Sept. 25, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-336 NASA OPENS ACCREDITATION TO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SPACEX LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting social media users to apply for credentials for the Oct. 7 launch of the first contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is targeted t ...Continue Reading

Sept. 25, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-335 NASA ANNOUNCES SENIOR LEADERSHIP CHANGES WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced three changes to his senior leadership team Tuesday. Robert Lightfoot, acting associate administrator at NASA Headquarters in Washington, will assume that role on a permanent basis. Patrick Scheuermann, director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., will become director of NA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 25 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 269 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1573 N15W44 223 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1575 N09W03 182 0200 Eso 13 13 Beta-Gamma 1576 S2 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-190 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON STATUS OF MARS PROGRAM OPTIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG). The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency's future Mars Program within available future budgets. The teleconference participants are ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 4 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in northern California in the summer of 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79203&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 11, 2012 (Posted on Sep 17, 2012 4:40 PM) WILDFIRES IN IDAHO In the summer of 2012, numerous wildfires raged in Idaho. * http://earthobservatory.na ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN IDAHO In the summer of 2012, numerous wildfires raged in Idaho. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79250&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 07, 2012 (Posted on Sep 21, 2012 2:20 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth O ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Peter Edmonds Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-571-7279 pedmonds@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-331 NASA'S CHANDRA SHOWS MILKY WAY IS SURROUNDED BY HALO OF HOT GAS WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. The estimated mass of the halo is compa ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-44 2012 September 24 at 3:02 a.m. MDT (2012 September 24 0902 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 17-23 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For September 24-30 Slight chance for Minor (R1) Radio Blackouts due to returning Regions 1564 and 1566. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, U ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 24 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1575 N08E11 181 0260 Eho 13 13 Beta-Gamma 1576 S22E17 175 0050 Dso 06 02 Beta 1577 N08 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 23 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1575 N08E24 181 0320 Eko 12 10 Beta-Gamma 1576 S21E30 175 0050 Dao 06 02 Beta 1577 N08 ...Continue Reading