June 15th 2012 PDT
In the latest blog from Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit, the plants get new aeroponic bags in the space zucchini's diary. _http://go.usa.gov/vYQ_ *Happy Sprout Day* April 12 We got new aeroponic bags today. They are a new design, much simpler than the old ones. One corner is cut off and then pushed inwards so it points inside the bag. This makes an opening where the water does not crawl out from capillary action. A piece of foam is placed inside to keep the sides from collapsing so the bag rema ...Continue Reading
June 14th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 15 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 167 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1504 S16E01 086 0570 Ekc 12 20 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1505 S10W02 088 0050 Dao 06 10 Beta 15 ...Continue Reading
June 14th 2012 PDT
June 14, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-113 COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW ROTATION HOUSTON -- Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide coverage of the departure of three crew members from the International Space Station and prelaunch, launch and arrival activities of three new residents. Coverage will begin Wednesday, Ju ...Continue Reading
June 14th 2012 PDT
June 14, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-201 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN VISITS SPACEX HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, capping a tour of SpaceX facilities to thank employees for their part in making the first mission by a private company to the International Space Station a success. Bolden and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk addressed more than ...Continue Reading
June 14th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN CHINA June brings peak fire activity in Central China when farmers burn wheat straw. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78256&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 13, 2012 (Posted on Jun 13, 2012 3:51 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ...Continue Reading
June 14th 2012 PDT
June 14, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-198 FIRST FLIGHT INSTRUMENT DELIVERED FOR JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE WASHINGTON -- The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA. The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) will allow scientists to study cold and distant objects in ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 14 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 166 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1504 S17E14 086 0560 Ekc 12 25 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1505 S09E12 089 0070 Dao 05 08 Beta 15 ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
June 13, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 12-200 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN VIEWS HISTORIC SPACEX DRAGON CAPSULE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joined SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas, Wednesday to see the first commercial space capsule to complete a mission to the International Space Station. Bolden and Musk also thanked the more ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
Flight Engineer Don Pettit has posted a new entry in the Diary of a Space Zucchini. _http://go.usa.gov/vqi_ *June 8 - Diary of a Space Zucchini* Me and my “Buds” have been busy working on our mission together with our animal crewmates over the past two months. On our mission, we have taken nearly 250,000 images, about 1/4th of that taken over the previous 11 years. I have been faithfully making entries into my diary but due to the quantity of our image data coupled with our Ku-band radio tran ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
June 13, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-197 SMALL PLANETS DON'T NEED STARS WITH HEAVY METAL CONTENT TO FORM WASHINGTON -- The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars rich in heavy elements such as iron and silicon. However, new ground-based observations, combined ...Continue Reading
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