:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1586 S12W54 302 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1589 N12W19 267 0080 Dri 08 13 Beta 1590 S30W07 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 October 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Hunting Fossils from Afar http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WyomingFossils/?src=eoa-features Paleontologists use Landsat images and an artificial intelligence to identify sites likely to yield fossils. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Finding Fossils in the Great Divide Ba ...Continue Reading

Oct. 16, 2012 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Yvette Smith Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5196 yvette.smith-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-202 NASA SYMPOSIUM MARKS 50 YEARS OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to attend a NASA History symposium about past, present and future solar system exploration. The event takes place Oct. 25-26 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT, at the Lockheed Martin Global Vision ...Continue Reading

Oct. 16 , 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-203 NASA TO HOST MARS CURIOSITY ROVER TELECONFERENCE OCT. 18 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars. The Mars Science Laboratory Curios ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE ANAIS Anais formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean in early October 2012,and quickly strengthened into a cyclone. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79409&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 14, 2012 (Posted on Oct 15, 2012 4:51 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 ne ...Continue Reading

Oct. 16, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-201 NASA OPENS MEDIA ACCREDITATION, ANNOUNCES EVENTS FOR SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' FINAL MOVE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media accreditation is open for activities surrounding space shuttle Atlantis' move to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for permanent public display. Atlantis is scheduled to depart the Veh ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1965 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 16 0522 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1964 Begin Time: 2012 Oct 09 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6882 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 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 290 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1586 S13W36 303 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1589 N14W06 267 0130 Dri 07 27 Beta-Gamma 1590 S3 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 15, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Gwen Griffin/Brooke Crawford Griffin Communications Group 281-335-0200 gwen@griffincg.com / brooke@griffincg.com RELEASE: 12-362 NASA COMMERCIAL CREW PARTNER BLUE ORIGIN COMPLETES ROCKET ENGINE THRUST CHAMBER TEST WASHINGTON -- NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin has successfully fired the thrust ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN AUSTRALIA Wildfires burned in Australia during spring and summer 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79366&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 06, 2012 (Posted on Oct 09, 2012 9:35 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TYPHOON PRAPIROON Prapiroon formed as a tropical depre ...Continue Reading