:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 07 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1621 N16W83 019 0010 Axx 02 02 Alpha 1623 N08W47 342 0090 Dso 05 04 Beta 1625 N12W49 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-235 THREE NASA AIRBORNE EARTH SCIENCE MISSIONS FOCUS OF JAN. 25 MEDIA DAY WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting media to look behind-the-scenes at several active Earth science missions that will take to the air next month to study climate change and air pollution. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON BOPHA Typhoon Bopha was headed for the Philippines in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79924&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 06, 2012 (Posted on Dec 06, 2012 1:08 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service ...Continue Reading

Dec. 06, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-424 FERMI IMPROVES ITS VISION FOR THUNDERSTORM GAMMA-RAY FLASHES WASHINGTON -- Thanks to improved data analysis techniques and a new operating mode, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is now 10 times better at catching the brief outbursts of high-energy l ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 06 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1621 N16W69 018 0030 Dao 03 05 Beta 1623 N08W33 342 0120 Cso 09 07 Beta 1625 N12W36 ...Continue Reading

History Listserv subscribers,Here are 3 items that may be of interest to you.Space Policy and History Forum #6 will be Monday December 10th at 4 pm at the National Air and Space Museum. The featured speaker is Dr. Tom Jones on the topic of: Earth-Moon Space: The Art of the Possible 2012-2022.  If you are interested in attending please contact Roger Launius (launiusr@si.edu) or Nathan Bridges (nathan.bridges@jhuapl.edu). [*]On Wednesday, December 12th at 7 pm at the Goddard Spaceflight Center Visitor's Center Dr. N ...Continue Reading

Dec. 05, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Ciandra Jackson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-2924 ciandra.t.jackson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-423 NASA OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS A CHANCE TO JUMP-START THEIR FUTURE WASHINGTON -- NASA is offering high school junior girls from across the United States an opportunity to jump-start their future by participating in the Women In STEM High School (WISH) Aerospace Scholars program ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-421 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPENS FOR NASA AIRBORNE EARTH SCIENCE EVENT WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan. 25 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in E ...Continue Reading

Dec. 05, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Suitland, Md. 301-713-2014 john.leslie@noaa.gov Rani Gran/Aries Keck NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 301-332-6975/301-814-8858 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov / aries.keck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-422 NASA-NOAA SATELLITE REVEALS NEW VIEWS OF EARTH AT NIGHT WASHINGTON -- Scientists unveiled today an unpreceden ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Sarah McDonnell Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-8923 s_mcd@mit.edu RELEASE: 12-417 NASA TWIN SPACECRAFT CREATE MOST ACCURATE GRAVITY MAP OF MOON WASHINGTON -- Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. The new map, created by the Grav ...Continue Reading