Aug.15, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-278 PHOENIX CLUSTER SETS RECORD PACE AT FORMING STARS WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster, one of the largest objects in the universe, that is breaking several important cosmic records. Observations of the Phoenix cluster with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the National Science F ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 15 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 228 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1542 S12W33 034 0040 Cao 06 04 Beta 1543 N22W19 020 0250 Cko 07 07 Beta-Gamma 1545 S14 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (14 August 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Western Wildfires http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78832&src=eoa-iotd * NASA Satellites Pinpoint Volcanic Eruption http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78849&src=eoa-iotd * Saharan Dust Reaches the Americas http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78825&src=eoa-iotd * River Outflow to th ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-038 NASA EXERCISES OPTION ON MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA is exercising an $80.5 million flex option on the Facilities Development and Operations Contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md. The level-of-effort flex option takes advantage of hours that were negotiated for the con ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov John Leslie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 301-713-0214 john.leslie@noaa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-037 NASA SELECTS COMBINED DATA SERVICES CONTRACT FOR POLAR SATELLITES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) of Oslo, Norway, for combined data support services for NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program. This is a firm-fixed price contract with a value of about ...Continue Reading

Aug.14, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-036 NASA SELECTS INTEGRATED PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENTS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has selected three small businesses to provide access to a variety of program support services for the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Under the Marshall Integrated Program ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-150 TWO SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV WASHINGTON -- Astronauts and cosmonauts will perform two spacewalks outside the International Space Station this month. NASA Television will broadcast both events live. Coverage of the first will begin at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Aug. 20. Coverage of the second ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-280 UNIVERSITIES GO TO SPACE: NASA ANNOUNCES EARLY CAREER FACULTY SPACE TECH RESEARCH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced the selection of 10 research efforts from the agency's inaugural Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty solicitation. NASA will provide grants of as much as $200,000 per year for as long as three years in support of these faculty and their research in specif ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- NASA SATELLITES PINPOINT VOLCANIC ERUPTION Remote Havre Seamount erupted in mid-July 2012, spreading pumice over a wide area of the South Pacific. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78849&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 19, 2012 (Posted on Aug 13, 2012 4:43 PM) EARTHQUAKES NEAR TABRIZ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 14 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 227 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1540 S25W76 090 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha 1542 S12W18 032 0040 Dao 07 04 Beta-Gamma 1543 N2 ...Continue Reading