September 6, 2012 The PO.DAAC has posted a "New Ocean Story" focused on the SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project. Funded byNASA in collaboration with NSF, NOAA and also involving European participation (e.g. France, Spain), the SPURS project aims to improve our understanding of salinity processes in the upper ocean. Along with the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency CONAE, SPURS will ...Continue Reading

Sept. 6, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@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: 12-312 NASA MARS ROVER CURIOSITY BEGINS ARM-WORK PHASE PASADENA, Calif. -- After driving more than a football field's length since landing, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use of the tools on its arm. Curiosity extended its robotic arm Wednesd ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in northern California in mid-August 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79105&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 01, 2012 (Posted on Sep 05, 2012 4:51 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE LESLIE In early September 2012, Leslie became ...Continue Reading

Sept. 06, 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: M12-169 NASA TV TO COVER DEPARTURE OF JAPANESE CARGO SHIP FROM SPACE STATION SEPT. 12 WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the third Japanese "Kounotori" H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) cargo ship's departure from the International Space Station in two broadcasts Wednesday, Sept. 12. The firs ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 06 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 250 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1560 N04W58 128 0230 Eai 11 13 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1562 S21W35 104 0070 Dso 05 05 Beta 15 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 666 2012 Sep 5 Somerville, MA USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- On the ISS, Expedition 32 continues with astronauts Gennadiy Padalka, Sergey Revin, Joseph Acaba, Yuriy Malenchenko, Sunita Willams and Akihiko Hoshide. On Aug 30 astronauts Williams and Hoshide made spacewalk US EVA-18 from the Quest airlock using spacesuits EMU 3011 and 3015 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 5, 2012 Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-175 NASA TELEVISION LIMITED TO PUBLIC CHANNEL DURING PLANNED MAINTENANCE SEPT. 7 WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will perform system maintenance that will affect satellite distribution on Friday, Sept. 7, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT. During this planned outage, only NASA TV's Public Channel (Program 101) will be available. NASA TV's other three channels (Media, Education and Space Station Views) will ...Continue Reading

Sept. 05, 2012 David Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 / 757-244-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-309 NEW NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY APP EDUCATES USERS AT HYPERSONIC SPEEDS WASHINGTON -- Want to try your hand at landing an inflatable spacecraft? All you need is a smart phone, a computer or a tablet. NASA has released a new educational computer Web game based on its Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodyna ...Continue Reading

Sept. 05, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-168 NASA CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION EXPEDITIONS HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold an Expedition 34 and 35 crew briefing Thursday, Sept. 13, to preview the upcoming missions aboard the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadc ...Continue Reading

Sept. 5, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 / 818-354-6278 agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-174 NASA TO HOST TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. T ...Continue Reading