Aug. 14, 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: M12-150 TWO SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV WASHINGTON -- Astronauts and cosmonauts will perform two spacewalks outside the International Space Station this month. NASA Television will broadcast both events live. Coverage of the first will begin at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Aug. 20. Coverage of the second ...Continue Reading

Aug. 14, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-280 UNIVERSITIES GO TO SPACE: NASA ANNOUNCES EARLY CAREER FACULTY SPACE TECH RESEARCH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced the selection of 10 research efforts from the agency's inaugural Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty solicitation. NASA will provide grants of as much as $200,000 per year for as long as three years in support of these faculty and their research in specif ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- NASA SATELLITES PINPOINT VOLCANIC ERUPTION Remote Havre Seamount erupted in mid-July 2012, spreading pumice over a wide area of the South Pacific. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78849&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 19, 2012 (Posted on Aug 13, 2012 4:43 PM) EARTHQUAKES NEAR TABRIZ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 14 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 227 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1540 S25W76 090 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha 1542 S12W18 032 0040 Dao 07 04 Beta-Gamma 1543 N2 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Guy Webster / DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-151 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT), Aug. 14, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-277 NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR CUBESAT SPACE MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch between 2013 and 2016. These miniature spacecraft, known as CubeSats, could be auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. These cube-shaped satellites are approximately fo ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@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: 12-279 NASA MARS ROVER TEAM HEARS FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA PASADENA, Calif. -- President Barack Obama this morning told the flight control team for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, "You made us all proud." Obama telephoned the mission control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborato ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HOLLOWAY FIRE IN OREGON AND NEVADA The Holloway fire burned near the Nevada-Oregon border in August of 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78801&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 07, 2012 (Posted on Aug 08, 2012 3:13 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (5 updated events, 9 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM KAI-TAK Kai-tak ...Continue Reading

Aug. 13, 2012 Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 veronica.mcgregor@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-149 PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CALL NASA CURIOSITY MARS ROVER TEAM TODAY WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will congratulate members of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover team at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT) this morning. Audio of the call an ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-37 2012 August 12 at 7:32 p.m. MDT (2012 August 13 0132 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 6-12 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 06 August and 11 August, due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions1542 and1540, respectfully. Outlook For August 13-19 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space wea ...Continue Reading