August 29th 2012 PDT
Aug. 29, 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: 12-295 NASA'S WISE SURVEY UNCOVERS MILLIONS OF BLACK HOLES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies. Images from the telescope have revealed millions of dus ...Continue Reading
August 29th 2012 PDT
Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Suni Williams shares some thoughts on the passing of Neil Armstrong in her latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/rnbH_ *Everyone Knows the Name Neil Armstrong* Saturday was a sad day for this planet. I was thinking about it and I’ll bet practically every person on (and off) this planet knows the name Neil Armstrong. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what you do for a living, what kind of car you drive, or how many kids you have – most everyone here from sch ...Continue Reading
August 29th 2012 PDT
Aug. 29, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-299 NASA COMPLETES MAXIMUM PARACHUTE TEST FOR ORION SPACECRAFT HOUSTON -- NASA Tuesday successfully completed another parachute test of its Orion spacecraft high above the skies of the U.S. Yuma Army Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona. The test examined the maximum pressure Orion's parachutes might face when returning ...Continue Reading
August 29th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1951 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 29 1401 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1950 Begin Time: 2012 Aug 28 1535 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1021 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
August 29th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 29 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 242 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S21W07 183 0110 Cso 05 03 Beta 1554 N17W40 216 0030 Cso 05 05 Beta 1555 N08E29 ...Continue Reading
August 28th 2012 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (28 August 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Notes from the Field Blog: Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/spurs/?src=eoa-features A group of scientists are headed to the saltiest spot in the North Atlantic Ocean. They will spend six weeks at sea studying what's driving changes in the s ...Continue Reading
August 28th 2012 PDT
Aug. 28, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-298 NASA'S KEPLER DISCOVERS MULTIPLE PLANETS ORBITING A PAIR OF STARS NASA's Kepler mission has discovered multiple transiting planets orbiting two suns for the first time. The system, known as a circumbinary planetary system, is 4,900 light-years fro ...Continue Reading
August 28th 2012 PDT
Aug. 28, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-296 CURIOSITY ROVER PLAYS FIRST SONG TRANSMITTED FROM ANOTHER PLANET PASADENA -- For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., today to hear "Reach for the Stars" by musician will.i.am after it was transmitted from the surface of M ...Continue Reading
August 28th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN ALGERIA During summer 2012, wildfires burned pine and cork forests throughout northern Algeria. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79000&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 25, 2012 (Posted on Aug 27, 2012 5:09 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON BOLAVEN Bolaven formed as ...Continue Reading
August 28th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1950 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 28 1550 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Aug 28 1535 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading
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