April 19th 2012 PDT
Don Pettit writes about the visible effects of a cosmic ray passing through his retina in his latest #spaceblog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/yZR_ Flashes of Reality In space I see things that are not there. Flashes in my eyes, like luminous dancing fairies, give a subtle display of light that is easy to overlook when I’m consumed by normal tasks. But in the dark confines of my sleep station, with the droopy eyelids of pending sleep, I see the flashing fairies. As I drift off, I wonder how many can dance on the head of an ...Continue Reading
April 19th 2012 PDT
April 19, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-073 COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW ROTATION HOUSTON -- Over the next several weeks, NASA Television will provide coverage of activities surrounding the upcoming International Space Station crew rotation. Coverage will include departure of three crew members now livi ...Continue Reading
April 19th 2012 PDT
April 19, 2012 Michael Braukus/Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-124 NASA TRANSFERS SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM Focuses on Bold New Era of Space Exploration WASHINGTON -- NASA transferred space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during a ceremony Thursday, April 19, at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. "Today, whil ...Continue Reading
April 19th 2012 PDT
There are 3 messages totalling 135 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA BRINGS WONDER OF SPACE STATION TO NORTH CAROLINA 2. NASA CONTINUES ORION PARACHUTE TESTING FOR FUTURE TEST FLIGHT 3. NASA AWARDS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:48:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA BRINGS WONDER OF SPACE STATION TO NORTH CAROLINA April 18, 2012 William Jeffs / Jennifer Knotts J ...Continue Reading
April 19th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 19 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 110 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S16E28 093 0260 Ekc 11 20 Beta 1460 N16E12 108 0170 Dsi 07 13 Beta 1461 N13E50 ...Continue Reading
April 18th 2012 PDT
April 18, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-074 NASA MARKS EARTH DAY WITH PUBLIC EVENTS AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA will celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day this week with several live and online activities to engage the public about the agency's mission to use space to explore and better understand our planet. NASA will host three days of displays and presentations open to the public on the National Mall in Washingt ...Continue Reading
April 18th 2012 PDT
April 18, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-121 NASA MISSION WANTS AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS TO TARGET ASTEROIDS WASHINGTON -- A new NASA outreach project will enlist the help of amateur astronomers to discover near-Earth objects (NEOs) and study their characteristics. NEOs are asteroids with orbits that occasionally bring them close to the Earth. Startin ...Continue Reading
April 18th 2012 PDT
April 18, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-108 NASA AWARDS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has selected DynCorp International LLC of Ft. Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support services under a contract potentially worth $176.9 million. DynCorp will perform ...Continue Reading
April 18th 2012 PDT
April 18, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Wendy Lewis Space Systems/Loral 650-852-5188 lewisw@ssd.loral.com CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-107 NASA AWARDS LORAL CONTRACT FOR LASER COMM PAYLOAD FLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program has awarded Space System/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., a $3 million contract to initiate the process of hosting a space laser communications relay demonstration terminal payload aboard a Loral co ...Continue Reading
April 18th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRE IN KUWAIT In mid-April 2012, a fire broke out in a tire dump near Al Jahrah, Kuwait. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77678&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 17, 2012 (Posted on Apr 17, 2012 3:01 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST OVER IRAQ Dust plumes hovered ove ...Continue Reading
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