The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (18 December 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Ambrym's Lava Lakes http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80014&src=eoa-iotd * Korea and the Yellow Sea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79796&src=eoa-iotd * Agricultural Fields Under Snow, China http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80004&src=eoa-iotd * Snow on Sand near Dunhuang, ...Continue Reading

Dec. 18, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Dewayne Washington Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0040 dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-439 NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ARRIVES AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, known as TDRS-K, arrived Tuesday at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 18 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 353 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N13W88 239 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1631 N23W75 226 0140 Dsi 09 10 Beta 1632 N19W84 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 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, Mass. 617-253-8923 s_mcd@mit.edu RELEASE: 12-438 NASA'S GRAIL LUNAR IMPACT SITE NAMED FOR ASTRONAUT SALLY RIDE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astr ...Continue Reading

Dec. 17, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-062 NASA AWARDS TEST AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has awarded its Test and Operations Support Contract, or TOSC, to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn. Jacobs will provide overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing and launch operat ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN Tropical Cyclone Evan brought strong winds and floods to Samoa in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80007&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 16, 2012 (Posted on Dec 17, 2012 1:20 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79989&src=nh ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN Tropical Cyclone Evan brought strong winds and floods to Samoa in early December 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80007&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 16, 2012 (Posted on Dec 17, 2012 1:20 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natu ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-58 2012 December 17 at 12:48 a.m. MST (2012 December 17 0748 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 10-16 No space-weather storms ere observed during the period. Outlook For December 17-23 There is a slight chance of an R1 event during the forecast period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, US ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 17 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 352 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11W75 240 0080 Dso 09 07 Beta 1631 N20W60 225 0140 Dsi 09 15 Beta 1633 S07E54 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Dec 16 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 351 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Dec 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1629 N11W62 240 0170 Dso 09 09 Beta 1631 N21W46 224 0120 Dai 09 19 Beta 1632 N17W56 ...Continue Reading