The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HALSTEAD FIRE, IDAHO Sparked by lightning, the Halstead Fire had burned 18,522 acres (7496 hectares) of the Salmon-Challis National Forest by August 3, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78761&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 03, 2012 (Posted on Aug 03, 2012 4:28 PM) MYRTLE FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA A For ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HALSTEAD FIRE, IDAHO Sparked by lightning, the Halstead Fire had burned 18,522 acres (7496 hectares) of the Salmon-Challis National Forest by August 3, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78761&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 03, 2012 (Posted on Aug 03, 2012 4:28 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

Aug. 6, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Michael Hernandez / Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7457 / 281-483-6270 michael.hernandez@nasa.gov / jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-266 SMOKEY BEAR TO CELEBRATE 68TH BIRTHDAY AT MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON -- NASA, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Texas Forest Service and Smokey Bear are teaming up to celebrate Smokey's 68th birthday Aug. 9 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The popular mascot will t ...Continue Reading

Aug. 05, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278, 818-393-9011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-267 NASA LANDS CAR-SIZE ROVER BESIDE MARTIAN MOUNTAIN PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 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 219 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1530 S18W90 210 0120 Hsx 07 01 Alpha 1532 S19W66 186 0210 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1535 N18W15 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 05 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 218 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1529 S10W88 221 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S18W78 211 0100 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1532 S19W53 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ON CELLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:41:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ON CELLS August 3, 2012 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H12-254 NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 04 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 217 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1528 N15W81 227 0010 Bxo 04 04 Beta 1529 S11W76 222 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S18W66 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 3, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-254 NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ON CELLS HOUSTON -- A team of researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., has found radiation from protons could further enhance a process that occurs during tumor progression. This information may help lead to ...Continue Reading

Aug. 03, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: C12-032 NASA SELECTS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AT STENNIS WASHINGTON - NASA has selected six indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award construction contracts at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The fixed price contracts consist of a performance period of ...Continue Reading