March 07, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-043 NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EXPEDITION 36-37 SPACE STATION CREW HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a crew news conference at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, March 19, to preview the May launch of an American, an Italian and a Russian to the International Space Station. NASA Television and the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE PERSIAN GULF Dust blew over the Persian Gulf in early March 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80587&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 06, 2013 (Posted on Mar 07, 2013 1:24 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a serv ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2013 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-044 NASA, LOCKHEED MARTIN ANNOUNCE EXPLORATION DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA and Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., will involve students in the flight test of NASA's Orion spacecraft through an Exploration Design Challenge to be unveiled in Houston on Monda ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-042 NASA TV COVERAGE PLANNED FOR SPACE STATION SOYUZ LANDING WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage March 13-15 as three crew members aboard the International Space Station end almost five months at the orbiting laboratory. Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford of NASA, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Ru ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1991 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 07 0505 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1990 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7905 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Mar 07 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 66 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1683 S15W09 199 0010 Bxo 03 04 Beta 1686 S13W73 263 0140 Dac 08 07 Beta-Gamma 1687 N09E ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 45 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS HUMAN HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 08:48:52 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS HUMAN HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CONTRACT March 4, 2013 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C13-015 NASA AWARDS HUMAN HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE CONTRACT WASHIN ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1990 Issue Time: 2013 Mar 06 0653 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1989 Begin Time: 2013 Mar 02 1040 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7333 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Mar 06 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 65 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Mar 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1682 S18W94 297 0060 Cao 05 02 Beta 1683 S15E01 202 0080 Dao 07 11 Beta 1685 S14E16 1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (05 March 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tournament: Earth 2013 - voting begins! Voting is now open for Tournament: Earth 2013! Which of the 32 images are your favorites? The first round of voting will remain open until 4pm ET this Friday (March 8). http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Vote/?src=eoa-ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ ...Continue Reading