:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 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 308 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1598 S11W90 114 0140 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1599 S13W62 086 0120 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1602 S19E13 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE SANDY In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage in the Caribbean and along the U.S. East Coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79607&src=nha *** VIIRS(Suomi NPP) image from Oct 30, 2012 (Posted on Nov 01, 2012 5:15 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images ...Continue Reading

Nov. 02, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-387 NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER PROVIDES CLUES TO CHANGES IN MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-384 SPOT THE SPACE STATION OVER YOUR BACKYARD WITH NEW NASA SERVICE WASHINGTON -- On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes overhead. &q ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 02 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 307 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1598 S11W77 114 0160 Hsx 06 02 Alpha 1599 S11W49 086 0100 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1602 S19E27 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 1, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-056 NASA SELECTS CONTRACT FOR SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL, MEDICAL SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Earth Resources Technology, Inc., (ERT), of Laurel, Md., to receive a contract for safety, environmental, and medical support services at the agency's Ames Research Center, Moffett ...Continue Reading

Nov. 1, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Kim Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.m.henry@nasa.gov Katherine Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-386 NASA SEEKS OPTIONS FOR SLS CARGO PAYLOAD FAIRINGS AND ADAPTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA is exploring options for larger payload fairings to enhance the cargo carrying capabilities of its Space Launch System (SLS) h ...Continue Reading

Nov. 1, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-385 NASA'S FERMI MEASURES COSMIC 'FOG' PRODUCED BY ANCIENT STARLIGHT WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all the stars that have ever shone ...Continue Reading

Nov. 1, 2012 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Katherine Nelson SpaceX 310-363-6447 katherine.nelson@spacex.com RELEASE: 12-378 SPACEX TRANSITIONS TO THIRD COMMERCIAL CREW PHASE WITH NASA WASHINGTON -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed its first three performance milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM NILAM Tropical Storm Nilam formed over the northern Indian Ocean in late October 2012 and made landfall in India. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79594&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 01, 2012 (Posted on Nov 01, 2012 1:20 PM) HURRICANE SANDY In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy ...Continue Reading