:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 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 235 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1546 N16E05 263 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1548 N18E32 236 0040 Cso 08 02 Beta 1550 S11W81 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 665 2012 Aug 21 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. Japan's HTV-3 External Pallet (EP) was attached to Kibo's Exposed Facility (EF) on Aug 6. On Aug 7 the Canadian SSRMS/Dextr ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (21 August 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Wildfire on Chios http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78918&src=eoa-iotd * Mississippi River Well Below Normal http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78903&src=eoa-iotd * Walker Lake, Nevada http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78892&src=eoa-iotd * Wildfires Send Smoke Across the United ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphriess@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-043 NASA SELECTS SPACE STATION INTEGRATION SERVICES CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has selected Barrios Technology Ltd. of Houston to provide mission and program integration services for the International Space Station Program at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The two-y ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA A fire near Lake Gregory produced thick smoke on August 19, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78921&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 19, 2012 (Posted on Aug 21, 2012 10:50 AM) WILDFIRE ON CHIOS In mid-August 2012, an intense wildfire broke out on the Greek island of Chios. ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-283 NASA, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCE NEW HOME FOR LIBERTY STAR WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Transportation Department's Maritime Administration (MARAD) signed a memorandum of understanding Aug. 21 to transfer NASA's solid rocket booster recovery ship, M/V Liberty Star, to the National Defense Reserve Fleet for use as a training vessel at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. "Liberty Sta ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov D.C. Agle/Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-155 NASA ANNOUNCES CURIOSITY ROVER MEDIA EVENTS SCHEDULE WASHINGTON -- NASA will host two media events this week to provide Curiosity rover mission updates. The first event is a media teleconference at 1p.m. EDT, today. The second event is televised briefing at 2:30 p.m. EDT, ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-156 NASA KICKS OFF ASTEROID SIMULATION; MEDIA INVITED TO OBSERVE HOUSTON -- A simulated mission to an asteroid is under way at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Journalists are invited to learn about the test and technologies on Thursday, Aug. 30. Media will be able to learn about the test and see the technologies up clos ...Continue Reading

Aug. 21, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Lisa Malone Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 lisa.a.malone@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-154 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRESS DURING MEDIA AVAILABILITY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AUG. 23 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to an interview availability and facilities tour with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden at noon EDT, Thursday, Aug. 23, at various locations in and around the agen ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1946 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 21 1310 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Aug 21 1255 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 upd ...Continue Reading