There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. THANK YOU, HOUSTON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:15:22 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: THANK YOU, HOUSTON September 21, 2012 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J12-018 THANK YOU, HOUSTON HOUSTON -- Thanks to all who paused this week to watch space shuttle Endeavour fly over Houston and the surrounding areas. This was quite a sight an ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 22 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1569 S11W82 300 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1571 S13W59 276 0010 Bxo 05 03 Beta 1573 N18W04 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 21, 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: 12-333 NASA SELECTS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 26 proposals from academia and industry for advanced development activities for the nation's next heavy lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). Proposals selected under this NASA Research An ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRE SMOKE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN In September 2012, smoke from wildfires in the western United States blew eastward over the Atlantic Ocean. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79242&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 19, 2012 (Posted on Sep 20, 2012 5:04 PM) ---------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 126 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR FERRY FLIGHT CONTINUES WEST 2. HOME FROM SPACE, NASA ASTRONAUT JOE ACABA SET FOR INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:02:10 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR FERRY FLIGHT CONTINUES WEST September 20, 2012 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-3 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 21 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 265 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1569 S12W70 300 0170 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1571 S14W46 278 0050 Cao 06 03 Beta 1574 S22W70 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Laura J. Brown Federal Aviation Administration, Washington 202-359-3680 laura.j.brown@faa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-188 NASA INVITES CALIFORNIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN ENDEAVOUR FLYOVER WASHINGTON -- NASA invites Californians to participate in space shuttle Endeavour's historic flyover of the state ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Katherine Nelson SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif. 310-363-6447 katherine.nelson@spacex.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-189 SPACEX, NASA TARGET OCT. 7 LAUNCH FOR FIRST CONTRACTED U.S. CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION; MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN HOUSTON -- NASA managers, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) officials and international partner representatives Thursday announced Sunday, Oct. 7, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 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: C12-051 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR SHARED SERVICES CENTER WASHINGTON -- NASA has exercised the third option year under its existing contract with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Falls Church, Va. This is a one-year option period for the continuation of f ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-334 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT SEES HYDRATED MINERALS ON GIANT ASTEROID WASHINGTON -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar. Two new papers, based on observations from the low-altitude mapping orbit of the Dawn mission, show ...Continue Reading