May 9, 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 RELEASE: 12-151 OVERFED BLACK HOLES SHUT DOWN GALACTIC STAR-MAKING WASHINGTON -- The Herschel Space Observatory has shown galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes. The results are the first to demonstrate black holes suppressed g ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 70 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 15:54:06 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH May 8, 2012 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M12-083 NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH H ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (08 May 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Looking Back on Ten Years of Aqua http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Gallery/aqua.php?src=eoa-features Launched on May 4, 2002, NASA's Aqua satellite and its six instruments have provided a decade's worth of unprecedented views of our planet. Here are a few of our favorites. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earth ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 09 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 130 Issued at 0030Z on 09 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1470 S19W68 284 0030 Cro 02 02 Beta 1471 S22W60 277 0120 Cso 05 03 Beta 1474 N14W13 ...Continue Reading

May 8, 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 RELEASE: 12-138 NASA'S SPITZER SEES THE LIGHT OF ALIEN "SUPER EARTH" WASHINGTON -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the ...Continue Reading

May 8, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Kirstin Brost Grantham SpaceX 202-649-2716 media@spacex.com RELEASE: 12-150 NASA COMMERCIAL PARTNER SPACEX COMPLETES CREW ACCOMMODATIONS MILESTONE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has finished an important evaluation of a propotype Dragon spacecraft designed to carry people into orbit. This key mil ...Continue Reading

May 8, 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: M12-083 NEXT SOYUZ SPACE STATION CREW PREPARES FOR LAUNCH HOUSTON -- The next residents of the International Space Station are making final preparations for a May 14 launch and NASA Television will provide live coverage of launch and docking. This week, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and his two Russian crewmates, Soy ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 97 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ISSUES STATEMENT ON NEW SPACEX LAUNCH DATE 2. ASTRONAUT DAN BURBANK RETURNS TO EARTH, AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 09:32:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ISSUES STATEMENT ON NEW SPACEX LAUNCH DATE May 7, 2012 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-197 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 08 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 129 Issued at 0030Z on 08 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1470 S15W57 287 0030 Cro 06 05 Beta 1471 S19W50 280 0210 Dso 05 08 Beta 1474 N13E03 ...Continue Reading

May 7, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-082 NASA TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE ON ASTEROID MISSION RESULTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference on Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m. EDT to present a new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using data from the agency's Dawn spacecraft. The event will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA ...Continue Reading