:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 28 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 272 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1575 N09W46 185 0130 Hax 03 04 Alpha 1576 S20W35 174 0005 Axx 00 01 Alpha 1577 N09W26 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Sasha Congiu Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-5473/757-272-9859 sasha.r.congiu@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-340 NASA ORION SPLASHDOWN TESTS ENSURE SAFE LANDINGS FOR ASTRONAUTS HAMPTON, Va. -- The 18,000-pound test article that mimics the size and weight of NASA's Orion spacecraft crew module recently completed a final series of water impact tests in the Hydro Impact Basin at the agency's Langley Research Cente ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4787 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-053 NASA SELECTS OCEAN COLOR SERVICES CONTRACTOR WASHINGTON -- NASA selects Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of McLean, Va., for ocean color services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This is a five-year cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery-inde ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Dwayne Brown /Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-0918 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / stephen.e.cole@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: 12-338 NASA ROVER FINDS OLD STREAMBED ON MARTIAN SURFACE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier eviden ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON JELAWAT Jelawat formed over the western Pacific Ocean in September 2012 and strengthened into a super typhoon. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79280&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 27, 2012 (Posted on Sep 27, 2012 12:49 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-193 NASA ASTRONAUT KEVIN FORD INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY BEFORE SPACE STATION MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Kevin Ford of Indiana, making final preparations for an October launch to the International Space Station at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, will be available for live sat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Katherine Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-192 REGISTRATION OPEN: NASA TECH DAYS COMING TO CLEVELAND NOV. 28-30 WASHINGTON -- NASA Technology Days, a three-day public technology showcase, will take place at the Cleveland Public Auditorium and Conference Center Nov. 28-30. The space technology showcase will bring together stakeholders from indust ...Continue Reading

On Oct. 25-26, 2012, the NASA History Program Office, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, the National Air and Space Museum, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will host a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary planetary exploration. The event will be held at the Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center, 2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA (in the Crystal City complex). Participation is free and open to the public, although registration will be required.The registration website for our annual history symposium "Solar Sys ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 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 271 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1573 N16W69 222 0070 Cso 05 08 Beta 1575 N08W29 182 0170 Dso 09 07 Beta-Gamma 1576 S20 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 26, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-191 NASA TO TELEVISE MARS CURIOSITY ROVER SCIENCE UPDATE SEPT. 27 PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Sept. 27, to present science findings from the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater ...Continue Reading