The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MYRTLE FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA A Forest Service vehicle ignited a fire near Wind Cave National Park that spread rapidly before being contained five days later. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78739&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jul 28, 2012 (Posted on Aug 02, 2012 3:48 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 3, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-263 NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT STEPS IN EFFORT TO LAUNCH AMERICANS FROM U.S. SOIL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Friday announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next fi ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 61 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS BEGINNING AUG. 5 AT SPACE CENTER HOUSTON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:45:46 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS BEGINNING AUG. 5 AT SPACE CENTER HOUSTON August 2, 2012 Susan Anderson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Jack Moore Space Center Houston 281-244-2137 Report #J12-013 TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS BEGINNING AUG. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 03 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 216 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1528 N17W70 229 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1529 S11W62 221 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S19W53 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2012 David Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 12-260 NASA, LOUISIANA OFFICIALS RENEW PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA and Louisiana leaders Thursday committed to a five-year extension of their partnership in the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM). NCAM is a principal NASA resource i ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kathryn Hansen Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1046 kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov Nicole Ruediger University of Maryland, Baltimore County 410-455-5791 nruedige@umbc.edu RELEASE: 12-262 DUST DOMINATES FOREIGN AEROSOL IMPORTS TO NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON -- NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles that arrive ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON SAOLA Saola formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean in late July and soon strengthened into a typhoon. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78735&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 01, 2012 (Posted on Aug 02, 2012 12:02 PM) ----------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2012 Dwayne Brown/Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/202-358-0918 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov stephen.e.cole@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: 12-264 NEWEST NASA MARS MISSION CONNECTS PAST AND FUTURE WASHINGTON -- NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 02 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 215 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1528 N17W56 228 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1529 S11W50 223 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S18W41 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 1, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 650-604-2065/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-144 NASA HOSTS SOCIAL MEDIA EVENTS ACROSS SEVEN AGENCY FIELD CENTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA's social media followers at seven field centers around the nation will virtually come together at a NASA Social on Friday, Aug. 3, to preview the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's (MSL) Curiosity rover on Aug. 6 EDT (Aug. 5 PDT). NASA Socials are in-pe ...Continue Reading