:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 25 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 116 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S16W52 094 0330 Eki 12 25 Beta 1460 N16W65 107 0180 Dso 10 10 Beta 1462 S25W95 ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-133 NASA ISSUES STATEMENT ON SPACEX LAUNCH DATE WASHINGTON -- In response to SpaceX's announcement that it has delayed launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from April 30 to May 7, NASA issued the following statement from Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier: ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-106 NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to ARES Technical Services Corporation of Vienna, Va., for Safety and Mission Assurance Services (SMAS) for the Goddard Safet ...Continue Reading

@astro_Pettit shares the Diary of a Space Zucchini on his #spaceblog. They "are getting stronger every day." _http://go.usa.gov/ypx_   *March 20 *There was a time where I had no memory; I thought this must be the Great Compost.  Since waking I heard Gardener talking to me about what happened.  We were transplanted once again into new plastic bags.  Our stems and roots were trimmed.  Our water diet was replaced with a new tea, one that is not salty.  Our roots are happy drinking ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-130 NASA'S SPITZER FINDS GALAXY WITH SPLIT PERSONALITY WASHINGTON -- While some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that the Sombrero galaxy is both. The galaxy, which is a round, elliptical with a thin di ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818- 354-0474 alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-108 NASA TESTS GPS MONITORING SYSTEM FOR BIG U.S. EARTHQUAKES WASHINGTON -- The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earth ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- LAKE SEDIMENT PLUME IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN Sediments from the shores of Ozero Siletiteniz blew southward in late April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77742&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 21, 2012 (Posted on Apr 23, 2012 4:29 PM) DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT An intense dus ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Mary Blake Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, Calif. 310-812-6291 mary.blake@ngc.com RELEASE: 12-129 NASA'S WEBB TELESCOPE FLIGHT BACKPLANE SECTION COMPLETED WASHINGTON -- The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope's hardware development. The backplane will support the telesco ...Continue Reading

April 24, 2012 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Laura J. Brown Federal Aviation Administration 202-267-3455 laura.j.brown@faa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-076 SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE FLIGHT OVER NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA MOVED TO APRIL 27 WASHINGTON -- NASA managers, in coordination with Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum officials, tentatively are targeting Friday, April 27, for the ferry of space shuttle Enterprise from Washington Dulles ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 24 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 115 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S14W40 094 0440 Eki 11 39 Beta 1460 N16W54 108 0320 Dko 10 14 Beta 1462 S25W85 ...Continue Reading