The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE CANARY ISLANDS Dust blew off the coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara in early March 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77372&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 08, 2012 (Posted on Mar 09, 2012 1:00 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PUYEH ...Continue Reading

March 9, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-063 NASA LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TO DEVELOP SPACE APPS WASHINGTON -- NASA, governments around the world and civil society organizations will co-host the International Space Apps Challenge on April 21-22 with events across seven continents and in space. The apps competition will bring people together to exploit openly available data collected by space agencies around the world to create in ...Continue Reading

March 9, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730/202-236-5829 david.steitz@nasa.gov Nathan Barnes L'Garde Inc., Tustin, Calif. 714-259-0771 ext 225 nathan_barnes@lgarde.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-040 NASA CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST TO VISIT TUSTIN'S L'GARDE INC THURSDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will visit L'Garde Inc., in Tustin, Calif., on Thursday, March 15, at 9 a.m. PDT. Peck's visit will highlight ways government can partner with sma ...Continue Reading

March 9, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Isabel Lara Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 202-633-2374 larai@si.edu RELEASE: 12-075 NASA AND THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM INVITE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS TO WELCOME SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will invite 30 of their social media followers to the first "NASA Social" on April 19 to welcome space shuttl ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Mar 09 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 69 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Mar 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1428 S17W19 319 0180 Dao 08 08 Beta 1429 N17E01 301 0950 Ekc 12 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 143 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Mar 09 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 69 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Mar 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1428 S17W19 319 0180 Dao 08 08 Beta 1429 N17E01 301 0950 Ekc 12 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 143 ...Continue Reading

March 8, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-039 NASA TO HOLD MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING NUSTAR MISSION LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 12 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 13, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). The mission will use advanced optics and detectors, allowing astronomers to observe the high-energy X-ray sky with much greater sensitivity and clarity than a ...Continue Reading

March 8, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-078 EARLY CAREER FACULTY NASA SPACE TECH RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding early career faculty beginning their independent careers. This inaugural Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty solicitation seeks to sponsor research in specific, high priority tec ...Continue Reading

March 8, 2012 Bob Jacobs / Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 / 1100 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov / jbuck@nasa.gov Sini Matikainen Rovio Entertainment, Espoo, Finland +358400214526 media@rovio.com RELEASE: 12-076 THE EPIC STUGGLE BETWEEN BIRDS AND PIGS MOVES TO SPACE WITH A NASA SCIENCE TWIST WASHINGTON -- For nearly three years, millions of gamers have used physics in the battle between birds and pigs in the video game Angry Birds. In cooperation with NASA, Finland-based Rovio Entertainment, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Mar 08 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 68 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Mar 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1428 S17W05 319 0300 Dko 07 16 Beta 1429 N17E15 299 1270 Dkc 10 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 143 ...Continue Reading