Oct. 3, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-343 NASA'S INFRARED OBSERVATORY MEASURES EXPANSION OF UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have announced the most precise measurement yet of the Hubble constant, or the rate at which our universe is stretching apart. The Hubble constant is named after the astronomer E ...Continue Reading

Oct. 03, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Lisa-Joy Zgorski National Science Foundation 703-292-8311 lisajoy@nsf.gov RELEASE: 12-346 NASA TOURNAMENT LAB TO LAUNCH BIG DATA CHALLENGE SERIES FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WASHINGTON -- NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of Science announced on Wednesday the launch of the Big Data Challenge, a series of competitions hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL). The Big Data Ch ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 03 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 277 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1577 N09W95 169 0040 Dso 03 03 Beta 1579 S09W34 106 0160 Cso 03 03 Beta 1582 S12W12 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (02 October 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Dried Out Vegetation Across America http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79316&src=eoa-iotd * Clouds, Fire, and Ice in the Cascades http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79306&src=eoa-iotd * Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79287&src=eoa-iotd * I ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle/Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011/818-354-6278 agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-197 NASA HOSTS OCT. 4 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Oct. 4, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' G ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- 2012 OREGON WILDFIRES A gallery of notable wildfires that burned in Oregon in 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79306&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Sep 19, 2012 (Posted on Oct 01, 2012 2:04 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM NADINE Nadine formed as a tropical dep ...Continue Reading

Oct. 2, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-344 NASA OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA invites scientists from around the country to submit proposals to perform biological research aboard the International Space Station. The NASA Research Announcement (NRA), "Research Opportunities in Space Biology," opened Sept. 30. This NRA challenges scientists to propose experiments that coul ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 02 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 276 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1577 N09W82 169 0040 Dso 04 01 Beta 1578 N21W88 174 0020 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1579 S09W21 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: M12-342 AMERICAN RESUPPLY MISSIONS TO THE SPACE STATION PROGRESSING WASHINGTON -- Orbital Sciences Corporation Monday rolled the first stage of its Antares rocket to the launch pad of the nation's newest spaceport - the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Va. - while in Florida, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) moves ahead with preparations for an Oct. 7 launch to t ...Continue Reading

Oct. 1, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Kim Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.m.henry@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-339 NASA AWARDS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ADVANCED BOOSTER CONTRACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded three contracts totaling $137.3 million to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS). The awardees will develop engineering demonstrations and r ...Continue Reading