:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W34 308 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1640 N28W48 322 0320 Eki 13 24 Beta-Gamma-Delta 164 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-002 NASA, ESA HOLD JAN. 16 NASA TV BRIEFING ON NEW ORION AGREEMENT HOUSTON -- NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold a news briefing at 10:30 a.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to discuss the details of a recent agreement for ESA to provide a service module for the Orion spacecraft ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-005 NASA EVENTS SET FOR AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting takes place Jan. 6-10 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd, in Long Beach, Calif. Media registrat ...Continue Reading

Jan. 4, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-006 NASA TO HOLD COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE JAN. 9 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a status update news conference to discuss the progress of the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) at 2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The briefing from Kennedy Space Center in Florida will ...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 ARABIAN SEA Dust plumes from Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan blew southward over the Arabian Sea in late December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80085&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 28, 2012 (Posted on Jan 04, 2013 11:25 AM) ---------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jan 04 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1638 N13W21 309 0100 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1640 N28W35 323 0240 Eai 13 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 164 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 3, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-003 NASA KICKS OFF 2013 FIRST ROBOTICS SEASON WITH LIVE BROADCAST JAN. 5 WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Kickoff event on Saturday, Jan. 5, starting at 10:30 a.m. EST from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. The event also will be streamed live on NASA's website. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 03, 2013 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Steve Carr University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics, Albuquerque, N.M. 505-277-1821 scarr@unm.edu Tina McDowell Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington 703-965-1340 tmcdowell@carnegiescience.edu RELEASE: 13-001 RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY WATER RICH METEORITE LINKED TO MARS CRUST WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded researchers analyzing a small meteorite that may be the first discovered from the Martian surface or ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE DUMILE Tropical Storm Dumile formed at the beginning of 2013 in the southern Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80074&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 03, 2013 (Posted on Jan 03, 2013 1:34 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new im ...Continue Reading

Jan. 3, 2013 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Duane Hyland AIAA Headquarters, Reston, Va. 703-264-7558/835-4867 duaneh@aiaa.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-001 NASA GREEN AVIATION PROJECT TO MOVE INTO NEXT PHASE OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project is moving forward with its research effo ...Continue Reading