October 5th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 06 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 280 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1579 S10W73 107 0150 Cso 04 02 Beta 1582 S12W51 085 0230 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1584 S22W40 ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2012 PDT
Oct. 5, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-354 NASA AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS APPROVE YEAR-LONG SPACE STATION STAY WASHINGTON -- NASA and its international partners have announced an agreement to send two crew members to the International Space Station on a one-year mission designed to collect valuable scientific data needed to send humans to new destinations in the solar system. The crew members, one American astronaut and one Russian cosmonaut, w ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2012 PDT
Oct. 5, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-353 NASA'S SWIFT SATELLITE DISCOVERS A NEW BLACK HOLE IN OUR GALAXY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a rare X-ray nova, announced the presence of a previously unknown stella ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2012 PDT
Oct. 05, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-345 NASA AERODYNAMICS LEGEND ENTERS AVIATION HALL OF FAME WASHINGTON -- Aeronautics engineer Richard T. Whitcomb, whose legendary NASA research contributions made supersonic flight practical, will join other aerospace pioneers in the National Aviation Hall of Fame Saturday, Oct. 6. The National Aviat ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2012 PDT
Oct. 05, 2012 Lauren B. Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-349 NASA ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES TUSKEGEE AIRMEN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION MEMORIAL AWARD WASHINGTON -- The Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation presented NASA Administrator Charles Bolden with the Gen. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle Memorial Award at the organization's Gold Medal Gala Thursday in Los Angeles. Bolden is the first recipient of this award, which honors Gen. Doolittle's leadershi ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Oct 05 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 279 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Oct 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1579 S10W60 107 0160 Cso 05 05 Beta 1582 S12W38 085 0250 Hhx 04 02 Alpha 1584 S22W26 ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
October 4, 2012 The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components time series has been extended through 31 December 2011. This data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) by 6 months, for a total of 24.5 years, starting from 1 July 1987. The AMSR-E data used in the CCMP analysis has been upgraded by REMSS from version 5 to version 7. For more details on this upgrade, please visit: http://www.ssmi.com/amsr/amsr_data_description.html. This upgrade is effec ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
Oct. 4, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 jessica.s.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-352 NASA RELEASES INTERACTIVE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE GAME APP MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Just in time for World Space Week, NASA has released a new mobile application that challenges gamers to take on the role of a space communications network manager and puts them in charge of building a communications network to s ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
Oct. 4, 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: 12-348 NASA MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PREPARES TO STUDY MARTIAN SOIL WASHINGTON -- NASA's Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for analysis. Curiosity is the centerpiece of the two-year Mar ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2012 PDT
Oct. 04, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-351 NASA'S TECHEDSAT LAUNCHES FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA engineers, student interns and amateur radio enthusiasts around the world are listening for signals from a small, cube-shaped satellite launched into orbit from the International Space Station Thursday. The satellite, d ...Continue Reading
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