There are 2 messages totalling 111 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SELECTS FIVE UNIVERSITIES FOR 2013 X-HAB INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2. NASA JOINS COMMUNITY IN SHUTTLEBRATION WEEKEND CELEBRATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 16:28:18 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SELECTS FIVE UNIVERSITIES FOR 2013 X-HAB INNOVATION CHALLENGE May 30, 2012 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 31 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 152 Issued at 0030Z on 31 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1486 N17W92 017 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1488 N12W59 344 0010 Bxo 03 02 Beta 1490 S12W22 ...Continue Reading

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit writes about viewing the crystal structure of ice sheets in polarized light in his latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/dcy_   *Homemade Ice Sheets*   Last weekend I asked if I could use one of the research freezers onboard Space Station during my off-duty time. I made thin sheets of water about a millimeter thick (sort of like a soap film, but without the soap), and froze them. Then I looked at the ice under polarized light, using a laptop display as the light sourc ...Continue Reading

May 30, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-022 NASA SELECTS GODDARD LOGISTICS AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected TRAX International of Las Vegas to provide for Goddard Logistics and Technical Information services at the God ...Continue Reading

May 30, 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: 12-166 NASA SELECTS FIVE UNIVERSITIES FOR 2013 X-HAB INNOVATION CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- Five universities have been selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation. These universities will design habitat sy ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WHITEWATER-BALDY FIRE IN NEW MEXICO Lightning and dry conditions have fueled a large wildfire at Gila National Forest. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78135&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 29, 2012 (Posted on May 30, 2012 10:33 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- N ...Continue Reading

May 30, 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: 12-177 NASA PREPARING TO LAUNCH ITS NEWEST X-RAY EYES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission will study everything from massive black holes to our own sun. I ...Continue Reading

May 30, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-176 NASA ANNOUNCES 2012 AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 25 students to receive the agency's Aeronautics Scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year. This scholarship program, which is in its fifth year, is designed to aid undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in fields of study related to aeronautics and aviation. Recipients were ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 118 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TO DISCUSS SPACE EXPLORATION AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2. NASA ASTRONAUT HAMS IT UP IN OREGON 3. NASA ASTRONAUT TO LEAD HOMETOWN SHRINER PARADE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 16:17:23 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TO DISCUSS SPACE EXPLORATION AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY May 29, 2012 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 30 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 151 Issued at 0030Z on 30 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1486 N16W79 018 0110 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1488 N11W41 340 0030 Cso 06 08 Beta 1490 S12W09 ...Continue Reading