Dec. 14, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Sarah McDonnell Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-8923 s_mcd@mit.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-240 NASA TO PROVIDE DEC. 17 COMMENTARY AS TWIN PROBES END LUNAR MISSION PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will provide live commentary of the scheduled lunar surface impacts of its twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (G ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN SOUTHWESTERN ASIA A dust storm struck southwestern Asia on December 13, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79992&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 13, 2012 (Posted on Dec 13, 2012 4:00 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazar ...Continue Reading

Dec. 14, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-432 NASA TO WORK WITH D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MENTOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Office of Education has entered into a memorandum of agreement with District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) to help foster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educational opportunities among high school students with disabilities. This collaboration is part of the broader DCPS Compet ...Continue Reading

Dec. 14, 2012 Rachel Kraft NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Kim Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.h.henry@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-436 BEATING HEART OF J-2X ENGINE FINISHES YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL NASA TESTS WASHINGTON -- NASA on Thursday took another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 14 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 349 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11W36 240 0120 Dai 09 14 Beta 1630 N20W52 256 0050 Dao 07 08 Beta 1631 N21W20 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-435 NASA PROGRESSING TOWARD FIRST LAUNCH OF ORION SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- Recent engineering advances by NASA and its industry partners across the country show important progress toward Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), the next step to launching humans to deep space. The uncrewed EFT-1 mission, launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2014, will test the re-entry performance of the ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Sarah McDonnell Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 617-253-8923 s_mcd@mit.edu RELEASE: 12-434 TWIN NASA PROBES PREPARE FOR DEC. 17 MISSION-ENDING MOON IMPACT PASADENA, Calif. -- Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN Tropical Cyclone Evan brought strong winds and floods to Samoa in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79989&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 13, 2012 (Posted on Dec 13, 2012 1:53 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natu ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-433 NASA NAMED BEST PLACE IO WORK IN GOVERNMENT -- WORK FORCE RALLIES TO SUPPORT NEW DIRECTION IN POST-SHUTTLE ERA WASHINGTON -- NASA was named the best place to work in the federal government among large agencies in a survey released today by the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization. This ranking, which reflects NASA's highest results since this index was developed, ma ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 37 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY TO RECEIVE MAGELLAN AWARD IN NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:59:37 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY TO RECEIVE MAGELLAN AWARD IN NEW YORK December 12, 2012 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 Report #JA12-024 NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY TO RECEIVE MAGELLAN AWARD IN NEW YORK NASA ...Continue Reading