Nov. 13, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-215 NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SOYUZ LANDING COVERAGE NOV. 18 HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage as three of the crew members on the International Space Station come back to Earth Sunday, Nov. 18. Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Explo ...Continue Reading

Nov. 13, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-214 NASA TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE LANDS IN CLEVELAND NOV. 28-30 WASHINGTON -- Business leaders, space enthusiasts, students and the public are invited to attend NASA Technology Days. The free, three-day public technology showcase will take place at the Cleveland Public Auditorium and Conference Center Nov. 28-30. Par ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 13 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 318 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1605 N16W82 340 0010 Bxo 07 04 Beta 1609 S14W10 263 0010 Hrx 04 03 Alpha 1610 S22W10 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES AND SMOKE IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA Fires in northwestern India sent thick smoke over the city of Delhi in early November 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79630&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 05, 2012 (Posted on Nov 05, 2012 3:33 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA Dust plumes blew over the ocean just off southwestern Alaska in early November 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79664&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 06, 2012 (Posted on Nov 12, 2012 12:42 PM) ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-52 2012 November 11 at 9:17 p.m. MST (2012 November 12 0417 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 5-11 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 08 and 11 November due to solar flare activity. Outlook For November 12-18 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts are possible through 18 November due to solar flare activity. Category G1 (Min ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 12 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 317 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1609 S15E01 264 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1610 S25E02 263 0150 Dai 09 18 Beta 1611 N12E27 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 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 316 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1608 S20W03 282 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1609 S15E16 263 0010 Hax 01 01 Alpha 1610 S23E15 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 10 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 315 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1608 S21E10 282 0010 Hrx 01 02 Alpha 1609 S15E32 260 0010 Cro 06 02 Beta 1610 S23E32 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 9, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Geoff Brown Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-5618/443-778-5618 geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 12-392 NASA RENAMES RADIATION BELT MISSION TO HONOR PIONEERING SCIENTIST WASHINGTON -- NASA has renamed a recently launched mission that studies Earth's radiation belts as the Van Allen Probes in honor of the late James Van Allen. Van Allen was the head of the physics d ...Continue Reading