Dec. 11, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov David Hosansky National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. 303-497-8611 hosansky@ucar.edu RELEASE: 12-427 NEW NASA-FUNDED FORECAST SYSTEM HELPS TRANSOCEANIC FLIGHTS AVOID STORMS WASHINGTON -- A new NASA-funded prototype system developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of Boulder, Colo., now is providing weather forecasts that can help flights avoid m ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 11 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11E04 238 0070 Dai 07 14 Beta 1630 N19W11 253 0070 Dai 07 15 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-238 NASA TO HOST DEC.13 TELECONFERENCE ON TWIN PROBES MISSION ENDING MOON IMPACT PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. EST) Thursday, Dec. 13, to provide an overview of events leading up to twin spacecraft being commanded to impact the moon's surface on ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-429 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS IN NEXT STEP TOWARD SAFELY LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS FROM U.S. SOIL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA announced Monday the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certificat ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey / Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Louise Good University of Hawaii, Honolulu 808-956-9403 good@ifa.hawaii.edu RELEASE: 12-425 NASA ASTROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE SHOWS HOW WIDE BINARY STARS FORM WASHINGTON -- Using computer simulations, scientists from the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the University of Hawaii are s ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 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: M12-237 NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCH HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of next week's launch and docking of the next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station. Tom Marshburn of NASA, Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Ciandra Jackson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-2924 ciandra.t.jackson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-426 NASA OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO TALK TO ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE IN 2013 HOUSTON -- NASA is offering opportunities for schools and educational groups to speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station to learn about living and working in space. Crew ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 5 new images) -- TYPHOON BOPHA Typhoon Bopha was headed for the Philippines in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79959&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 08, 2012 (Posted on Dec 10, 2012 12:29 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79924&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) ima ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON BOPHA Typhoon Bopha was headed for the Philippines in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79959&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 08, 2012 (Posted on Dec 10, 2012 12:29 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M/12-236 NASA'S HUBBLE TO REVEAL NEW FINDINGS ABOUT THE EARLY UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers will report on recent observations of a previously unseen population of primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. The teleconference panelists ar ...Continue Reading