Aug. 23, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-157 NASA'S WISE SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS BLACK HOLES AND EXTREME OBJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 29, to announce new discoveries from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The discoveries are related to the distant universe, includ ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2012 John Yembrick / Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584 / 202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-158 NASA HOSTS FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT AT GOLDSTONE DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEX WASHINGTON -- Sixty-five of NASA's social media followers will have a rare opportunity to tour the agency's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert during a NASA Social on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Goldstone is one of three ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-293 NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES NEW COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO MILESTONES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Thursday new milestones in the nation's commercial space initiatives from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The latest advances made by NASA's commercial space partners pave the way for the first contracted flight of cargo to the International Space St ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1948 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 23 1506 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1947 Begin Time: 2012 Aug 21 1255 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3112 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

Aug. 23, 2012 J.D. Harrington / Bert Ulrich Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1713 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov / bert.ulrich@nasa.gov Sini Matikainen Rovio Entertainment, Espoo, Finland +358400214526 sini.matikainen@rovio.com RELEASE: 12-285 EPIC STRUGGLE BETWEEN BIRDS AND PIGS GOES ON WITH A MARTIAN TWIST WASHINGTON -- NASA is helping pigs and birds explore the Martian terrain and shed light on the agency's missions to the Red Planet in the latest update to the game Angry Birds Space. Rovio Entertainmen ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 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 236 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1546 N16W08 263 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1548 N18E18 237 0040 Cso 10 06 Beta 1550 S11W94 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2012 Dwayne Brown / Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-0918 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / stephen.e.cole@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: 12-292 NASA MARS ROVER BEGINS DRIVING AT BRADBURY LANDING PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced today they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON TEMBIN Tembin formed as a tropical depression over the western Pacific Ocean on August 19, 2012, and strengthened to a typhoon the next day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78930&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 22, 2012 (Posted on Aug 22, 2012 11:26 AM) -------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2012 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Laura Brown Federal Aviation Administration, Washington 202-267-3455 laura.j.brown@faa.gov RELEASE: 12-290 NASA AIRCRAFT TO FLY OVER LOS ANGELES AREA AUGUST 25 WASHINGTON -- NASA, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, will conduct training and photographic flights over the Los Angeles area on Saturday, Aug. 25. Two NASA jets, a T-38 and an F-18, will fly approximately 1,500 feet above Los Ange ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1947 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 22 1046 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1946 Begin Time: 2012 Aug 21 1255 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2293 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