Dec. 21, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kim Henry 256-544-0034 Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. kimberly.h.henry@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-440 NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM CORE STAGE PASSES MAJOR MILESTONE, READY TO START CONSTRUCTION HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The team designing America's new flagship rocket has completed successfully a major technical review of the vehicle's core stage. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) will take the agency's Orion spacecraft ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 46 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA PUTS ORION BACKUP PARACHUTES TO THE TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:36:40 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA PUTS ORION BACKUP PARACHUTES TO THE TEST Dec. 20, 2012 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H12-441 NASA PUTS ORION BACKUP PARACHUTES TO THE TEST HOUSTON -- NASA c ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 21 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 356 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S07W00 111 0260 Eko 12 13 Beta 1634 S13W00 111 0060 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1635 N09E44 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 20, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-441 NASA PUTS ORION BACKUP PARACHUTES TO THE TEST HOUSTON -- NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona, marking another step toward a first flight test in 2014. The test verified Orion can land safely even i ...Continue Reading

Dec. 20, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-064 NASA SELECTS INTERNET SERVICES AGREEMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected InfoZen Inc. of Rockville, Md., for the Web Enterprise Service Technologies prime blanket purchase agreement to support agency websites. Orders against this blanket purchase agreement (BPA) will be issued on a firm-fixed-price basis. NASA estimates the volume of purchases through this BPA will be $40 milli ...Continue Reading

Dec. 20, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-063 NASA AWARDS FLIGHT PROJECTS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has selected SEMI USA Corporation of Houston to construct the Flight Projects Building at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This firm-fixed-price contract is valued ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ROCKY MOUNTAIN SNOW Ahead of the 2012 winter solstice, a storm dropped snow over much of the Rocky Mountains. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80035&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 19, 2012 (Posted on Dec 20, 2012 12:15 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Na ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 128 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT DAVID WOLF LEAVES AGENCY 2. JSC ACCELERATION CENTER HELPS BUSINESSES CAPITALIZE ON NASA TECH 3. NASA ASTRONAUT SANDRA MAGNUS LEAVES AGENCY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:46:04 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT DAVID WOLF LEAVES AGENCY December 19, 2012 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J12-023 NASA A ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 20 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 355 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1633 S07E13 111 0260 Eko 12 09 Beta 1634 S13E14 110 0060 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1635 N09E58 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOG FROM AMBRYM VOLCANO Ambrym Volcano in the Vanuatu archipelago emitted an extensive plumes of volcanic fog (vog) during May, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80014&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Dec 13, 2012 (Posted on Dec 18, 2012 2:14 PM) --------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading