http://www.spaceref.com/ SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens en-us Fri, 9 May 2008 16:23:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/srrss.jpg http://www.spaceref.com/ 101 67 SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27947 NASA OIG: Final Memorandum on the Audit of NASA's Management of the Test Operations Contract (Report No. IG-08-019; Assignment No. A-07-016-00) Fri, 9 May 2008 16:21:39 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27946 All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Off-duty holiday for the crew: Russia's Victory Day, one of the most sacred national holidays for the Russian people. Fri, 9 May 2008 15:31:06 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27945 This week at the Operations Management Council (OMC) meeting, a significant portion was dedicated to the work we are doing to improve information technology (IT) Fri, 9 May 2008 9:28:56 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27943 Though Yangon (Rangoon) escaped the total destruction that Cyclone Nargis brought to much of the rest of the Irrawaddy Delta in Burma (Myanmar), its southern suburbs were completely submerged on May 7, 2008. Fri, 9 May 2008 9:14:56 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27942 Photo Report: Designers Inspection of Progress M-64 Cargo Vehicle Fri, 9 May 2008 9:05:50 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27941 Photo Report: Progress M-64 Transport Cargo Vehicle Docked With Transfer Compartment Fri, 9 May 2008 9:05:09 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25414 Scientists have visited one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring the data delivered by ESA's ice mission CryoSat will be as accurate as possible. Fri, 9 May 2008 8:51:03 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25413 New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought - 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years. Fri, 9 May 2008 8:48:25 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25412 The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, today wrote to Alliant Techsystems Inc. to confirm that he is not satisfied that its application to acquire control of the Information Systems Business of MDA is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. Fri, 9 May 2008 8:35:35 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25411 Chairwoman Mikulski Announces Funding for Critical Domestic Priorities in Emergency Supplemental Fri, 9 May 2008 7:58:31 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27940 Berrimilla Down Under Mars Status Report 8 May 2008 Thu, 8 May 2008 22:33:31 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27939 Berrimilla Down Under Mars Status Report 7 May 2008 Thu, 8 May 2008 22:33:09 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27938 Register Today for Upcoming NASA/NSTA Web Seminars Thu, 8 May 2008 22:07:04 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27937 U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative Summer Workshops Thu, 8 May 2008 22:05:54 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25410 NASA Network Connects Students for Web Retrospective Series Thu, 8 May 2008 21:52:42