My heart will go on~Titanic~ Have a great weekend !

THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN LISTENING TO A BEAUTIFUL SONG !

Steve Irwin~ MEMORIAL SERVICE~He Changed Our World

VIDEO BELOW OF PART OF THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR STEVE IRWIN,
THE CROCODILE HUNTER.



TO VIEW THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL SERVICE CLICK HERE AND THEN CLICK ON EACH PART. AS ONE PART RUNS OUT THEN CLICK ON THE NEXT NUMBER. THERE IS ALSO AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRI. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST INTERVIEWS SHE HAS DONE SINCE HER HUSBANDS TRAGIC DEATH.


http://mp3.news.com.au/bcm/irwin-funeral.html

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDEFUL WEEKEND !

AS FOR ME..Well, I had a bad day.

VIDEO BELOW, ENJOY!
BAD DAY

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Landed TODAY (THURDAY) 9-21-2006 @ 6:21 AM. EDT~yahoo

UPDATE: A BEAUTIFUL LANDING AT RIGHT BEFORE DAWN. WELCOME BACK HOME ATLANTIS CREW !


ATLANTIS IS DOING THE DEORBIT BURN AS I SPEAK ! SHE IS ON THE WAY IN !!


NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Set for landing today (Thursday) Landing at runway 33 at Kennedy Spaxe Center in Florida. @ 6:21 EDT.









http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/sts-115/landing-vlcc.html

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, led by Commander Brent Jett, is scheduled to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 21, completing space shuttle mission STS-115. Touchdown is expected at about 6:21 a.m. EDT at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis began its mission of nearly 12 days to the International Space Station on Sept. 9.

The crew is scheduled to fire the shuttle's braking rockets at 5:14 a.m. to slow the spacecraft and begin its fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Atlantis' flight path will carry the ship across the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico before it makes landfall over Florida near Fort Myers and zips northeast to Cape Canaveral.

The shuttle was originally scheduled to land on Wednesday, Sept. 20, but waved off due to weather conditions and the presence of unknown objects near the shuttle. After additional inspection of the vehicle yesterday and today for possible orbital debris damage, the mission management team gave its approval for landing.

Landing is slated to occur on orbit 187 at the mission-elapsed time of 11 days, 19 hours, six minutes. The deorbit burn will occur at 5:14 a.m. EDT. A second Kennedy landing opportunity is available at 7:57 a.m. EDT, with the deorbit burn at 6:51 a.m. EDT.

Mission managers are expected to attempt a landing only at Kennedy Thursday unless there are technical reasons that would necessitate other plans.

If landing occurs as scheduled, this will be the 63rd landing at Kennedy in the history of the shuttle program. Atlantis will be serviced and prepared for its next mission, STS-117, set for February 2007.

About an hour after touchdown, the STS-115 crew members will undergo initial physical examinations and meet with their families. A post landing news conference with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will be held no earlier than 8 a.m. EDT. A post-mission press conference with the STS-115 crew is scheduled at Kennedy's News Center no earlier than six hours after landing. Questions for both events will be taken only at Kennedy.

Kennedy's News Center will open for landing activities at 3 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 21 and close at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The STS-115 mission badges are in effect through landing. The pass and identification building on State Road 3 will be open for media badging activities on Thursday from 3 to 4:30 a.m. EDT. The last bus will depart from Kennedy's Press Site for the Shuttle Landing Facility an hour before landing.
















































































The inspection was prompted by Tuesday's sighting of an unknown object that apparently shook loose from Atlantis during pre-landing checkouts of the shuttle's body flaps and steering thrusters. Eight hours of surveys using cameras on Atlantis' robot arm and a sensor-laden 50-foot boom failed to detect any sign the object was dislodged from the ship's critical heat armor.

As a result, NASA managers have cleared Atlantis for landing. The identity of the object, as well as several other small pieces of debris seen floating from the shuttle during the past two days, remains a mystery.

"Nothing was found to be missing or damaged from the thermal protection system -- the heat shield of the space shuttle Atlantis -- or, in fact, any other part of the shuttle," said Wayne Hale, NASA's shuttle program manager. "We feel very confident that we're heading for a good landing opportunity."


