| Breathtaking Collection of Hubble Space Telescope Images Selected To Appear in 2006 Space Calendar; ``Year In Space'' 2006 Calendar is Now Shipping
ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2005--The curving spiral arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy, studded with bright pink star-forming regions, are revealed in unprecedented clarity. The Bug Nebula, one of the most extreme planetary nebulae known, has a fiery, dying star at its center shrouded by a blanket of icy hailstones. Appearing like a winged fairy-tale creature poised on a pedestal, a billowing tower of cold gas and dust rises from within the Eagle Nebula. These Hubble Space Telescope vistas are just a few of the 53 breathtaking outer space images that appear in the "Year In Space" 2006 Desk Calendar, an award-winning 144-page weekly calendar featuring images and information from the past, present and future of space exploration and astronomical discovery. http://www.YearInSpace.com. "The Year In Space" takes its readers on an out-of-this-world journey while giving them a convenient way to organize their busy lives back on Earth. The 53 weekly images represent the full spectrum of space exploration, from the earliest Gemini flights to the International Space Station. Amazing planetary images by the Cassini Orbiter and the Mars Exploration Rovers are presented along with incredible deep space views taken by the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes. An informative essay accompanies every image, and each weekly calendar page is filled with historic dates in space history. "The Year In Space" is also a versatile desk calendar, with weekly, monthly, yearly and multi-year calendars, a daily moon phase calendar, an address section, blank pages for notes, and more. "The Year In Space" can be ordered online at http://www.YearInSpace.com or by calling 800/736-6836. There is free standard shipping in the U.S. Discounts of 27% to 47% are available for NASA employees, as well as for employees, customers, retirees and stockholders of organizations that sponsor the calendar, including Analytical Graphics Inc., Boeing (NYSE:BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), Eagle Picher, MDA Space Missions, The Planetary Society, and UniverseToday.com. Education and Internet discounts are also available on the website. |
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