallpaper downloads in the universe. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! ---------------------------------- * 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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