Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1954 Issue Time: 2012 Sep 09 1540 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Sep 09 1520 UTC Station: GOES13 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 upda ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 09 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 253 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1562 S21W77 107 0220 Dao 09 06 Beta 1564 S13W39 069 0140 Eai 12 19 Beta-Gamma 1566 N22 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 08 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 252 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1560 N05W89 131 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 1562 S20W63 106 0340 Dho 09 06 Beta 1564 S13W28 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-176 NASA TV AIRS LIVE KICKOFF OF 2012 ZERO ROBOTICS COMPETITION WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast live the virtual kickoff ceremony of the 2012 Zero Robotics High School Tournament beginning at 1 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Sept. 8. Zero Robotics challenges teams of high school students to write their own algorithms to fly the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satel ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov 202-358-0918 Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov 757-824-1579 RELEASE: 12-310 NASA'S GLOBAL HAWK MISSION BEGINS WITH FLIGHT TO HURRICANE LESLIE WASHINGTON -- NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. With the Hurricane and S ...Continue Reading

Sept. 7, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-313 NASA MARS EXPLORATION ROVER TEAM TO BE HONORED PASADENA, Calif. -- The mission team for NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity will be awarded the Haley Space Flight Award. The team will receive the award Sept. 12 during the American Institute of Aeronautics an ...Continue Reading

Aug. 7, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-173 SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR TO MAKE HISTORIC FINAL FERRY FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida headed ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 07 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 251 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1559 N13W55 112 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1560 N04W73 129 0160 Eai 13 10 Beta-Gamma 1562 S22 ...Continue Reading

September 6, 2012 The PO.DAAC has posted a "New Ocean Story" focused on the SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project. Funded byNASA in collaboration with NSF, NOAA and also involving European participation (e.g. France, Spain), the SPURS project aims to improve our understanding of salinity processes in the upper ocean. Along with the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency CONAE, SPURS will ...Continue Reading

Sept. 6, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@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: 12-312 NASA MARS ROVER CURIOSITY BEGINS ARM-WORK PHASE PASADENA, Calif. -- After driving more than a football field's length since landing, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use of the tools on its arm. Curiosity extended its robotic arm Wednesd ...Continue Reading