October 12th 2012 PDT
Oct. 12, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov 202-358-0918 George Hale Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. george.r.hale@nasa.gov 301-614-5853 RELEASE: 12-360 NASA'S OPERATION ICEBRIDGE RESUMES FLIGHTS OVER ANTARCTICA WASHINGTON -- Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to study Earth's changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, IceBridge's return to the Antarctic comes ...Continue Reading
October 12th 2012 PDT
Oct. 12, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-361 NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP NASAL SPRAY FOR MOTION SICKNESS HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Epiomed Therapeutics Inc. of Irvine, Calif., have signed an agreement to develop and commercialize a NASA-crafted, fast-acting nasal spray to fight motion sickness. Under the Space ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1960 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 12 0502 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1959 Begin Time: 2012 Oct 09 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9335 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 11th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 12 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1585 S19W54 009 0100 Cao 05 08 Beta 1586 S13E11 304 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1588 N09W87 ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2012 PDT
Oct. 11, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-359 MARS ROCK TOUCHED BY NASA CURIOSITY ROVER OFFERS SURPRISES PASADENA, Calif. -- The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions. The rock also resembles some unusual rocks from Eart ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON PRAPIROON Prapiroon formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean in early October 2012, and soon strengthened into a typhoon. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79380&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 11, 2012 (Posted on Oct 11, 2012 12:58 PM) ---------------------------- ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2012 PDT
Oct. 11, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-239 NASA AND IHMC DEVELOP ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON FOR SPACE AND POSSIBLE USE ON EARTH WASHINGTON -- A new robotic space technology spinoff derived from NASA's Robonaut 2 project someday may help astronauts stay healthier in space and aid paraplegics in walking here on Earth. Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, currently ...Continue Reading
October 11th 2012 PDT
Oct. 11, 2012 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-358 NASA SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE FINAL JOURNEY OF SHUTTLE ATLANTIS WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will invite 28 of their social media followers to a two-day NASA Social Nov. 1-2 in Florida. The event will commemorate the move of space shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building to its final d ...Continue Reading
October 10th 2012 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1959 Issue Time: 2012 Oct 11 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1958 Begin Time: 2012 Oct 09 1015 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4623 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 10th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 11 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 285 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1585 S19W41 009 0120 Dao 05 04 Beta 1586 S12E24 302 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1587 S09W92 ...Continue Reading
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