:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 07 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1532 S19W80 186 0150 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1535 N19W29 135 0080 Cso 04 04 Beta 1537 N13W04 ...Continue Reading

In her latest blog entry, Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Suni Williams recaps the crew’s busy week.  _http://go.nasa.gov/Mg2J3w_   *Comings and Goings* People always ask if it gets boring up here.  I can unequivocally say NEVER!  It seems like something is always happening.  We were talking about all the activities we do in one day, and how they can range from vacuuming, to changing out the toilet can, to drawing blood, taking acoustic measurements, to ultra sounding your heart, to capturing an ...Continue Reading

Aug. 06, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-269 NASA'S CURIOSITY ROVER CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF LANDING PASADENA, Calif. -- An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foo ...Continue Reading

Aug. 6, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-033 NASA SELECTS STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has selected Analytical Services Inc. (ASI) of Huntsville, Ala., to provide strategic research and analysis and communications support services at t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HALSTEAD FIRE, IDAHO Sparked by lightning, the Halstead Fire had burned 18,522 acres (7496 hectares) of the Salmon-Challis National Forest by August 3, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78761&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 03, 2012 (Posted on Aug 03, 2012 4:28 PM) MYRTLE FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA A For ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HALSTEAD FIRE, IDAHO Sparked by lightning, the Halstead Fire had burned 18,522 acres (7496 hectares) of the Salmon-Challis National Forest by August 3, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78761&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 03, 2012 (Posted on Aug 03, 2012 4:28 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

Aug. 6, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Michael Hernandez / Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7457 / 281-483-6270 michael.hernandez@nasa.gov / jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-266 SMOKEY BEAR TO CELEBRATE 68TH BIRTHDAY AT MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON -- NASA, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Texas Forest Service and Smokey Bear are teaming up to celebrate Smokey's 68th birthday Aug. 9 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The popular mascot will t ...Continue Reading

Aug. 05, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster / D.C. Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278, 818-393-9011 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-267 NASA LANDS CAR-SIZE ROVER BESIDE MARTIAN MOUNTAIN PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 06 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 219 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1530 S18W90 210 0120 Hsx 07 01 Alpha 1532 S19W66 186 0210 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1535 N18W15 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 05 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 218 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1529 S10W88 221 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S18W78 211 0100 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1532 S19W53 ...Continue Reading