April 23, 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: 12-128 CASSINI SPACECRAFT SEES NEW OBJECTS BLAZING TRAILS IN SATURN RING WASHINGTON -- Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them. The results will be presented tomorr ...Continue Reading

The sight of Earth from space inspires @astro_Pettit to write more poetry in his #spaceblog: bit.ly/I9masU *Helen of Eart**h* An Alien force, smitten by the sight of Earth. Stunning occipital pleasure, with a face of such beauty. As to launch a thousand ships, laying siege to our planet, until they can take her as their own. Don's blog also appears at _airspacemag.com._ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to the Space-Blogs list, go to the l ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES NEAR NOVOSIBIRSK Fires near Novosibirsk * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77711&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 14, 2012 (Posted on Apr 19, 2012 12:23 PM) FIRE IN KUWAIT In mid-April 2012, a fire broke out in a tire dump near Al Jahrah, Kuwait. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/vie ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT An intense dust storm formed over Western China's Taklimakan Desert in late April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77738&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 23, 2012 (Posted on Apr 23, 2012 11:08 AM) DUST OVER RUSSIA In late April 2012, dust mingled ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-19 2012 April 23 at 7:14 a.m. MDT (2012 April 23 1314 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 16-22 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For April 23-29 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 23 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 114 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S15W25 093 0430 Dki 09 24 Beta 1460 N16W40 108 0300 Dko 10 13 Beta 1462 S24W72 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 22 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 113 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S15W13 095 0450 Eac 11 39 Beta 1460 N16W27 109 0490 Dkc 10 21 Beta 1461 N12E08 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 85 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT WITH HEBER SPRINGS STUDENTS 2. ASTRONAUT TO CELEBRATE SPACE DAY WITH NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:53:59 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT WITH HEBER SPRINGS STUDENTS April 20, 2012 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 Report #JA12-005 NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT WITH H ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 21 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 112 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1459 S16E01 094 0400 Dai 10 40 Beta 1460 N15W15 109 0450 Dkc 09 19 Beta 1461 N12E24 ...Continue Reading

April 20, 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: M12-075 WEATHER POSTPONES SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE FLIGHT TO NEW YORK WASHINGTON -- NASA's planned flight to New York City of space shuttle Enterprise atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until further notice due to an unfavorable weather forecast for Monday, April 23. To ensure a safe flight ...Continue Reading