Atlantis' six astronauts spent Wednesday inspecting the shuttle using a camera on the orbiter's robot arm. Once that work was complete, the crew broke for lunch and mission managers studied the video for any signs of damage to the ship's thermal skin.

Although nothing of concern was found, shuttle officials ordered a second round of inspections using laser sensors and a camera on the boom to be safe. The crew was carrying out the work when shuttle commander Brent Jett reported three more objects floating away from Atlantis.

Jett said one object had the appearance of a "a reflective cloth or a metallic looking-cloth." Another astronaut compared the items to a piece of foil and a pair of rings.

Lead flight director Paul Dye later explained that it's not unusual for crews to see bits of debris as they orbit the Earth. Often, he said, the mystery objects are pieces of ice or lint that have come from the shuttle.

"It's amazing how something in bright sunlight can look much bigger than it really is," Dye said.

While no damage was discovered in the inspections, NASA managers noted that two objects previously seen on the ship's belly are no longer there. One is a strip of ceramic fabric called a gap filler that had been lodged between two of the shuttle's heat-resistant tiles. The other is a small piece of an orange plastic shim used in tile preparations before flight.

Both objects had been visible earlier in the mission but were not seen during today's inspections. It's unclear if the missing items were among the two objects seen Tuesday.

Hale said the shim was "most likely the culprit."

"It was there before," he added. "It's not there now. It was most likely shaken loose during the flight control system checkout. We probably will never know for sure."


VIEW INSIDE THE SHUTTLE WHILE THEY WERE VIEWING TO SEE WHERE THE STRANGE OBJECTS CAME FROM THAT THEY SAW. MORE BELOW ABOUT TOUCHDOWN.




Landing is slated to occur on orbit 187 at the mission-elapsed time of 11 days, 19 hours, six minutes. The deorbit burn will occur at 5:14 a.m. EDT. A second Kennedy landing opportunity is available at 7:57 a.m. EDT, with the deorbit burn at 6:51 a.m. EDT. Mission managers are expected to attempt a landing only at Kennedy Thursday unless there are technical reasons that would necessitate other plans. If landing occurs as scheduled, this will be the 63rd landing at Kennedy in the history of the shuttle program. Atlantis will be serviced and prepared for its next mission, STS-117, set for February 2007. About an hour after touchdown, the STS-115 crew members will undergo initial physical examinations and meet with their families. A post landing news conference with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will be held no earlier than 8 a.m. EDT. A post-mission press conference with the STS-115 crew is scheduled at Kennedy's News Center no earlier than six hours after landing. Questions for both events will be taken only at Kennedy. Kennedy's News Center will open for landing activities at 3 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 21 and close at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The STS-115 mission badges are in effect through landing. The pass and identification building on State Road 3 will be open for media badging activities on Thursday from 3 to 4:30 a.m. EDT. The last bus will depart from Kennedy's Press Site for the Shuttle Landing Facility an hour before landing. For the latest information on the STS-115 mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Prayer, by Celine Dion

FOR THE WORLD. WE ALL NEED A PRAYER THESE DAYS. ENJOY !
CLICK ON THE BLUE LINK BELOW TO LISTEN TO THIS. REALLY PRETTY!

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Steve Irwin memorial to be watched by millions worldwide tonight

Last Known Photo of Steve Irwin
Posted Sep 14th 2006 4:26PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: TV

Below is the last photo taken of Steve Irwin before his tragic death last week. He is posing marine biologist Chris Jones on his boat, Croc 1, just two days before his death.



STEVE IRWIN'S FUNERAL CAN BE SEEN ON ANIMAL PLANET STATION AT 9:00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME . READ MORE BELOW.

Wednesday September 20, 06:10 AM
Steve Irwin memorial to be watched by millions worldwide

More than 300 million people worldwide are expected to pause today to remember conservation crusader, Steve Irwin.

Steve Irwin's public memorial will take place at Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast from 9:00am and will be telecast both throughout Australia and internationally.


A red carpet will be rolled out to welcome more than 1,000 invited guests and 3,000 people who secured free tickets.


The Prime Minister, John Howard, is expected to begin the hour-long proceedings which will be attended by the Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, zoo staff and friends of the Irwin family.


