:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 14 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 258 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N23W51 015 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1569 S12E27 296 0210 Eac 12 10 Beta-Gamma 1571 S1 ...Continue Reading

September 13, 2012 New Gridded Climate Datasets for Global Climate Model Intercomparison PO.DAAC is pleased to announce that it will distribute three gridded satellite datasets to facilitate climate model evaluation. They include variables for Sea Surface Temperature (SST), Absolute Dynamic Topography (ADT), and ocean surface vector winds (http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/highlights/GriddedClimateVariables_2012_0913).   These observational datasets are on monthly 1° g ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@grc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-321 NASA OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO USE COMMUNICATIONS TESTBED ON SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA is announcing opportunities for academia, industry and government agencies to develop and carry out research and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station using the newly installed Space Communicat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-048 NASA SELECTS ADDITIONAL COMPANIES FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AT STENNIS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected four more companies for indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity multiple-award construction contracts at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. These are ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2012 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.martin@grc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-321 NASA OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO USE COMMUNICATIONS TESTBED ON SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA is announcing opportunities for academia, industry and government agencies to develop and carry out research and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station using the newly installed Space Communicat ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-316 NASA AND THE NETHERLANDS AEROSPACE LABORATORY SIGN AVIATION AGREEMENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research Jaiwon Shin and National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) of The Netherlands General Director Michel Peters signed two cooperative agreements in the field of air traffic management in Amsterdam Thursday. "NASA and NLR share a mutual interest in optimizin ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 13 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 257 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1566 N23W39 016 0040 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1568 S09W68 045 0010 Axx 01 02 Alpha 1569 S12E39 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-320 NASA REQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR INITIAL CONTRACTS TO CERTIFY COMMERCIAL CREW TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WASHINGTON -- NASA on Wednesday released a request for proposals for the first of two contract phases to certify commercially developed space systems in support of crewed missions to the International ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 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: 12-319 MARS ROVER CURIOSITY ARM TESTS NEARLY COMPLETE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Curiosity team is almost finished robotic arm tests in preparation for the rover to touch and examine its first Martian rock. Tests with the 7 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 12, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-317 NASA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIPS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2013-2014 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 14, 2013. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in an ae ...Continue Reading