:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1621 N16W69 018 0030 Dao 03 05 Beta 1623 N08W33 342 0120 Cso 09 07 Beta 1625 N12W36 ...Continue Reading

History Listserv subscribers,Here are 3 items that may be of interest to you.Space Policy and History Forum #6 will be Monday December 10th at 4 pm at the National Air and Space Museum. The featured speaker is Dr. Tom Jones on the topic of: Earth-Moon Space: The Art of the Possible 2012-2022.  If you are interested in attending please contact Roger Launius (launiusr@si.edu) or Nathan Bridges (nathan.bridges@jhuapl.edu). [*]On Wednesday, December 12th at 7 pm at the Goddard Spaceflight Center Visitor's Center Dr. N ...Continue Reading

Dec. 05, 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: 12-423 NASA OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS A CHANCE TO JUMP-START THEIR FUTURE WASHINGTON -- NASA is offering high school junior girls from across the United States an opportunity to jump-start their future by participating in the Women In STEM High School (WISH) Aerospace Scholars program ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-421 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPENS FOR NASA AIRBORNE EARTH SCIENCE EVENT WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan. 25 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in E ...Continue Reading

Dec. 05, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Suitland, Md. 301-713-2014 john.leslie@noaa.gov Rani Gran/Aries Keck NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 301-332-6975/301-814-8858 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov / aries.keck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-422 NASA-NOAA SATELLITE REVEALS NEW VIEWS OF EARTH AT NIGHT WASHINGTON -- Scientists unveiled today an unpreceden ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 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 RELEASE: 12-417 NASA TWIN SPACECRAFT CREATE MOST ACCURATE GRAVITY MAP OF MOON WASHINGTON -- Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. The new map, created by the Grav ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 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 340 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1621 N15W56 017 0060 Dao 03 08 Beta 1623 N08W18 341 0150 Dso 10 04 Beta 1625 N14W18 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 December 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Bopha Makes Landfall http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79892&src=eoa-iotd * Riverbeds in Reverse http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79863&src=eoa-iotd * Riyadh at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79828&src=eoa-iotd * Mergui Archipelago http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

Dec. 04, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-234 NASA'S JOHN GRUNSFELD SPEAKS WITH MEDIA ABOUT NEW MARS MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA's associate administrator for science, astronaut John Grunsfeld, today announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover to launch in 2020. Grunsfeld will host a media briefing on these plans at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PST) today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysica ...Continue Reading

Dec. 04, 2012 Dwayne Brown/Sarah DeWitt Headquarters, Washington 202/358-1726/358-2451 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov/ sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-420 NASA ANNOUNCES ROBUST MULTI-YEAR MARS PROGRAM; NEW ROVER TO CLOSE OUT DECADE OF NEW MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- Building on the success of Curiosity's Red Planet landing, NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. This announcement affirms the agency's commitment to a bold e ...Continue Reading