Aug. 24, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-294 NASA'S 2013 LUNABOTICS COMPETITION OPEN FOR REGISTRATION WASHINGTON -- NASA is accepting applications from teams of U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students for the fourth annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 20-24, 2013. Participan ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA Wildfires burned in northern California in mid-August 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78971&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 23, 2012 (Posted on Aug 24, 2012 11:06 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM ISAAC In late August 2012, Tropical St ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-159 NASA ANNOUNCES AUG. 27 MARS NEWS CONFERENCE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its Curiosity rover mission o ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-291 NASA STUDY PROVIDES NEW FINDINGS ON PROTECTING ASTRONAUTS' BONES THROUGH DIET AND EXERCISE HOUSTON -- Eating the right diet and exercising hard in space helps protect International Space Station astronauts' bones, a finding that may help solve one of the key problem ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1949 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 24 1245 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1948 Begin Time: 2012 Aug 21 1255 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1476 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 24 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 237 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1546 N16W21 263 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1548 N18E04 238 0030 Cso 10 06 Beta 1552 S18E27 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 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: M12-157 NASA'S WISE SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS BLACK HOLES AND EXTREME OBJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 29, to announce new discoveries from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The discoveries are related to the distant universe, includ ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2012 John Yembrick / Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584 / 202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-158 NASA HOSTS FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT AT GOLDSTONE DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEX WASHINGTON -- Sixty-five of NASA's social media followers will have a rare opportunity to tour the agency's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert during a NASA Social on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Goldstone is one of three ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-293 NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES NEW COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO MILESTONES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Thursday new milestones in the nation's commercial space initiatives from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The latest advances made by NASA's commercial space partners pave the way for the first contracted flight of cargo to the International Space St ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1948 Issue Time: 2012 Aug 23 1506 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1947 Begin Time: 2012 Aug 21 1255 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3112 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