:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 01 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 245 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S21W47 182 0180 Dao 05 09 Beta 1554 N15W79 214 0160 Dao 07 09 Beta 1555 N08W12 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-047 NASA SELECTS SAFETY SUPPORT CONTRACT AT WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to Millennium Engineering and Integration Company of Arlington, Va., to provide range and institutional safety support at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The five-year contract is ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-306 NASA SELECTS 12 SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 12 grants to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space radiobiology research. This ground-based research will be performed at NASA's Space Radiation Laboratory at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING Wildfires burned in northwestern Wyoming in late August 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79075&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29, 2012 (Posted on Aug 30, 2012 4:31 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a serv ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2012 David Weaver NASA Headquarters 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-602 NASA ADMINISTRATOR STATEMENT ON NEIL ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL SERVICE WASHINGTON -- Today, we pay tribute to a pioneering American; an explorer, a patriot and an individual who, with 'one small step,' achieved an impossible dream. Family, friends and colleagues of Neil's gathered to reflect on his extraordinary life and career, and offer thanks for the many blessings he shared with us along the way. His remarkable ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1953 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 31 1351 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1952 Begin Time: 2012 Aug 28 1535 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1129 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 31 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 244 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S21W30 179 0150 Dso 05 07 Beta 1554 N16W65 213 0090 Dao 05 05 Beta 1555 N08E01 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 30, 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 CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-046 NASA SELECTS RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND LOGISTICAL SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected TechTrans International Inc. of Houston to provide Russian language and logistical services for the International Space Station Program at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Under the contract, TechTrans w ...Continue Reading

Aug. 30, 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 jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-303 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT PREPARES FOR TREK TOWARD DWARF PLANET WASHINGTON -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant destinations to help scientists answer questions about the formation of our solar system. The spacecraft is scheduled to leave the giant ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM ISAAC OVER LOUISIANA In late August 2012, Hurricane Isaac struck the Gulf Coast and New Orleans, Louisiana. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79040&src=nha *** (GOES) image from Aug 28, 2012 (Posted on Aug 29, 2012 5:21 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=790 ...Continue Reading