:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 13 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 348 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11W24 238 0120 Dao 09 15 Beta 1630 N19W39 253 0030 Dai 07 15 Beta 1631 N20W08 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-431 NASA HOSTS SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT AT TDRS-K LAUNCH IN FLORIDA WASHINGTON -- NASA will give 70 of its social media followers an insider's look at America's space program and the opportunity to see a launch in-person. The NASA Social, scheduled for Jan. 28-29 to coincide with the launch of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Sate ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2012 Lauren Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov RELEASE: M12-239 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TO DISCUSS NASA BEST PLACES TO WORK RANKING WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 13, to discuss the Partnership for Public Service Best Places to Work rankings. Assistant Administrator for Human Capital Management Jeri Buchholz also will be available to answer questions. Ra ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2012 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-430 NASA MAKES UNPRECEDENTED RETURN TO MARS, ADVANCES COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT AND ADDS TO ITS AMAZING RESEARCH AND DISCOVERIES IN 2012 WASHINGTON -- In 2012, NASA continued to implement America's ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station and advan ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard / Donna Weaver Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4514 / 410-338-4493 villard@stsci.edu dweaver@stsci.edu RELEASE: 12-428 NASA'S HUBBLE PROVIDES FIRST CENSUS OF GALAXIES NEAR COSMIC DAWN WASHINGTON -- Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers announced Dec. 12 they have seen further back in time than ever before and have uncovered a previously unseen population of seven ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW IN NEW MEXICO A winter storm dropped heavy snow on parts of New Mexico in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79969&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 10, 2012 (Posted on Dec 11, 2012 3:52 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHI ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 671 2012 Dec 12 Somerville, MA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 34 began at 2226 UTC on Nov 18 with commander Kevin Ford and flight engineers FE-1 Oleg Novitskiy and FE-2 Yevgeniy Tarelkin. Their ferry ship, Soyuz TMA-06M, is docked at the Poisk module. Expedition 33 crewmembers Suni Williams, Yuriy Malenchenko and Aki H ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 12 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11W10 238 0120 Dao 08 15 Beta 1630 N19W25 253 0090 Cai 07 20 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 December 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Out of the Blue and Into the Black http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IntotheBlack/?src=eoa-features The night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think. In fact, the Earth is never really dark; it twinkles with lights from humans and nature. * Earth at Night 2012 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/NightLigh ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano remained very active in mid 2012, with a slowly growing lava dome accompanied by frequent ash emissions and rockfalls. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79962&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Dec 09, 2012 (Posted on Dec 11, 2012 11:40 AM) ----- ...Continue Reading