Family friend, John Stainton, says while Terri Irwin and her eight-year-old daughter Bindi will make their first public appearance since Steve Irwin was killed by a stringray barb more than two weeks ago, they may be too upset to speak.


"I've left it as an open invitation to Terri, Steve's dad Bob and Bindi to say a few words," he said.


"So it's up to them."


The service will include a performance by singer John Williamson, but the identities of other celebrity guests and details about the order of events have not been confirmed.


Mr Stainton says it is the memory of the Crocodile Hunter, not the guest list, that is most important.


"I think I'd like to keep it as a simple ceremony that doesn't rely on the publicity of who's going to be there and attending and what tributes are being paid by which celebrities," he said.

Thousands expected at Steve Irwin's service
Updated Tue. Sep. 19 2006 4:22 PM ET


BEERWAH, Australia -- More than 5,000 people, including the prime minister, are expected to cram the "Crocoseum" at the Australia Zoo on Wednesday to say farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial service.

Flags on the Sydney Harbor Bridge were to fly at half-staff, and giant television screens were set up in Irwin's home state of Queensland for people to watch the service.

Irwin, 44, was killed Sept. 4 when the barb from a stingray pierced his chest while he was filming a TV show about the Great Barrier Reef. His family held a private funeral service Sept. 9.

His death set off an outpouring of grief. Tens of thousands of people traveled to the zoo near Brisbane to drop off flowers and other mementoes, many of them signing Irwin-styled khaki shirts instead of a condolence book.

There has been a surge of donations to the Irwin-instituted charity Wildlife Warriors, and millions of people have visited his Web site to find out more about Irwin and his conservation efforts.

Irwin's widow, American-born Terri Irwin, was expected to make her first public appearance since his death at Wednesday's memorial service. The couple's daughter, Bindi, 8, and son Bob, 2, were expected to accompany their mother.

Prime Minister John Howard also was expected to attend the service, and country singer John Williamson planned to sing "True Blue," a song that Irwin loved.

John Stainton, Irwin's manager and close friend, said the service would be a celebration of the naturalist's life.

"There will be one seat alongside of the family for Steve because he loved the Crocoseum, he built it," Stainton said. "And his Australia Zoo cap that he always wore watching all the shows with his daughter will be on the seat."

Stainton said there would be visual tributes to Irwin, with some "memorable film clips" and "funny moments" from his television career. Actor Russell Crowe reportly be among those paying tribute by video.

"The one thing I hope everyone will take away from it is what a diverse character he was," Stainton said.

Animal Planet will air Irwin's memorial


BRISBANE, Australia - Animal Planet will televise the memorial service for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at 9 p.m. Tuesday from Irwin's Australia Zoo in Beerwah.


Nearly 3,000 grieving fans, including hundreds who camped out overnight, were rewarded Friday with tickets to the service, which were distributed Friday at three locations across Irwin's home state of Queensland. But the ticket supply ran out in only 15 minutes, leaving some who didn't get a ticket in tears.
Melissa Power, a 34-year-old beautician, was at the front of the line in the state capital, Brisbane, and had tears in her eyes when she finally got her ticket.
"It's unbelievable," she said. "I haven't slept and am so overemotional - I'm looking so forward to it."
The memorial will be held in the zoo's "Crocoseum" amphitheater. Irwin's widow, Terri, said he would have wanted the service held there. She and the couple's daughter, Bindi, 8, are to speak at the memorial.
Irwin was killed Sept. 4 when he was pierced in the chest by a stingray's barb while filming a new TV show off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
His death prompted an outpouring of grief around the world and in Queensland, where tens of thousands of fans turned out to place flowers, candles and messages of support outside Australia Zoo.

Three of Australia's main television networks planned to carry the ceremony live and provide feeds to U.S. and international networks.

Update
Crocodile Hunter Irwin remembered at public memorial

Terri Irwin, wife of Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin with daughter Bindi and son Bob at a memorial service for her husband at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia, on Wednesday.

The young daughter of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin paid tribute to her famous father Wednesday, calling him "my hero" at a public memorial in Australia.

