July 18th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jul 19 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 201 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1520 S17W89 086 0300 Eko 12 05 Beta-Gamma 1523 S28W51 048 0090 Dso 08 06 Beta 1524 S16 ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
July 18, 2012 Trent J Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-239 NASA COMPLETES ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ORION PARACHUTE TEST HOUSTON -- NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the spacecraft's orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts deeper into space than ever before, provide ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
July 18, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-242 NASA ADMINISTRATOR OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF FORMER KENNEDY CENTER DIRECTOR FORREST MCCARTNEY WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement Wednesday on the death of former Kennedy Space Center Director Forrest McCartney: "On behalf of the entire NASA family, I wish to express our condolences on the passing of Retired United States Air Force Lt. Genera ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PETERMANN GLACIER CALVING A new chunk of Petermann Glacier broke off in July 2012, two years after another large ice island was launched into the sea. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78556&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 16, 2012 (Posted on Jul 17, 2012 2:35 PM) ------------------------------- ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
July 18, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-258-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-240 INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS EXPAND NASA'S SUMMER EDUCATION REACH WASHINGTON -- NASA's Office of Education has selected more than 200 organizations across the country to receive Summer of Innovation (SoI) mini-grants. Each award has a maximum value of $2,500. This investment is designed to expand NASA's education network and help the agency keep middle school students engaged in science, technology ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
July 18, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-238 NASA'S SPITZER FINDS EVIDENCE FOR AN EXOPLANET SMALLER THAN EARTH WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. The exoplanet candidate, called UCF-1.01, is located a mere 33 light-years away, making it possib ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
July 18, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-132 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN TO HELP OPEN INTREPID SPACE SHUTTLE PAVILION WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will attend the Thursday opening of the Space Shuttle Pavilion at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Bolden, who on April 12, 2011, announced Intrepid would receive space shuttle Enterprise, will join museum officials and three of the four original Enterprise pilo ...Continue Reading
July 18th 2012 PDT
There is 1 message totalling 55 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA HOLDS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION EXPEDITIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:11:40 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA HOLDS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION EXPEDITIONS July 17, 2012 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington Report #M12-133 NASA HOLDS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION ...Continue Reading
July 17th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1936 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 18 0531 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1935 Begin Time: 2012 Jul 17 1005 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4396 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading
July 17th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jul 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 200 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1520 S17W75 085 0590 Eko 11 08 Beta-Gamma 1521 S19W85 095 0140 Dso 09 04 Beta 1522 N12 ...Continue Reading
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