There are 2 messages totalling 91 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN 2. TOUCH THE MOON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:07:20 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN April 27, 2012 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H12-140 SPACE STATION TR ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1892 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 28 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1891 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8210 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 28 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 119 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S19W88 091 0030 Cao 04 04 Beta 1465 S17W53 056 0180 Dai 05 11 Beta-Gamma-Delta 14 ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-078 UPDATED COVERAGE FOR NASA/SPACEX LAUNCH AND MISSION TO STATION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) has b ...Continue Reading

Astronaut Don Pettit writes about what it takes to survive and thrive in space in his latest _#__*spaceblog*_ entry. _http://go.usa.gov/yzu_ *Hit the Books and Work on Your Car!* Space is a desert unlike anything encountered on Earth. The human body is not configured to be able to survive in the cold, dark vacuum of this unearthly realm; creatures of this planet were never meant to go into space. We can only go there if we make machines to take and provide us with all the necessary things our bodies need to stay alive ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-141 NASA SELECTS 10 SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected ten proposals from small business and research institution teams to continue work on innovative technologies that could advance future missions. The Phase II winners in the agency's Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program now can enter negotiations for possible contract awards, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- GOBI DESERT DUST STORM Dust plumes blew out of the Gobi Desert in late April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77771&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 26, 2012 (Posted on Apr 26, 2012 3:36 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a s ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2012 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-142 NASA STATEMENT ON JOHN GLENN SELECTION FOR MEDAL OF FREEDOM WASHINGTON -- NASA has released the following statement by Administrator Charles Bolden about President Obama's announcement that astronaut John Glenn has been selected as a recipient of the 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom: "NASA sends its warmest congratulations to Sen. John Glenn on being named a recip ...Continue Reading

April 27, 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 RELEASE: 12-140 SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN HOUSTON -- Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space. Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT ROXBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOR SPACE DAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:04:08 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT ROXBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOR SPACE DAY April 26, 2012 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 Report #JA12-007 NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT ROXBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOR SPACE DAY HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut James ...Continue Reading