Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams writes about the trials of spacewalking in her latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/rmQV_   *Space is Busy, Active and Unkind*   We have been pretty much up to our ears in EVA, extravehicular activity or spacewalking, preparations and then spacewalking! I think most of you know we had a spacewalk using the robotic arm Thursday, August 30th. It went sort of long. You don’t just “go outside.” Usually that is the fun and easy part of the entire thing. The days lead ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-304 NASA IS EXPANDING OFFER FOR SPACE SHUTTLE TILES AND FOOD WASHINGTON -- NASA is expanding its offer to museums and schools of space shuttle heat shield tiles and food packaged for spaceflight. Beginning Tuesday, museums across the United States will be eligible to receive these pieces of space history, in addition to the schools and universities that have received them since the end of the Space Shuttle Progra ...Continue Reading

Sept. 4, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones / Elizabeth Zubritsky Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 / 301-614-5438 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov / elizabeth.a.zubritsky@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-302 NASA ANNOUNCES ASTEROID NAMING CONTEST FOR STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth. Scheduled to launch in 2016, the m ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 04 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 248 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S21W82 177 0090 Dso 03 03 Beta 1558 N13W23 118 0010 Axx 02 03 Alpha 1560 N03W33 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (5 updated events, 5 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING Wildfires burned in northwestern Wyoming in late August 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79075&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29, 2012 (Posted on Aug 30, 2012 4:31 PM) FIRES IN ALGERIA During summer 2012, wildfires burned pine and cork forests throughout northern ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 03 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 247 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S22W69 179 0140 Dai 07 05 Beta 1560 N03W17 126 0260 Ehi 11 21 Beta-Gamma 1561 S12 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 2, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-171 NEXT SPACE STATION SPACEWALK TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV WASHINGTON -- In the wake of an unsuccessful attempt to install a replacement power-switching unit on the truss of the International Space Station, two crew members will venture outside for a second time in six days to complete the work. NASA Television will prov ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 02 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 246 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S22W57 179 0150 Dai 05 08 Beta 1554 N15W94 216 0160 Dao 09 04 Beta 1560 N03W05 ...Continue Reading

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:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Sep 01 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 245 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Sep 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1553 S21W47 182 0180 Dao 05 09 Beta 1554 N15W79 214 0160 Dao 07 09 Beta 1555 N08W12 ...Continue Reading