Terri Irwin, wife of Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin with daughter Bindi and son Bob at a memorial service for her husband at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia, on Wednesday. (Steve Holland/POOL/Associated Press) The memorial for the television host and conservationist took place in front of about 5,000 people at Australia Zoo near Landsborough, Queensland, and included tributes from Australian Prime Minister John Howard and actor Russell Crowe.

One seat was left empty in honour of the 44-year-old Irwin, who died Sept. 4 after a stingray attack while filming a television segment. The sudden death triggered an outpouring of grief for the man whose syndicated Crocodile Hunter series, shown on Discovery, had a reported audience of 200 million worldwide.

"I don't want daddy's passion to ever end," eight-year-old Bindi Irwin told the gathering at the zoo her father helped make famous. "I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did. I had the best daddy in the whole world and I will miss him every day.

"When I see a crocodile I will always think of him and I know that daddy made this zoo so that everyone could come and learn to love all the animals.

"Daddy made this place his whole life, now it's our turn to help daddy."

The young girl, like her mother, Teri, and two-year-old brother Bob, were all dressed in Irwin's trademark khaki outfit in their first public appearance since his death. The family held a private service on Sept. 9.

"We have lost a friend, a champion," Crowe said in a recorded message that began the ceremony. "It will take some time to adjust to that."

'Touched the hearts of millions'

Howard was the first to speak at the service and remembered Irwin for his love of his country and wildlife.

"Steve Irwin touched the hearts of Australians and touched the hearts of millions around the world in a very special way," said Howard.

"He did that because he had that quality of being genuine, of being authentic, of being unconditional and having a great zest for life."

Flags on the Sydney Harbour Bridge flew Wednesday at half-mast and giant television screens were set up in Irwin's home state of Queensland for people to watch the service.

Three of Australia's main television networks carried the hour-long ceremony, which was to be made available to U.S. and international networks and which family officials said could be watched by as many as 300 million people.

Some 3,000 free tickets to the memorial, entitled "He Changed our World," were snapped up in 15 minutes by his fans, many of whom camped out overnight to obtain them. Most of the remaining tickets were available to those who donated to Irwin's charity, Wildlife Warriors.

Teri Irwin thanked fans for their "overwhelming outpouring of love, support and prayers for my family" in a statement after the memorial was announced.


TRUE BLUE~STEVE'S FAVORITE SONG




COME LET ME LOVE YOU
ANOTHER TRIBUTE DONE FOR STEVE IRWIN. QUITE NICE.

TERRI IRWIN TO DO INTERVIEW ON 9-27-2006 ON ABC

US news queen (BARBARA WALTERS) to meet Terri Irwin
Wednesday Sep 20 07:45 AEST
American news queen Barbara Walters has scored an exclusive TV interview with Terri and Bindi Irwin.
Walters will fly to Australia on Thursday for a sit down interview with Steve Irwin's wife and eight-year-old daughter for a one-hour special to be aired on America's ABC TV network next week.

Walters, 74, said Irwin's son, Bob, 2, would not take part.

"I'm going to go to Brisbane, Australia, to do an interview with Terri Irwin and with their little girl, Bindi," Walters announced.

"The little boy is too young."

The interview is a worldwide coup for Walters and America's ABC TV network following the freak September 4 stingray death of Irwin on the Great Barrier Reef.

"His wife has not talked to anyone about this," Walters said.

Walters said topics she will discuss with Terri include what her relationship was like with her husband and how she was informed of his death.

"It's an assignment I'm absolutely thrilled to have," Walters said.

"I think people want to know more about him.

"It was a tragic case."

The one-hour special will be aired in the US next Wednesday (September 27) and should reap huge ratings for ABC as Irwin, through his Crocodile Hunter documentaries, was a much-loved TV star in America.

Walters announced she had scored the exclusive interview on her morning TV talkshow in the US, The View.

Strange Object Forces Postponement of Shuttle Landing

Space Shuttle Atlantis Pilot Chris Ferguson (L) and Atlantis Commander Brent Jett review landing procedures on the flight deck in this view from NASA TV September 19, 2006.

SEE THE DOT IN THE MIDDLE.

