June 26th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 27 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 179 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S16E25 263 0130 Dai 06 07 Beta 1513 N16E71 216 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (26 June 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Glorious View http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78380&src=eoa-iotd * Wildfires across Colorado http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78367&src=eoa-iotd * Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Northern Hemisphere http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78346&src=eoa-iotd * Luizi Crater, Democratic Re ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
Members of the List-serv in the DC area may be interested in attending a lunchtime brownbag lecture by Professor Harry Lambright this Thursday at 12:30 pm at NASA HQ. He will be talking on “The Politics of Mars: Robotic Exploration from Mariner to MSL” (which is the title of his latest book project, undertaken with NASA Science Mission Directorate and History Program Office sponsorship). Dr. Lambright is Professor of public administration, international affairs, and political science, at the Maxwell School ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
June 26, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-027 NASA ADDS ORBITAL'S ANTARES TO LAUNCH SERVICES II CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to add the Antares launch vehicle, formerly known as Taurus II, for future missions. The NLS II on-ramp provision provide ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES ACROSS COLORADO IN late June 2012, wildfires burned from southwestern Colorado to northeastern Colorado. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78367&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 23, 2012 (Posted on Jun 25, 2012 2:41 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SAHARAN DUST ST ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
June 26, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-215 HOUSTON WORKSHOP MARKS KEY STEP IN PLANNING FUTURE MARS MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency's effort to forge a new Mars strategy in the coming decades. A report that summarizes the wide range of cutting-edge science, technology and mission concepts discussed is available online. Held in Houst ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
June 26, 2012 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Susan Wells The Boeing Co. 321-264-8580 susan.h.wells@boeing.com Erin Dick / Carri Karuhn Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne 818-586-4977 / 818-586-4963 erin.dick@pwr.utc.com / carri.karuhn@pwr.utc.com RELEASE: 12-214 THRUSTER TESTS COMPLETE FOR NASA PARTNER BOEING'S CREW CAPSULE CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne ...Continue Reading
June 25th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 26 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 178 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S16E39 262 0060 Dao 05 04 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 25/ ...Continue Reading
June 25th 2012 PDT
Don Pettit writes about the Glenn harness on the space station’s treadmill that simulates backpack loads on the body in space in his latest blog entry. _http://go.nasa.gov/LwGjd4_ *Carrying the Load* Humans make rather poor beasts of burden. Fortunately, nowadays heavy loads are pretty much relegated to machines, saving our spines for recreational activities like donning backpacks and heading into the wilderness. Speaking of which, the suspension system for backpacks—the part that connects the load to ou ...Continue Reading
June 25th 2012 PDT
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit writes about plant sprouts and deaths in the space zucchini's diary in his latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/vAG_ *June 9-13 - Diary of a Space Zucchini* June 9 Great news; I have a baby brother sprout! Gardener just showed me baby Zuc. He is strong and healthy and ready to move from the sprouter into his own aeroponic bag. While Broccoli and Sunflower are great companions, there is nothing quite like having a zucchini to zucchini conversation. June 10 ...Continue Reading
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