The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust stirred along the margins of China's Taklimakan Desert in late March and early April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77597&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 05, 2012 (Posted on Apr 05, 2012 3:44 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLO ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-107 NASA RELEASES NEW OPEN GOVERNMENT PLAN WASHINGTON -- NASA today released version 2.0 of its Open Government Plan, which includes a flagship initiative to build a new web architecture and a renewed focus on open data sharing, open source development and a variety of technology acceleration efforts. The plan also features a directory of more than 100 participatory, collaborative and transparent pr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 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 100 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1450 N15W75 328 0120 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1452 N17W37 290 0010 Bxo 04 04 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 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 99 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1450 N15W59 326 0100 Csi 14 14 Beta-Gamma 1452 N17W23 289 0010 Bxo 04 04 Beta IA. H-alp ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 07 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 98 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1450 N16W45 324 0180 Esi 13 15 Beta-Gamma 1452 N18W08 288 0030 Cro 06 04 Beta IA. H-alp ...Continue Reading

In the latest entries in Space Zucchini’s diary, Exp. 30 crew member @astro_Pettit introduces us to some of the other plants aboard the #ISS. _http://bit.ly/Ie3mnj_   Diary of a Space Zucchini   February 20 We have two new crewmates, Sunflower and Broccoli.  Sunflower has a long stem for the size of his leaves.  He is standing tall.  Broccoli is small and weak.  His sprout is so small that without the normal gravitational signals, surface tension forces keep his cotyledons from breaking f ...Continue Reading

April 6, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Ruth Dasso Marlaire Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-061 REPORTERS INVITED TO TOUR NASA'S NEW ULTRAGREEN BUILDING APRIL 19-20 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's newest building also is one of the nation's greenest. News media are invited to tour the facility, called Sustainability Base, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT on Thursday, April 19 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust stirred along the margins of China's Taklimakan Desert in late March and early April 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77597&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 05, 2012 (Posted on Apr 05, 2012 3:44 PM) ------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

In his latest blog entry, Astronaut Don Pettit discusses the details behind the recent space station "flash" by an amateur astronomy group. _http://bit.ly/HntU7K_   More About That Flash   There’s more to that _recent Space Station flash by an amateur astronomy group_ than may have met the eye, so here are a few more details.   Lasers produce not only monochromatic light, but also a unique intensity profile. If you take a cross-section of the beam and plot the intensity, it is far from uniform ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 55 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH STATION CREW MEMBERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:15:15 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH STATION CREW MEMBERS April 5, 2012 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M12-058 NASA HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH STATION CREW MEMBERS ...Continue Reading