July 02, 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 RELEASE: 12-228 NASA EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO POINDEXTER FAMILY ON DEATH OF FORMER ASTRONAUT HOUSTON -- Former NASA astronaut and space shuttle commander Alan "Dex" Poindexter died while on vacation with his family July 1 in Pensacola, Fla. A veteran of two spaceflights, Poindexter spent a total of 28 days in space. Poindexter, a U.S. Navy capt ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (3 updated events, 5 new images) -- FONTENELLE FIRE IN WYOMING A fire began burning in Bridger-Teton National Park on June 24, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78400&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 28, 2012 (Posted on Jun 29, 2012 11:35 AM) WILDFIRES ACROSS COLORADO In late June 2012, wildfires burned from southwestern Colorado to ...Continue Reading

July 02, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022 amy.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-221 NASA SPACE TECH PROGRAM SELECTS TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ON SUBORBITAL FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA'S Space Technology Program has selected 14 technologies for development and demonstration on commercial reusable suborbital launch vehicles. The selected proposals offer innovative cutting-edge idea ...Continue Reading

July 02, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-122 VIRGINIA STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION RESIDENT WASHINGTON -- More than 200 students will meet at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va., to speak with Expedition 32 flight engineer Joe Acaba aboard the International Space Station at 8:55 a.m. EDT, Thursday, July 5. Media representatives ...Continue Reading

July 02, 2012 David Weaver/Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600/0321 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov/trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-225 NASA'S ORION ARRIVES AT KENNEDY, WORK UNDERWAY FOR FIRST LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- More than 450 guests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida welcomed the arrival of the agency's first ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-31 2012 July 2 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (2012 July 2 1330 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For June 25-July 1 Category R1 (minor) radio blackouts occurred from 28 June through 01 July due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1513. Outlook For July 2-8 Category R1 (minor) radio blackouts are expected through 08 July. Data used to provide space weather s ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1925 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 02 1133 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1924 Begin Time: 2012 Jul 01 1320 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3420 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 Jul 02 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 184 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jul 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S16W41 263 0130 Cso 08 05 Beta 1513 N16E03 218 0120 Dao 06 11 Beta-Gamma 1514 S15 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 661 2012 Jul 1 Somerville, MA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- On the ISS, Expedition 31, with commander Oleg Kononeko, and astronauts FE-1 Gennadiy Padalka, FE-2 Sergey Revin, FE-3 Joe Acaba, FE-5 Andre Kuipers and FE-6 Don Pettit, continued until Jun 30. On Jul 1 at 0448 UTC Soyuz TMA-03M undocked from Rassvet under the command of Kononenk ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1924 Issue Time: 2012 Jul 01 1335 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Jul 01 1320 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading