Today on SPACE.com --- Thursday August 31, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/
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LiveScience.com * Vote: Fantastic Tales: Urban Legends Debunked * NEW: Life's Little Mysteries: Does Lightning Hit Airplanes? * Quiz: The State of the United States * Bullet Fragments Killing Condors * Anger and Hostility May Damage Your Lungs * 100 Slaughtered Elephants Found in Africa NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: Poised for Impact * VIDEO: Novas: Pouring Gas on a Fire * Gallery: Best Views from the Space Shuttle * New! Great Space Quizzes: Shuttle Countdown * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever * Vote: The Best Space Movies * Cool Space Wallpapers: Mars * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Bulldoze Pluto? I Don't Think So http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_pluto_060831.html The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has spoken on the status of Pluto. The only thing missing when they announced the decision at their press conference was the Mission Accomplished banner. Yes, I'm afraid this matter is about as settled as the Iraq war in 2003. * Pluto: Down But Maybe Not Out http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060831_planet_definition.html If you did not like Pluto's demotion, don't give up hope. * Rare Uranian Eclipse Captured by Hubble http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060831_uranus_eclipse.html The shadow cast by a moon as it drifted through space above the blue-green cloud tops of Uranus was recently captured for the first time by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. * Image of the Day: Bright Formations http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_060831.html This image shows the reflection nebula IC 1396, a bright star formation region located about 3000 light years from our Solar System. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Sky High Plans For UP Aerospace http://www.space.com/news/060831_xprize_upaero.html Momentum is picking up in staging the X Prize Cup, to be held October 20-21 at the Las Cruces International Airport, New Mexico. * Spacecraft Set to Smack the Moon This Weekend http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060831_smart-1_crash.html A European lunar orbiter is on track to hit the Moon over the weekend. * NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Weathers Storm at Launch Pad http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060831_sts115_posternesto.html NASA's space shuttle Atlantis appears to be in good health after weathering what is now Tropical Storm Ernesto, and is once more being primed for a September launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. * First Female Space Tourist Readies for ISS Trip http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060830_ansari_exp14.html Like millions of people fascinated by space, Anousheh Ansari said Wednesday she remembers wondering as a child if somebody else like her could be out there among the stars. * Mars Orbiter Ready to Begin Engine Burn http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060830_mro_burn.html Ground controllers are ready to perform a major maneuver today of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)an end game tactic that puts the orbiting probe a step closer to scientific sensor sweeping of the red planet. * Extra Launch Day Available for Shuttle Atlantis, NASA Says http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060830_sts115_launchwindow.html NASA flight controllers now have an extra day to launch the shuttle Atlantis towards the International Space Station (ISS) this month as mission managers added Sept. 8 among possible dates for the planned liftoff, agency officials said Wednesday. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: To what ambient (space vacuum) temperature extremes are astronauts exposed while on space walks in Earth orbit? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * 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: Life's Little Mysteries: Does Lightning Hit Airplanes? http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/ Does Lightning Hit Airplanes? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you. * Quiz: The State of the United States http://www.livescience.com/php/trivia/index.php?quiz=census See how well you do answering some of the U.S. Census Bureau's most-asked questions. * Bullet Fragments Killing Condors http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060830_condors_birds.html The condors feed on carcasses of animals that have been shot, and lead poisons the birds. * Anger and Hostility May Damage Your Lungs http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060831_anger_lungs.html Anger and hostility can be bad for your lungs, a new study suggests. * 100 Slaughtered Elephants Found in Africa http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060830_chad_elephants.html Researchers said today they found 100 slaughtered elephants near Africa's Zakouma National Park. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * New Gallery: Poised for Impact http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=4206&gid=302&index=0 Gallery of Moon shots by the doomed SMART-1 spacecraft. * VIDEO: Novas: Pouring Gas on a Fire http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=novas When one star dumps pure fuel on another, a runaway thermonuclear blast can be touched off. * Gallery: Best Views from the Space Shuttle http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=2777&gid=214&index=0 Check out this new gallery of cool views from past Shuttle missions. * New! Great Space Quizzes: Shuttle Countdown http://www.space.com/php/spacetrivia/index.php?quiz=SpaceShuttleCoun Take this 10-question Space Shuttle countdown quiz to test your knowledge about the steps to space. * VOTE NOW: Most Amazing Galactic Images Ever http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=galactic Vote For Your Favorite Out-of-this-Universe Galactic Image. * Vote: The Best Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Is your favorite space movie on the list? Find out now! * Cool Space Wallpapers: Mars http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=kees Wallpaper Collection: Explore the Red Planet, by Space Artist Kees Veenenbos. * New! 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