Aug. 21, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-156 NASA KICKS OFF ASTEROID SIMULATION; MEDIA INVITED TO OBSERVE HOUSTON -- A simulated mission to an asteroid is under way at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Journalists are invited to learn about the test and technologies on Thursday, Aug. 30. Media will be able to learn about the test and see the technologies up clos ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Lisa Malone Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 lisa.a.malone@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-154 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRESS DURING MEDIA AVAILABILITY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AUG. 23 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to an interview availability and facilities tour with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden at noon EDT, Thursday, Aug. 23, at various locations in and around the agen ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1946 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 21 1310 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Aug 21 1255 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 upd ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 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 234 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1546 N17E16 265 0040 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1547 N05W17 298 0010 Bxo 04 05 Beta 1548 N20E47 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-288 NEW NASA MISSION TO TAKE FIRST LOOK DEEP INSIDE MARS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system's rocky planets. The new mission, named InSight, will place instruments on the Martian surface to i ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN IDAHO Dry, windy conditions fueled numerous wildfires in southern and central Idaho in August. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78872&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14, 2012 (Posted on Aug 16, 2012 4:40 PM) NIGHT VIEW OF WESTERN WILDFIRES In August 2012, lightning sparked numerous wildfire ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NIGHT VIEW OF WESTERN WILDFIRES In August 2012, lightning sparked numerous wildfires throughout the western United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78895&src=nha *** VIIRS(Suomi NPP) image from Aug 17, 2012 (Posted on Aug 17, 2012 5:02 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON TE ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-154 NASA TO ANNOUNCE NEW PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSION TODAY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 5 p.m. EDT today to discuss the selection of a new Discovery-class mission that will further NASA's exploration of the solar system. The selection will be the 12th in NASA's series of Discovery-class missions. The panelists for the briefing are: -- John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate ...Continue Reading

Aug. 20, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Rob Gutro NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-153 MEDIA INVITED TO NASA AIRBORNE HURRICANE MISSION MEDIA DAY WASHINGTON -- NASA is preparing to send unmanned scientific aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean to study tropical cyclones and the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensification. Reporters are invited to view NASA's Global ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-38 2012 August 19 at 7:53 p.m. MDT (2012 August 20 0153 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 13-19 Category R1(Minor) radio blackout were observed on 17 and 18 August and Category R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts observed on 18 August due to flare activity from Region 1548. Outlook For August 20-26 No space weather storms are expected. Data used t ...Continue Reading