The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 4 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in northern California in the summer of 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79203&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 11, 2012 (Posted on Sep 17, 2012 4:40 PM) WILDFIRES IN IDAHO In the summer of 2012, numerous wildfires raged in Idaho. * http://earthobservatory.na ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN IDAHO In the summer of 2012, numerous wildfires raged in Idaho. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79250&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 07, 2012 (Posted on Sep 21, 2012 2:20 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth O ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Peter Edmonds Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-571-7279 pedmonds@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-331 NASA'S CHANDRA SHOWS MILKY WAY IS SURROUNDED BY HALO OF HOT GAS WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. The estimated mass of the halo is compa ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-44 2012 September 24 at 3:02 a.m. MDT (2012 September 24 0902 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 17-23 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For September 24-30 Slight chance for Minor (R1) Radio Blackouts due to returning Regions 1564 and 1566. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, U ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 24 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1575 N08E11 181 0260 Eho 13 13 Beta-Gamma 1576 S22E17 175 0050 Dso 06 02 Beta 1577 N08 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 23 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1575 N08E24 181 0320 Eko 12 10 Beta-Gamma 1576 S21E30 175 0050 Dao 06 02 Beta 1577 N08 ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. THANK YOU, HOUSTON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:15:22 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: THANK YOU, HOUSTON September 21, 2012 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J12-018 THANK YOU, HOUSTON HOUSTON -- Thanks to all who paused this week to watch space shuttle Endeavour fly over Houston and the surrounding areas. This was quite a sight an ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 22 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1569 S11W82 300 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1571 S13W59 276 0010 Bxo 05 03 Beta 1573 N18W04 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 21, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Kim Henry Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.m.henry@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-333 NASA SELECTS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 26 proposals from academia and industry for advanced development activities for the nation's next heavy lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). Proposals selected under this NASA Research An ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRE SMOKE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN In September 2012, smoke from wildfires in the western United States blew eastward over the Atlantic Ocean. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79242&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 19, 2012 (Posted on Sep 20, 2012 5:04 PM) ---------------------------- ...Continue Reading