:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 31 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 305 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1596 N08W94 157 0060 Hsx 10 01 Alpha 1598 S11W51 114 0210 Hsx 04 02 Alpha 1599 S12W23 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 October 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hurricane Sandy Animations In addition to the imagery of Hurricane Sandy that we published on the Earth Observatory website, we also produced animations showing the progression of the storm that are available on our YouTube channel. We hope all of you are safe. http://www.youtube.com/NASAEarthObservatory?src=eoa-ann ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 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 Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-383 NASA ROVER'S FIRST SOIL STUDIES HELP FINGERPRINT MARTIAN MINERALS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 5 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM SON-TINH Tropical Storm Son-tinh formed over the western Pacific Ocean in late October 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79563&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 28, 2012 (Posted on Oct 30, 2012 8:29 AM) HURRICANE SANDY In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 amiko.kauderer-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-380 NASA SEEKS PARTNERS TO EXPLORE JOHNSON STRUCTURAL TESTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HOUSTON -- NASA has released a Request for Information (RFI) to explore the potential interest and use of its unique facilities, labs and technical expertise for structural testing at the agency's Johnso ...Continue Reading

Oct. 30, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-210 NASA TELEVISION AIRS SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' FINAL MOVE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of events surrounding space shuttle Atlantis' move to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for permanent public display. At 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Nov. 1, NASA TV's media channel wi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 30 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 304 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1596 N05W79 155 0110 Cao 03 03 Beta 1598 S11W37 113 0210 Cso 03 06 Beta 1599 S11W10 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (5 updated events, 12 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM SON-TINH Tropical Storm Son-tinh formed over the western Pacific Ocean in late October 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79515&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 26, 2012 (Posted on Oct 26, 2012 12:24 PM) TROPICAL CYCLONE MURJAN Tropical Cyclone Murjan made landfall on the Hor ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 7 new images) -- HURRICANE SANDY In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy brought severe weather to the Caribbean, and threatened the U.S. East Coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79553&src=nha *** (GOES) image from Oct 28, 2012 (Posted on Oct 28, 2012 9:31 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.ph ...Continue Reading

Oct. 29, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-209 NASA'S FERMI TO REVEAL NEW FINDINGS ABOUT THE EARLY UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Nov. 1, to discuss new measurements using gamma rays to investigate ancient starlight with the agency's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p.m. on Nov. 1. The teleconfe ...Continue Reading