Sept. 16, 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 202-267-3455 laura.j.brown@faa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-182 WEATHER POSTPONES SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR FERRY FLIGHT TO SEPT. 18 WASHINGTON -- NASA's planned ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 16 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N23W76 013 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1569 S12W00 296 0180 Eso 12 08 Beta-Gamma 1571 S1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 15 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N22W65 015 0030 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1569 S12E14 296 0140 Eao 13 10 Beta-Gamma 1571 S1 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 david.c.agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-324 NASA MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY REVEALS GEOLOGICAL MYSTERY PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Spherical objects concentrated at an outcrop Opportunity reached last week differ in several ways from iron-rich spherul ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN Torrential rain caused widespread flooding in Pakistan in September 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79171&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 13, 2012 (Posted on Sep 13, 2012 5:13 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCAéN FUEGO Gua ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 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: 12-322 FIRST PLANETS FOUND AROUND SUN-LIKE STARS IN A CLUSTER WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars. The findings offer the best evidence yet planets can sprout up in dense stellar environments. Although the ne ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-323 NASA SELECTS ADVANCED ROBOTICS PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency's future missions while supporting the Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ranging from technologies for improving robotic planetary rovers to humanoid robotic systems, will support the development and use of robots for spa ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Paula Korn The Boeing Co. 281-226-4114 paula.korn@boeing.com RELEASE: 12-311 BOEING COMPLETES FIRST MILESTONE FOR NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW INITIATIVE HOUSTON -- The Boeing Company completed its first performance milestone Aug. 23 for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to lea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 14 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 258 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N23W51 015 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1569 S12E27 296 0210 Eac 12 10 Beta-Gamma 1571 S1 ...Continue Reading

September 13, 2012 New Gridded Climate Datasets for Global Climate Model Intercomparison PO.DAAC is pleased to announce that it will distribute three gridded satellite datasets to facilitate climate model evaluation. They include variables for Sea Surface Temperature (SST), Absolute Dynamic Topography (ADT), and ocean surface vector winds (http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/highlights/GriddedClimateVariables_2012_0913).   These observational datasets are on monthly 1° g ...Continue Reading