June 12, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov Mark Bello National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md. 301-975-3776 mark.bello@nist.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-109 OHIO WORKSHOP SEEKS IDEAS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION NETWORK WASHINGTON -- NASA and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) are sponsoring the se ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Boulder 303-492-3141 koehler@colorado.edu RELEASE: 12-195 ROCKET WEEK LAUNCHING AT NASA'S WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY WASHINGTON -- Students and educators from across the country will experience what it is like to be a rocket scientist during "Rocket Week," June 16-22, a ...Continue Reading

June 12, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-112 NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND SPACEX CEO TO ADDRESS MEDIA AT SPACEX FACILITIES IN TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND CALIFORNIA THURSDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk will participate in a media availability at 11:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday, June 13, in the SpaceX facility at 1 Rocket Rd. in McGregor, Texas. Bolden and Musk wil ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 94 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. MEDIA INVITED TO NASA'S NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS-DELAY TESTS 2. NASA'S UNDERSEA MISSION SUBMERGES IN THE ATLANTIC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:48:33 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: MEDIA INVITED TO NASA'S NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS-DELAY TESTS June 11, 2012 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 12 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 164 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1494 S17W74 200 0080 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1499 N16W60 187 0010 Bxo 09 05 Beta 1504 S17E40 ...Continue Reading

June 11, 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 RELEASE: 12-194 NASA'S UNDERSEA MISSION SUBMERGES IN THE ATLANTIC HOUSTON -- An international crew of aquanauts is settling into its home on the ocean floor, where the team will spend 12 days testing concepts for a potential asteroid mission. The expedition is the 16th excursion of the NASA Extreme Environment ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-191 BLACK HOLE GROWTH FOUND TO BE OUT OF SYNC WASHINGTON -- New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory challenges prevailing ideas about how black holes grow in the centers of galaxies. Astronomers long have thought that a supermassive black hole and the bulge of stars at the c ...Continue Reading

June 11, 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: M12-111 MEDIA INVITED TO NASA'S NEWEST COMMUNICATIONS-DELAY TESTS HOUSTON -- NASA is preparing to move exploration beyond Earth's orbit, but communication delays will change how the agency conducts its missions. Reporters can see for themselves how NASA is planning for that change through NASA's newest test project, the Autonomous M ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2012 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-193 NASA'S FERMI DETECTS THE HIGHEST-ENERGY LIGHT FROM A SOLAR FLARE WASHINGTON -- During a powerful solar blast on March 7, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on the sun. The discovery heralds Fermi's new role as a solar observatory, a powerful new tool for understanding solar outbursts during the sun's maximum period of activity. ...Continue Reading

June 11, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Janet L. Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov Tom Bradley Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. 860-967-5357 tbradleypr@yahoo.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-110 GARVER TO ATTEND NASA $1.5 MILLION ROBOT COMPETITION JUNE 16 WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will ...Continue Reading