Jonathan's Space Report No. 667 2012 Sep 17 Somerville, MA USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station ---------------------------- On Sep 12 the Japanese HTV-3 cargo ship was unberthed by the SSRMS arm at about 1202 UTC and released into space at 1550 UTC. After one of HTV-3's onboard computers failed, a planned small separation burn was replaced by a much larger abort burn which safely and rapidly sepa ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Jenny Knotts Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 norma.j.knotts@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-325 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS LAND SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN HOUSTON -- Three members of the Expedition 32 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth on Sunday, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months. Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA, and Commander Genna ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 17 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 261 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N23W89 014 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1569 S12W13 296 0120 Cso 12 06 Beta 1571 S13E06 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Laura J. Brown Federal Aviation Administration 202-267-3455 laura.j.brown@faa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-182 WEATHER POSTPONES SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR FERRY FLIGHT TO SEPT. 18 WASHINGTON -- NASA's planned ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 16 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N23W76 013 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1569 S12W00 296 0180 Eso 12 08 Beta-Gamma 1571 S1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N22W65 015 0030 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1569 S12E14 296 0140 Eao 13 10 Beta-Gamma 1571 S1 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 david.c.agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-324 NASA MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY REVEALS GEOLOGICAL MYSTERY PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Spherical objects concentrated at an outcrop Opportunity reached last week differ in several ways from iron-rich spherul ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN Torrential rain caused widespread flooding in Pakistan in September 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79171&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 13, 2012 (Posted on Sep 13, 2012 5:13 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCAéN FUEGO Guatemala ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 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 RELEASE: 12-322 FIRST PLANETS FOUND AROUND SUN-LIKE STARS IN A CLUSTER WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars. The findings offer the best evidence yet planets can sprout up in dense stellar environments. Although the ne ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-323 NASA SELECTS ADVANCED ROBOTICS PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency's future missions while supporting the Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative. The projects, ranging from technologies for improving robotic planetary rovers to humanoid robotic systems, will support the development and use of robots for spa ...Continue Reading