:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 13 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 226 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1538 S22W87 113 0010 Axx 02 01 Alpha 1540 S25W62 089 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha 1542 S13W04 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 12 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 225 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1537 N12W69 108 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1538 S23W74 113 0070 Dso 08 02 Beta 1540 S25W50 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 11 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 224 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1535 N18W81 134 0090 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1537 N13W55 108 0020 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1538 S23W60 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 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: 12-276 NASA CURIOSITY MARS ROVER INSTALLING SMARTS FOR DRIVING PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm. The rover's "brain ...Continue Reading

In her latest blog entry, Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Suni Williams describes some of the work being done in this unique laboratory in space. _http://go.nasa.gov/OQ5DJM_   *Laboratory in Space*   Lots of fun and interesting science with a quick break for the arrival of Progress (unpiloted resupply ship). That means even fresher fruit and care packages for us, as well as lots of supplies, including our EVA cables…more on that in a later post.   We are not the experts in all the science that we do up he ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-268 NASA SELECTS SPACE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA selected 15 experiments to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space biology research. Ten of these experiments will be conducted aboard the International Space Station in the near future. Five others will be ground-based studies. NASA's Space Biology Program will fund the proposals to investigate how cells ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- 2012 ARCTIC CYCLONE An unusually strong summer cyclone formed in the Arctic in August of 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78812&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 07, 2012 (Posted on Aug 09, 2012 4:21 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78808&src=nha *** VIIRS( ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Chris Rink Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6786 chris.rink@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-270 HERE COMES THE SUN: NASA PICKS SOLAR ARRAY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program has selected Deployable Space Systems (DSS) of Goleta, Calif. and ATK Space Systems Inc., of Commerce, Calif., for contract negotiation to develop advanced solar array systems. High-power solar electric ...Continue Reading

Aug. 10, 2012 J.D. Harrington NASA Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Geoffrey Brown Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-5618 geoffrey.brown@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-148 NASA SETS RADIATION BELT STORM PROBES MISSION LAUNCH EVENTS COVERAGE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) are set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 10 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 223 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1535 N19W70 136 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1537 N13W42 108 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1538 S22W47 ...Continue Reading