A spacefaring zucchini aboard #ISS turns over a new leaf in @astro_Pettit's #spaceblog: bit.ly/Jqx1ez   *March 26* I have new leaves!  I am no longer naked to the cosmos.  They are not as big as before however they are just as green.  Broccoli and Sunflower have leaves as well and are vibrant.  We all have happy roots.  This is a hard to explain to a non-plant, but I am feeling very zucchini now.   *March 27* We are all back in the space flight game.  Tomorrow is a big day.  ...Continue Reading

April 25, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-135 NASA SCIENTISTS FIND HISTORY OF ASTEROID IMPACTS IN EARTH ROCKS WASHINGTON -- Research by NASA and international scientists concludes giant asteroids, similar or larger than the one believed to have killed the dinosaurs, hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously ...Continue Reading

April 25, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-137 NASA RELEASES CALL FOR PHASE II VISIONARY ADVANCED CONCEPTS WASHINGTON -- The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking proposals to continue promising studies for which it has supported the first phase. These cutting-edge concepts have the potential to transform future exploration missions, enable new capabilities, or significantly alter current approaches to launching ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Torrential rains caused flooding on the Arabian Peninsula in April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77758&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 18, 2012 (Posted on Apr 24, 2012 6:38 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Haz ...Continue Reading

April 25, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Maria-Jose Vinas Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-5883 mjvinas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-126 WARM OCEAN CURRENTS CAUSE MAJORITY OF ICE LOSS FROM ANTARCTICA WASHINGTON -- Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed. An internatio ...Continue Reading

April 25, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-134 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT REVEALS SECRETS OF GIANT ASTEROID VESTA WASHINGTON -- Findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and clues to its internal structure. The findings were presented today at the ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1889 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 25 1139 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1888 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1060 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

There is 1 message totalling 45 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ISSUES STATEMENT ON SPACEX LAUNCH DATE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:45:20 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ISSUES STATEMENT ON SPACEX LAUNCH DATE April 24, 2012 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 Report #H12-133 NASA ISSUES STATEMENT ON SPACEX LAUNCH DATE WASHINGTON -- In respo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1888 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 25 0234 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 April 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Continuing Eruption of Shiveluch http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77747&src=eoa-iotd * Lake Sediment Plume in Northern Kazakhstan http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77742&src=eoa-iotd * Wave Clouds Near Île aux Cochons, Southern Indian Ocean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?i ...Continue Reading