HOUSTON — NASA delayed the planned landing of space shuttle Atlantis by at least a day Tuesday after engineers spotted an object that may have accidentally flown out of its cargo bay.
Landing had been scheduled for Wednesday morning. But a poor weather forecast and concerns that something crucial floated out of the craft prompted the delay, space shuttle communicator Terry Virts told the crew.
"Big interest in whether we're going to be doing any robotics tomorrow," responded Atlantis commander Brent Jett, referring to using the shuttle's robotic arm to inspect the spacecraft.

NASA engineers think the object may have shook loose from the shuttle during the firing of jets in preparation for landing.
NASA managers may order Atlantis' robotic arm to be taken out again for an inspection, and the space agency hasn't ruled out the possibility of having the crew return to the space station.
A Russian Soyuz TMA-9 capsule with an Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur, an astronaut and a cosmonaut was heading to the space station for a docking set for early Wednesday.

Engineers are concerned because they don't know what the object is or whether it's a crucial piece of the shuttle.
"The question is what is it? Is it something benign? Or is it something more critical we should pay attention to," said Wayne Hale, space shuttle program manager. "We want to make sure we're safe before committing to that critical journey through the atmosphere."
NASA wanted an extra day to do a detailed photographic analysis of the shuttle and its cargo bay area, NASA spokesman Doug Peterson had said earlier. Already NASA had been using cameras to scan the cargo area.
Astronauts aboard the shuttle were able to take photos of the object and describe it to Mission Control.
"It's fairly small. ... It was departing away from us, maybe 1 or 2 feet per second," Jett radioed. "It wasn't rising or falling. ... It was definitely moving away fairly quickly."
Mission control spotted the baffling object — the size of which was not immediately determined — with a video camera in the shuttle's cargo bay.
The object, which circled the Earth in the same orbit as the shuttle, probably came out of the cargo bay around 2:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday because some jets had just been fired on Atlantis, Peterson said.
"It's something that we didn't expect, but it's something that we're taking a real close look at," Peterson said. NASA ordered Atlantis to keep the camera running all night instead of stowing it ahead of the planned landing attempt as usual.
Even before the problem with the unexplained object surfaced, NASA had said weather could affect Wednesday's scheduled landing.
In preparation for the landing, the Atlantis crew had packed, checked flight controls — similar to those on an airplane — and test fired small jets that are used to guide the shuttle. The commander and pilot used simulations to practice their landing skills.
They also participated in a rare conference call with two other spacecraft also currently in orbit.
"It's a little crowded in the sky this morning," said Jeff Williams, a resident of the international space station the shuttle undocked from on Sunday after delivering and installing a solar panel addition.
"We were wondering if we had to hire some more air traffic controllers for the increased traffic up here," responded Michael Lopez-Alegria from the Russian Soyuz capsule that launched from Kazakhstan on Monday. He's part of the team that will be taking over from Williams' crew.
During the 10-minute conversation, while the space station and shuttle hovered over Australia and the capsule over the Black Sea, the astronauts reminisced about their time together, the times to come and the latest drama in the cosmos.
The three space station astronauts pulled an alarm and donned protective gear after an Elektron oxygen generator overheated Monday, spreading smoke and a burned-rubber smell and leaking potassium hydroxide, an irritant that is used to power batteries.
NASA said the leak was not life-threatening, and the crew cleaned up the spill.
"We're sorry you guys had to go through that but, yeah, we're kind of glad we weren't there and we want you all to know that we didn't touch the Elektron," Atlantis commander Brent Jett joked to Williams.
During their mission, the Atlantis astronauts officially resumed construction of the international space station after a four-year hiatus. The 115-foot-long solar wings they added will generate power for the space station once it's rewired during the next mission, slated to launch in December.
Progress on the orbiting lab halted after the Columbia disaster in 2003, when the space shuttle disintegrated while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Since then, NASA has implemented several safety procedures, including Monday's inspection of the shuttle using a robotic arm with a TV camera and laser imagery system attached on the end.
Preliminary results from the inspection look very good, Tony Antonelli from Mission Control in Houston told the astronauts.
NASA studies the images for any damage that might jeopardize the shuttle's re-entry..
NASA could call up Edwards Air Force Base in California for a Friday or Saturday landing.
Because it would cost $1.7 million and days of delay to ferry the shuttle back to Kennedy Space Center after an Edwards landing, NASA will try to land only in Florida on Wednesday and Thursday, unless the weather forecast changes, Stich said.
The shuttle must land somewhere by the end of Saturday, because that's when Atlantis will run out of chemicals that take carbon dioxide out of the air supply, Stich said.
Asked by a television reporter in his hometown of Philadelphia if he had any messages for his family, pilot Chris Ferguson said: "Keep your fingers crossed that the weather's nice tomorrow."
Atlantis woke up Tuesday to a recording of Celine Dion's "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi" (Don't Leave Without Me), dedicated to Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean.
"You guys are probably sad to be heading home but it'll be nice to have a cold beer and a shower," Lopez-Alegria said, laughing.

