June 6, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-174 NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT PROVES SOUND UNDER PRESSURE WASHINGTON -- After a month of being poked, prodded and pressurized in ways that mimicked the stresses of spaceflight, NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on Wednesday. When Orion launches on Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), which is targ ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 49 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES SAFETY ON OFFSHORE PLATFORMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:07:40 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES SAFETY ON OFFSHORE PLATFORMS June 5, 2013 Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J13-013 NASA TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES SAFETY ON OFFSHORE PLATFORMS HOUSTON -- A new fiber-optic monitoring system deve ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2028 Issue Time: 2013 Jun 06 0507 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2027 Begin Time: 2013 Jun 02 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 24427 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 Se ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 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 157 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1762 S30W60 129 0540 Eko 11 16 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1763 S14W52 121 0010 Hsx 04 02 Alpha 1 ...Continue Reading

Listserv readers:You may be interested in the attached call for input to the National Research Council’s human spaceflight study.  Thanks,            Steve Stephen Garber NASA History Program OfficeRoom 2T72NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 http://history.nasa.gov Forward this Message to a Friend » Subscription Reminder: You're Subscribed to: [NASA REPORTS] using the address: example@example.com From: list.admin@aus-cit ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA In May 2013, severe thunderstorms struck the Great Plains. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81271&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jun 02, 2013 (Posted on Jun 04, 2013 4:28 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-168 NASA'S SPITZER SEES MILKY WAY'S BLOOMING COUNTRYSIDE WASHINGTON -- New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, far from its crowded core. The images are part of the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid- ...Continue Reading

June 5, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Amanda Santoro LEGO Systems Inc., Enfield, Conn. 860-763-7834 amanda.santoro@LEGO.com RELEASE: 13-173 NASA PARTNERS WITH THE LEGO GROUP FOR DESIGN AND BUILD CONTEST WASHINGTON -- NASA and the LEGO Group are partnering to inspire the next generation of aerospace engineers by offering a new design competition. The competition will spur students of all ages to use the toy bricks in building models of future airpla ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2027 Issue Time: 2013 Jun 05 0507 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2026 Begin Time: 2013 Jun 02 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 31836 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 Se ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jun 05 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 156 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jun 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1759 S07W50 132 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1762 S28W48 130 0280 Dko 10 10 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading