Oct. 31, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-058 NASA SELECTS CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECT ENGINEERING SERVICES MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected AECOM Technical Services Inc. of San Francisco, to support architect engineering services for the Facilities Engineering Branch at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, C ...Continue Reading

Oct. 31, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Doug LeMere NASA Shared Services Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-813-6617 douglas.m.lemere@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-057 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of Mclean, Va., a modification to its integrated communications services contract at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in ...Continue Reading

Oct. 31, 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: M12-211 NASA HOSTS NOV. 2 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Friday, Nov. 2, to provide an update on Curiosity's studies of the Martian atmosphere. The Mars Science Laboratory Project and ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE SANDY In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage in the Caribbean and along the U.S. East Coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79574&src=nha *** VIIRS(Suomi NPP) image from Oct 31, 2012 (Posted on Oct 31, 2012 11:28 AM) ------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1977 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 31 1428 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Oct 31 1415 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 31 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 305 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1596 N08W94 157 0060 Hsx 10 01 Alpha 1598 S11W51 114 0210 Hsx 04 02 Alpha 1599 S12W23 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 October 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hurricane Sandy Animations In addition to the imagery of Hurricane Sandy that we published on the Earth Observatory website, we also produced animations showing the progression of the storm that are available on our YouTube channel. We hope all of you are safe. http://www.youtube.com/NASAEarthObservatory?src=eoa-ann ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-383 NASA ROVER'S FIRST SOIL STUDIES HELP FINGERPRINT MARTIAN MINERALS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 5 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM SON-TINH Tropical Storm Son-tinh formed over the western Pacific Ocean in late October 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79563&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2012 (Posted on Oct 30, 2012 8:29 AM) HURRICANE SANDY In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 amiko.kauderer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-380 NASA SEEKS PARTNERS TO EXPLORE JOHNSON STRUCTURAL TESTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HOUSTON -- NASA has released a Request for Information (RFI) to explore the potential interest and use of its unique facilities, labs and technical expertise for structural testing at the agency's Johnso ...Continue Reading