National Aeronautics and Space Administration New e-Book  Available Now! NASA at 50 Interviews with NASA's Senior Leadership Rebecca Wright, Sandra Johnson, and Steven J. Dick, Editors  The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1 October 2008 found an agency in the midst of deep transition. In the closing year of the presidency of George W. Bush, only a month before the presidential election and in the midst of a worldwide economic crisis, the Agency was implementing a new Vision fo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 26 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 361 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S08W68 114 0040 Dso 04 02 Beta 1635 N11W17 063 0270 Dac 09 22 Beta-Gamma 1636 N13 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (25 December 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Faraway Rains Change the Channel Country http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80023&src=eoa-iotd * City Lights of the United States 2012 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79800&src=eoa-iotd * Aso Caldera, Kyushu, Japan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80027&src=eoa-iotd * Monit ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 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 360 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S07W55 113 0100 Eai 12 07 Beta 1634 S13W47 105 0020 Cao 14 03 Beta 1635 N11W05 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTH AT NIGHT 2012 The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite uses filtering techniques to observe signals such as gas flares, auroras, wildfires, city lights, and reflected moonlight. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80030&src=nha *** VIIRS(Suomi NPP) image from Apr 18, 2 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-59 2012 December 23 at 7:05 p.m. MST (2012 December 24 0205 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 17-23 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For December 24-30 No space weather storms are predicted. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Service ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 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 359 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S07W39 111 0200 Eai 13 25 Beta-Gamma 1634 S13W33 105 0050 Cao 12 07 Beta 1635 N12 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 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 358 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S05W27 113 0170 Esi 13 12 Beta 1634 S12W25 111 0060 Cso 06 07 Beta 1635 N10E22 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 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 357 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S07W13 112 0260 Eki 12 15 Beta 1634 S13W12 111 0060 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1635 N09E35 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 21, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 daniel.g.huot@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-065 NASA SELECTS ENGINEERING FABRICATION SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has selected Sierra Lobo Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to perform engineering fabrication services at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. This cost-plus-award-fee contract with indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity delivery orders has a potential val ...Continue Reading