The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER SYRIA AND IRAQ Thick dust clogged the skies over Syria and Iraq in late June 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78317&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 18, 2012 (Posted on Jun 19, 2012 3:56 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EO SATELLITE PUZZLER ENTRY 1 ...Continue Reading

June 20, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones / Bill Steigerwald NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 / 301-286-5017 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov / william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-208 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEALS ICE CONTENT IN MOON CRATER WASHINGTON -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater located on ...Continue Reading

June 20, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-209 NASA SET TO HOST FUTURE FEMALE EXPLORERS WASHINGTON -- Eighty-four female high school students from 29 states will plan a simulated mission to Mars and experience life as an engineer or scientist when NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston hosts two events focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 37 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. TOUCH THE MOON AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:28:48 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: TOUCH THE MOON AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM June 19, 2012 Tammie Letroise-Brown Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4942 Report #JO12-010 TOUCH THE MOON AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM HOUSTON � People in Chicago will have the rar ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1918 Issue Time: 2012 Jun 20 0520 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1917 Begin Time: 2012 Jun 18 1405 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2372 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 20 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 172 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1504 S16W65 086 0620 Eho 11 06 Beta 1506 N12W55 076 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1507 S27W88 ...Continue Reading

June 19, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-117 NASA ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS BEFORE STATION FLIGHT HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, making final preparations for a July launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 7 a.m. CDT Tuesday, June 26. The interviews will origi ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 June 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Tropical Storm Guchol http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78309&src=eoa-iotd * Siberia Burns http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78305&src=eoa-iotd * Alaid Volcano, Kuril Islands, Russian Federation http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78290&src=eoa-iotd * Melting Ice in Hudson Bay ht ...Continue Reading

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit writes about recent solar events in his diary of a space zucchini aboard the International Space Station. _http://go.usa.gov/v8f_   *The Sun*   May 16 Gardener is practicing taking images of the Sun. He is preparing for the Transit of Venus on June 5th. He has a special filter covering the front of a long telephoto lens so his eyes are protected. This is strange – we stare directly at the Sun without any filters. I saw some of the images. It looks like the Sun has th ...Continue Reading

June 19, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-116 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEAK WITH NEEMO 16 CREW DURING UNDERWATER 'SPACEWALK' WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak with astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, commander of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission, and her fellow crewmate Timothy Peake of the European Space ...Continue Reading