Nov. 16, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-398 NASA ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT GLENN AND JOHNSON WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced leadership changes Friday for the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Johnson Space Center in Houston. James Free will succeed Ramon (Ray) Lugo as Glenn's center director when Lugo retires in January. Free has served as Glenn's deputy director since January 2011. Ellen Oc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 16 0110 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 321 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1610 S21W50 263 0200 Esi 13 12 Beta-Gamma 1611 N15W27 240 0140 Dso 09 10 Beta 1612 N08 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 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: 12-401 STUDENTS CONDUCT LIVE CONVERSATION WITH ORBITING NASA ASTRONAUTS WASHINGTON - More than 9,500 student participants from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) took part in a live video downlink with International Space Station Expedit ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-402 NASA ROVER PROVIDING NEW WEATHER AND RADIATION DATA ABOUT MARS PASADENA, Calif. -- Observations of wind patterns and natural radiation patterns on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are helping scientists better understand the environment on the Red Planet's surface. Researchers using the car-sized mo ...Continue Reading

Nov. 15, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov Donna Weaver / Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514 dweaver@stsci.edu villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 12-397 NASA'S GREAT OBSERVATORIES FIND CANDIDATE FOR MOST DISTANT GALAXY WASHINGTON -- By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of natu ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM ALONG THE KANSAS-COLORADO BORDER A dust storm blew across the Kansas-Colorado border in early November 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79692&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 10, 2012 (Posted on Nov 15, 2012 1:47 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 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 320 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1610 S23W36 262 0210 Eai 11 14 Beta-Gamma 1611 N13W14 239 0160 Dso 08 10 Beta-Gamma 16 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-394 NASA'S KEPLER COMPLETES PRIME MISSION, BEGINS EXTENDED MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA is marking two milestones in the search for planets like Earth; the successful completion of the Kepler Space Telescope's 3 1/2- year prime mission and the beginning of an extended mission that could last as long a ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-396 NASA'S PHONESAT WINS 2012 POPULAR SCIENCE BEST OF WHAT'S NEW AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA's PhoneSat project has won Popular Science's 2012 Best of What's New Award for innovation in aerospace. PhoneSat will demonstrate the ability to launch one of the lowest-cost, easiest-to-build satellites ever flown in space ...Continue Reading

Nov. 14, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-395 NASA, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION HOST NASA SOCIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON -- NASA and the American Geophysical Union are inviting social media followers to a unique behind-the-scenes NASA Social on Tuesday, Dec. 4, in San Francisco. The event will bring 20 social media users together with some of the world's best and brightest scientific minds at ...Continue Reading