Nov. 15, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov Donna Weaver / Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514 dweaver@stsci.edu villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 12-397 NASA'S GREAT OBSERVATORIES FIND CANDIDATE FOR MOST DISTANT GALAXY WASHINGTON -- By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of natu ...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 ALONG THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER A dust storm blew across the Kansas-Colorado border in early November 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79692&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 10, 2012 (Posted on Nov 15, 2012 1:47 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 15 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 320 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1610 S23W36 262 0210 Eai 11 14 Beta-Gamma 1611 N13W14 239 0160 Dso 08 10 Beta-Gamma 16 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-394 NASA'S KEPLER COMPLETES PRIME MISSION, BEGINS EXTENDED MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA is marking two milestones in the search for planets like Earth; the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope's 3 1/2- year prime mission and the beginning of an extended mission that could last as long a ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-396 NASA'S PHONESAT WINS 2012 POPULAR SCIENCE BEST OF WHAT'S NEW AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA's PhoneSat project has won Popular Science's 2012 Best of What's New Award for innovation in aerospace. PhoneSat will demonstrate the ability to launch one of the lowest-cost, easiest-to-build satellites ever flown in space ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-395 NASA, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION HOST NASA SOCIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON -- NASA and the American Geophysical Union are inviting social media followers to a unique behind-the-scenes NASA Social on Tuesday, Dec. 4, in San Francisco. The event will bring 20 social media users together with some of the world's best and brightest scientific minds at ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 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 319 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1610 S24W23 262 0210 Eki 12 18 Beta-Gamma 1611 N12W00 239 0190 Dso 10 08 Beta-Gamma 16 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (13 November 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Dust over Southwestern Alaska http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79664&src=eoa-iotd * Snow in the Northeastern United States http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79669&src=eoa-iotd * Qatar at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79658&src=eoa-iotd * Two Views of Australian Wil ...Continue Reading

Nov. 13, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-216 NASA HOSTS NOV. 15 TELECONFERENCE ON CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Thursday, Nov. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science ...Continue Reading

Nov. 13, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-393 STUDENT TEAMS TO BUILD AND FLY ROCKETS WITH ONBOARD PAYLOADS FOR NASA ROCKETRY CHALLENGE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Organizers of the NASA Student Launch Projects have announced the 57 student teams whose inventive creations will soar skyward in April during the space agency's 2012-13 rocketry challe ...Continue Reading