May 25, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-172 SPACEX DRAGON ATTACHED TO SPACE STATION IN SPACEFLIGHT FIRST HOUSTON -- The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first time a commercial company has accomplished this type of space operati ...Continue Reading

May 25, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-091 NASA SCHEDULES HUBBLE SCIENCE UPDATE FOR MAY 31 (UPDATE TIME CHANGE) WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update Thursday, May 31, at 1:00 p.m. EDT to discuss new Hubble Space Telescope observations that allow astronomers to predict with certainty the next major cosmic ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1906 Issue Time: 2012 May 25 1503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1905 Begin Time: 2012 May 24 1235 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3704 pfu 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 Ser ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1905 Issue Time: 2012 May 25 1457 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1904 Begin Time: 2012 May 24 1235 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3704 pfu 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 Ser ...Continue Reading

May 25, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-091 NASA SCHEDULES HUBBLE SCIENCE UPDATE FOR MAY 31 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update Thursday, May 31, at 1:30 p.m. EDT to discuss new Hubble Space Telescope observations that allow astronomers to predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our e ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 25 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 146 Issued at 0030Z on 25 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1483 S25W93 097 0010 Bxo 08 05 Beta 1484 N09W68 072 0150 Dso 08 08 Beta 1486 N18W14 ...Continue Reading

May 24, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-021 NASA AWARDS ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR BRIDGES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA selected URS Corporation of Orlando, Fla., to perform architecture and engineering studies and provide designs and other professional services to replace and restore brid ...Continue Reading

May 24, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Natasha Metzler Carnegie Institution of Washington 202-939-1142 nmetzler@carnegiescience.edu RELEASE: 12-171 NASA FUNDED RESEARCH SHOWS EXISTENCE OF REDUCED CARBON ON MARS WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate ...Continue Reading

May 24, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-096 NASA TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT UPCOMING NUSTAR LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference on Wednesday, May 30 at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), a mission to hunt for black holes. The event will be held in the Ja ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE BUD Bud formed as a tropical storm over the eastern Pacific Ocean in late May 2012 and strengthened into a hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78084&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 23, 2012 (Posted on May 24, 2012 12:22 PM) STRONG RAIN IN SOUTHERN CHINA Days of torrential rain ...Continue Reading