There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ON CELLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:41:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ON CELLS August 3, 2012 William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H12-254 NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 04 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 217 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1528 N15W81 227 0010 Bxo 04 04 Beta 1529 S11W76 222 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S18W66 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 3, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-254 NASA INVESTIGATES PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS ON CELLS HOUSTON -- A team of researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., has found radiation from protons could further enhance a process that occurs during tumor progression. This information may help lead to ...Continue Reading

Aug. 03, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: C12-032 NASA SELECTS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AT STENNIS WASHINGTON - NASA has selected six indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award construction contracts at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The fixed price contracts consist of a performance period of ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MYRTLE FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA A Forest Service vehicle ignited a fire near Wind Cave National Park that spread rapidly before being contained five days later. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78739&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jul 28, 2012 (Posted on Aug 02, 2012 3:48 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 3, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-263 NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT STEPS IN EFFORT TO LAUNCH AMERICANS FROM U.S. SOIL CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Friday announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next fi ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 61 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS BEGINNING AUG. 5 AT SPACE CENTER HOUSTON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:45:46 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS BEGINNING AUG. 5 AT SPACE CENTER HOUSTON August 2, 2012 Susan Anderson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Jack Moore Space Center Houston 281-244-2137 Report #J12-013 TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS BEGINNING AUG. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Aug 03 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 216 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Aug 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1528 N17W70 229 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1529 S11W62 221 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1530 S19W53 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2012 David Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 12-260 NASA, LOUISIANA OFFICIALS RENEW PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA and Louisiana leaders Thursday committed to a five-year extension of their partnership in the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM). NCAM is a principal NASA resource i ...Continue Reading

Aug. 2, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Kathryn Hansen Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-1046 kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov Nicole Ruediger University of Maryland, Baltimore County 410-455-5791 nruedige@umbc.edu RELEASE: 12-262 DUST DOMINATES FOREIGN AEROSOL IMPORTS TO NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON -- NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles that arrive ...Continue Reading