Jonathan's Space Report No. 671 2012 Dec 12 Somerville, MA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 34 began at 2226 UTC on Nov 18 with commander Kevin Ford and flight engineers FE-1 Oleg Novitskiy and FE-2 Yevgeniy Tarelkin. Their ferry ship, Soyuz TMA-06M, is docked at the Poisk module. Expedition 33 crewmembers Suni Williams, Yuriy Malenchenko and Aki H ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 12 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11W10 238 0120 Dao 08 15 Beta 1630 N19W25 253 0090 Cai 07 20 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 December 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Out of the Blue and Into the Black http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IntotheBlack/?src=eoa-features The night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think. In fact, the Earth is never really dark; it twinkles with lights from humans and nature. * Earth at Night 2012 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/NightLigh ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano remained very active in mid 2012, with a slowly growing lava dome accompanied by frequent ash emissions and rockfalls. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79962&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Dec 09, 2012 (Posted on Dec 11, 2012 11:40 AM) ----- ...Continue Reading

Dec. 11, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov David Hosansky National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. 303-497-8611 hosansky@ucar.edu RELEASE: 12-427 NEW NASA-FUNDED FORECAST SYSTEM HELPS TRANSOCEANIC FLIGHTS AVOID STORMS WASHINGTON -- A new NASA-funded prototype system developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of Boulder, Colo., now is providing weather forecasts that can help flights avoid m ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 11 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 346 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11E04 238 0070 Dai 07 14 Beta 1630 N19W11 253 0070 Dai 07 15 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-238 NASA TO HOST DEC.13 TELECONFERENCE ON TWIN PROBES MISSION ENDING MOON IMPACT PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. EST) Thursday, Dec. 13, to provide an overview of events leading up to twin spacecraft being commanded to impact the moon's surface on ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-429 NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS IN NEXT STEP TOWARD SAFELY LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS FROM U.S. SOIL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA announced Monday the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certificat ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey / Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov rachel.hoover@nasa.gov Louise Good University of Hawaii, Honolulu 808-956-9403 good@ifa.hawaii.edu RELEASE: 12-425 NASA ASTROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE SHOWS HOW WIDE BINARY STARS FORM WASHINGTON -- Using computer simulations, scientists from the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the University of Hawaii are s ...Continue Reading

Dec. 10, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-237 NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCH HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of next week's launch and docking of the next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station. Tom Marshburn of NASA, Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) ...Continue Reading