"It's been real short for us," Jett replied. "It's kind of funny — you guys are just starting a really long journey in space and our really short one is quickly coming to an end, much sooner than we'd like."

Bush to Muslim World: Turn Your Back on Extremists

THANK YOU PRESIDENT BUSH



NEW YORK — President Bush appealed to the Muslim world Tuesday to turn its back on extremists who exploit Islam to shield acts of terrorism.
"This propaganda is false and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror," Bush told diplomats and world leaders attending the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
"We will protect our people from those who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction," he said.
In a speech promoting his freedom agenda, Bush said that the "enemies of humanity have continued their campaign of murder" five years after dozens of nations lost citizens in a terror attack that took place not far from where the diplomats were now sitting in New York City.
Bush referred to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and called the War on Terror a continuation of efforts that followed World War II and the creation of the international body to expand democracy and liberty to the world.

"The world is engaged in an ideological struggle between extremists who use terror as a weapon to create fear and moderate people who work for peace," Bush told the 192-nation assembly.
Bush said many positive changes have already occurred in the Middle East. Algeria has held its first competitive presidential election without military intervention; the United Arab Emirates announced that half of its parliamentary seats will be chosen by elections; Kuwait let women run and vote in recent elections; and other votes have occurred in municipal elections in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain and in multiparty presidential elections in Yemen and Egypt.
The president said the United States desires peace despite what extremists in the midst say. He said it is incumbent upon moderate leaders in Muslim nations to show their constituents that they can escape the "dismal choice" between misery and so-called martyrdom.
"We know that when people have a voice in their future, they are less likely to blow themselves up in suicide attacks," he said.
In a step-by-step appeal to Mideast nations, the president pledged ongoing commitment to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan and appealed directly to those who live within regimes like Iran and Syria.
"Your rulers have chosen to deny your liberty and to use your nation's resources to fund terrorism and fuel extremism and pursue nuclear weapons," Bush said of the Islamic Republic in Tehran.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not in attendance as Bush spoke, but will deliver his own address to the world body later in the day.
Saying the United States admires the rich history and vibrant culture as well Iran's contributions to civilization, Bush told the Iranian people that its government "must abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions."
"We have no objection to Iran's pursuit of a truly peaceful nuclear power program," he said.
Prior to his formal remarks, Bush warned Iran to stop stalling on talks about its ceasing uranium enrichment activities, and said efforts by Tehran to hold off negotiations will lead to sanctions being discussed in the U.N. Security Council.
"Should they continue to stall, we will then discuss the consequences of their stalling, and one of the consequences, of course, is some kind of sanctions program," Bush said after meeting with French President Jacques Chirac.
Chirac had proposed that before Iran ceases its uranium enrichment program, the United States agree to enter into talks, which it has refused to do previously. But during questions from reporters, Chirac said the United States and France are on the same page when it comes to Iran, and share "common approaches and common sense of the main issues discussed."
Separately, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a morning news show that failure to confront Iran over its nuclear program will leave the world with a "credibility problem."
Back in Washington, D.C., Assistant Secretary of State Nicholas Burns told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Iran is the "central banker in Middle East terrorism" because of its funding and clear support for Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terror group, and other organizations.
Burns said Iran has provided technology for improvised explosive devices to Shiite groups in Iraq to attack British and American soldiers there, and that senior Al Qaeda leadership figures fled to Iran from Afghanistan, where they are believed to be "able to operate" somewhat freely. He added the United States does not believe Al Qaeda leaders in Iran have been prosecuted or handed over to their native countries for prosecution.
At the General Assembly meeting, Bush called the situation in Darfur, Sudan, a "genocide," and while crediting the African Union for trying to keep the peace, he said it is not equipped to stop the violence. To help find a solution to the racial violence in the African nation, Bush said he was naming former U.S. Agency for International Development chief Andrew Natsios as a presidential special envoy "to lead America's efforts to help bring peace to your land."
In remarks on Iraq, the president praised the Iraqi people for their courage in going to the polls and electing a democratic government, and he pledged to continue helping the nation get international assistance and investment.
"We will continue to train those of you who step forward to fight the enemies of freedom," he added. "In return, your leaders must ... and make difficult choices to bring security and prosperity."
As for Lebanon, the president said the United Nations has passed "a good resolution" to establish an international force, led by France and Italy, to restore Lebanese sovereignty over the southern region that has been hostage to Hezbollah terrorists and used as a staging ground to attack Israel.
The president recommitted the United States to pursuing the roadmap for a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians.
"Many brave men and women have made the commitment to peace yet extremists have been stirring up hatred," he said.
Bush said the Palestinian people earlier this year voted in a free election for Hamas, which campaigned on a platform of ending corruption and improving the lives of the Palestinian people. Now, he said, it's up to Hamas to follow through with its pledge.
"The world has sent a clear message to the leaders of Hamas: Serve the interests of the Palestinian people," he said, crediting President Mahmoud Abbas with pursuing a solution.
Bush said he was sending Rice to lead a diplomatic effort to engage moderate regional leaders to help the Palestinians reform their security services and join with Israel to resolve their differences. He added that Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt have already offered diplomatic and financial assistance to help these efforts.
"I'm optimistic that, by supporting the forces of democracy and moderation, we can help Israelis and Palestinians build a more hopeful future and achieve the peace in the Holy Land we all want," he said.

SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ADVENTURES AT THE SPACE STATION

Sun Sep 17, 10:17 AM ET Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steven MacLean is seen on the flight deck of Atlantis as the space shuttle crew prepares for undocking from the International Space Station in this view from NASA TV September 17, 2006




Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, who lost a bolt during another spacewalk two days earlier, waves to the camera outside the international space station.


Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper floats in space during her first spacewalk during this shuttle mission.


The International Space Station is photographed by the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew shortly after undocking from the orbital outpost September 17, 2006.



More difficult stages in space station constuction lie ahead

The installation of new solar panels on the
International Space Station by the shuttle Atlantis crew marks just one stage in the difficult task of completing the orbital laboratory by 2010.

The space station and the laboratories it will eventually hold are a crucial part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's goal of returning Americans to the Moon, and also to set the stage for later expeditions to Mars.
The Atlantis mission was complex but succeeded beyond expectations, said Mike Suffredini,
NASA' s space station program manager, during a press conference.
The six Atlantis astronauts undocked from the space station Sunday, days before the arrival of a Russian Soyuz rocket. The shuttle is scheduled to land in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday.
Suffredini however warned that future building missions will be even more difficult and include tasks never performed in space.
The ISS construction was put on hold when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it tried to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003.
The station remained half-finished until last week, when the Atlantis astronauts used the ISS's Canadian-made robotic arm to attach a 16-tonne truss segment with two giant solar arrays.
It took two teams of astronauts three spacewalks lasting more than 20 hours to install the module.
The solar arrays, unfurled Thursday, measure 240 feet (73 meters), and will ultimately provide a quarter of the outpost's power once it is completed. They will be activated during a Space Shuttle Discovery mission planned for December, doubling the space station's current power capacity.
Discovery's December mission will be particularly complicated, said Suffredini.
The shuttle crew and the Russian, American and German working on the ISS will be tasked with activating permanent air-conditioning and power supply systems.
To achieve that, the astronauts will have to overhaul the whole electrical grid, including the wiring, and do that without interrupting any of the vital ISS systems.
Once this delicate operation is finished, the US shuttles will be able to deliver and install the Columbus and Kibo laboratories, manufactured by European and Japanese firms respectively.
These and other components will be installed during the next four shuttle flights, increasing the station's weight to nearly 40 tonnes.
When it is finished in 2010, the station will be bigger than a five-room house and weigh approximately 450 tonnes.
It will be equipped with four double solar panels capable of generating 110 kilowatts of electricity, enough to supply roughly 55 middle-class homes.
About 46 kilowatts of that will be used for scientific research, the scope of which will more than triple compared to what is currently available.
Of the 115 flights completed by US space shuttles since April 1981, 18 have been dedicated to the IS. NASA plans 15 more to finish the project by 2010.
At that time, the three orbiters remaining in the US shuttle fleet are scheduled to be decommissioned.

Upgraded Space Station May Rival Venus in Night Sky

Upgraded Space Station May Rival Venus in Night Sky
Saturday, September 16, 2006
By Joe Rao

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The biggest and brightest man-made object orbiting the Earth just got bigger and brighter.

Astronauts on board the international space station unfurled a new pair of solar-energy panels that sprout out of the end of a new 17.5-ton truss section, which was brought up by the space shuttle Atlantis.

They are the largest solar panels ever taken to space; fully unfolded, they reach a length of 240 feet (73 meters).

They are designed to double the ISS' capability to generate power from sunlight when they go online during a future shuttle mission.

The panels are made of layers of thin gold Mylar plastic, which are highly reflective.

Like other satellites, the ISS shines by virtue of sunlight reflected off of its metallic skin. The station orbits approximately 213 miles (341 kilometers) above Earth.

How bright?

Before the ISS spread its new pair of gold wings, it was already the brightest of all space vehicles, at times appearing to shine with a brilliance equal to the planet Jupiter.

Now skywatchers should notice the orbiting outpost glowing with an even greater luster.

Nobody knows exactly how much brighter it will be, but there's a good chance that it could be brighter than magnitude -3, approaching the glow of Venus, the brightest planet.

On this astronomers' scale, smaller numbers denote brighter objects, and negative numbers are reserved for the handful of the very brightest.

The ISS will likely get even brighter. The solar panels are only the second of four planned arrays that will be deployed between now and when the shuttle fleet retires in the year 2010.

When to look

Skywatchers across much of North America will have opportunities to see the ISS in the coming weeks.

To the unaided eye, it appears as a large "star" with a yellowish-white tint that moves with a steady speed across the sky.

Beginning late next week and running through the first two weeks of October, early risers will be able to look for the station in the dawn twilight if skies are clear.

Starting in mid-October, it will make passes during convenient evening hours, soon after sundown.

To find out if the international space station will pass over your hometown, go to NASA's tracking page or the Heavens Above web site.


Amateurs with large telescopes and some knowledge of astrophotography have in the past had success photographing the space station

The international space station, with one of four planned large solar arrays visible at top.


One of the space station's two new solar arrays, halfway unfurled. Even a small piece of space debris could punch a sizable hole in it.



Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean, who lost the second bolt of his shuttle mission.




Astronaut Joe Tanner installs cables on the space station's outer surface.

Giant Puffy Planet Discovered 450 Light-Years From Earth

Giant Puffy Planet Discovered 450 Light-Years From Earth
Friday, September 15, 2006


WASHINGTON — The largest planet ever found orbiting another star is so puffy it would float on water, astronomers said Thursday.
The newly discovered planet, dubbed HAT-P-1, is both the largest and least dense of the nearly 200 worlds astronomers have found outside our own solar system.
HAT-P-1 orbits one of a pair of stars in the constellation Lacerta, about 450 light-years from Earth.
This new planet, if you could imagine putting it in a cosmic water glass, it would float," said Robert Noyes, a research astrophysicist with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
HAT-P-1 is an oddball planet, since it orbits its parent star at just one-twentieth of the distance that separates Earth from our own sun.
While Earth takes a year to orbit the sun, the newly found planet whips around its star once every 4.5 days.
Astronomers believe HAT-P-1 may belong to an entirely new class of planets, along with a second, smaller distant world that's also puffier than theories would have predicted, Noyes said.
(Astronomers used a network of telescopes in Arizona and Hawaii to discover the planet. Its parent star is too faint to see with the naked eye but can be spied with binoculars.

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