:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jul 04 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 186 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S15W71 266 0110 Hsx 03 03 Alpha 1513 N16W22 217 0180 Dso 08 10 Beta-Gamma 1514 S1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (03 July 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Power Outages in Washington, DC Area http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78445&src=eoa-iotd * Derecho Strikes the Eastern United States http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78441&src=eoa-iotd * The World’s Newest Capital City http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78403&src=eoa-iotd ...Continue Reading

July 03, 2012 Josh Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-223 NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CRAIG TECHNOLOGIES FOR KENNEDY'S UNIQUE EQUIPMENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has signed a new partnership with Craig Technologies of Melbourne, Fla., to maintain an inventory of unique processing and manufacturing equipment for future mission support at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Under ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN EASTERN SPAIN Wildfires burned around Valencia in eastern Spain in late June 2012 * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78422&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 30, 2012 (Posted on Jul 02, 2012 2:04 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DERECHO STRIKES THE EASTERN UNITED STATES On Ju ...Continue Reading

July 03, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-123 NASA ANNOUNCES EVENT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS AT RBSP LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its social media followers to a two-day NASA Social on Aug. 22-23, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. NASA Socials are in-person meetings with people who eng ...Continue Reading

July 03, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-227 NASA ASTRONAUT STEPHEN K. ROBINSON LEAVES AGENCY HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has left the space agency. Robinson ends his 36-year NASA career as a veteran of three spacewalks with more than 48 days of spaceflight experience. Robinson will become a professor at the University of California at Davis in the fall of 201 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1926 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 03 0812 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1925 Begin Time: 2012 Jul 01 1320 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4430 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

There are 4 messages totalling 230 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO POINDEXTER FAMILY ON DEATH OF FORMER ASTRONAUT 2. TRIO FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN 3. NASA'S ORION ARRIVES AT KENNEDY, WORK UNDERWAY FOR FIRST LAUNCH 4. VIRGINIA STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION RESIDENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 16:54:38 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS SYMPATH ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jul 03 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 185 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S16W55 264 0120 Cso 07 02 Beta 1513 N16W09 218 0240 Dso 08 21 Beta-Gamma 1514 S14 ...Continue Reading

July 02, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-228 NASA EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO POINDEXTER FAMILY ON DEATH OF FORMER ASTRONAUT HOUSTON -- Former NASA astronaut and space shuttle commander Alan "Dex" Poindexter died while on vacation with his family July 1 in Pensacola, Fla. A veteran of two spaceflights, Poindexter spent a total of 28 days in space. Poindexter, a U.S. Navy capt ...Continue Reading