October 24th 2012 PDT
Oct. 24, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Katy Human NOAA Office of Communications and External Affairs, Boulder, Colo. 303-497-4747 katy.g.human@noaa.gov RELEASE: 12-371 2012 ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE SECOND SMALLEST IN 20 YEARS WASHINGTON -- The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest in the last 20 years, according to data from NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites. Scientist ...Continue Reading
October 24th 2012 PDT
Oct. 24, 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: 12-374 NASA'S SPITZER SEES LIGHT OF LONESOME STARS WASHINGTON -- A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light seen across the entire sky. It comes from isolated stars beyond the edges of galaxies. These stars are thought to have once b ...Continue Reading
October 24th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW IN NORTHEASTERN CHINA Snow fell over a wide area of northeastern China in late October 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79479&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 23, 2012 (Posted on Oct 23, 2012 3:40 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SIGNS OF AN ERUPTIO ...Continue Reading
October 24th 2012 PDT
Oct. 24, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-373 NASA SELECTS EARLY STAGE INNOVATION PROPOSALS FROM 10 UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 10 university-led proposals for study of innovative, early-stage space technologies designed to improve shielding from space radiation, spacecraft thermal management and optical systems. The 1-year grants are worth approximately $250,000 each, with an additional year of research possible. Each of these te ...Continue Reading
October 24th 2012 PDT
Oct. 24, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-206 NASA TV TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP LAUNCH AND DOCKING HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of the next Russian cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 31. The ISS Progress 49 resupply ship, loaded with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and sup ...Continue Reading
October 24th 2012 PDT
Jonathan's Space Report No. 669 2012 Oct 24 Somerville, MA USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- Expedition 33 continues with commander Suni Williams, FE-4 Yuriy Malenchenko and FE-6 Aki Hoshide; Soyuz TMA-06M (factory no. 707, ISS flight 32S) was launched on Oct 23 with Oleg Novitskiy, Yevgeniy Terelkin and Kevin Ford; the crew, callsign 'Kazbek', will become part of E ...Continue Reading
October 24th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1973 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 24 0946 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1972 Begin Time: 2012 Oct 09 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2964 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
October 23rd 2012 PDT
There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TAKES ON SPACE WEEK IN KILLEEN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:09:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TAKES ON SPACE WEEK IN KILLEEN October 23, 2012 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 Report #JA12-022 NASA ASTRONAUT TAKES ON SPACE WEEK IN KILLEEN HOUSTON � In celebration of the 12th annual Space Week at West ...Continue Reading
October 23rd 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 24 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 298 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1591 N06W74 230 0110 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1593 N15W33 188 0020 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1596 N07E06 ...Continue Reading
October 23rd 2012 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (23 October 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Petermann Ice Island 2012: On the Move This time-lapse video shows the calving of an ice island from Greenland's Petermann Glacier and the drifting of the ice down the fjord and southward through Nares Strait between July 9 and September 13, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08xPmxR28U&src=eoa-ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Imag ...Continue Reading
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