Sept. 7, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-176 NASA TV AIRS LIVE KICKOFF OF 2012 ZERO ROBOTICS COMPETITION WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast live the virtual kickoff ceremony of the 2012 Zero Robotics High School Tournament beginning at 1 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Sept. 8. Zero Robotics challenges teams of high school students to write their own algorithms to fly the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satel ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov 202-358-0918 Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov 757-824-1579 RELEASE: 12-310 NASA'S GLOBAL HAWK MISSION BEGINS WITH FLIGHT TO HURRICANE LESLIE WASHINGTON -- NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. With the Hurricane and S ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-313 NASA MARS EXPLORATION ROVER TEAM TO BE HONORED PASADENA, Calif. -- The mission team for NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity will be awarded the Haley Space Flight Award. The team will receive the award Sept. 12 during the American Institute of Aeronautics an ...Continue Reading

Aug. 7, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-173 SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR TO MAKE HISTORIC FINAL FERRY FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida headed ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 07 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 251 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1559 N13W55 112 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1560 N04W73 129 0160 Eai 13 10 Beta-Gamma 1562 S22 ...Continue Reading

September 6, 2012 The PO.DAAC has posted a "New Ocean Story" focused on the SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project. Funded byNASA in collaboration with NSF, NOAA and also involving European participation (e.g. France, Spain), the SPURS project aims to improve our understanding of salinity processes in the upper ocean. Along with the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency CONAE, SPURS will ...Continue Reading

Sept. 6, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-312 NASA MARS ROVER CURIOSITY BEGINS ARM-WORK PHASE PASADENA, Calif. -- After driving more than a football field's length since landing, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use of the tools on its arm. Curiosity extended its robotic arm Wednesd ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in northern California in mid-August 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79105&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 01, 2012 (Posted on Sep 05, 2012 4:51 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE LESLIE In early September 2012, Leslie became ...Continue Reading

Sept. 06, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-169 NASA TV TO COVER DEPARTURE OF JAPANESE CARGO SHIP FROM SPACE STATION SEPT. 12 WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the third Japanese "Kounotori" H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) cargo ship's departure from the International Space Station in two broadcasts Wednesday, Sept. 12. The firs ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 06 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 250 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1560 N04W58 128 0230 Eai 11 13 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1562 S21W35 104 0070 Dso 05 05 Beta 15 ...Continue Reading