June 27th 2012 PDT
June 27, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-219 NEW NASA GAME LETS PLAYERS BUILD AND LAUNCH A VIRTUAL ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to launch a spacecraft. NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP), based at the agency's Kennedy Space C ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
June 27, 2012 Joshua Buck / Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 / 202-358-1726 jbuck@nasa.gov / dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-121 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOW OPEN FOR NASA'S RBSP LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:08 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 23, aboard an Atlas V rocket ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
Gardener gets ready to go home in the space zucchini's diary in Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit's latest blog entry. _http://go.usa.gov/vz5_ *June 17-26 - Diary of a Space Zucchini* June 17 Excitement is in the air. Gardener said we will soon be returning to Earth. Our part of the mission is nearly complete and the new crew will take over for us. I am a bit worried about Broccoli, Sunflower, and me. If Gardener leaves, who will take care of us? And what about little Zuc? He is now a big sprout ...Continue Reading
June 27th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES ACROSS COLORADO In late June 2012, wildfires burned from southwestern Colorado to northeastern Colorado. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78387&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 26, 2012 (Posted on Jun 27, 2012 11:49 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM DEBBY S ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 27 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 179 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1512 S16E25 263 0130 Dai 06 07 Beta 1513 N16E71 216 0030 Hax 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (26 June 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Glorious View http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78380&src=eoa-iotd * Wildfires across Colorado http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78367&src=eoa-iotd * Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Northern Hemisphere http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78346&src=eoa-iotd * Luizi Crater, Democratic Re ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
Members of the List-serv in the DC area may be interested in attending a lunchtime brownbag lecture by Professor Harry Lambright this Thursday at 12:30 pm at NASA HQ. He will be talking on “The Politics of Mars: Robotic Exploration from Mariner to MSL” (which is the title of his latest book project, undertaken with NASA Science Mission Directorate and History Program Office sponsorship). Dr. Lambright is Professor of public administration, international affairs, and political science, at the Maxwell School ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
June 26, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-027 NASA ADDS ORBITAL'S ANTARES TO LAUNCH SERVICES II CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to add the Antares launch vehicle, formerly known as Taurus II, for future missions. The NLS II on-ramp provision provide ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES ACROSS COLORADO IN late June 2012, wildfires burned from southwestern Colorado to northeastern Colorado. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78367&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 23, 2012 (Posted on Jun 25, 2012 2:41 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SAHARAN DUST ST ...Continue Reading
June 26th 2012 PDT
June 26, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-215 HOUSTON WORKSHOP MARKS KEY STEP IN PLANNING FUTURE MARS MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency's effort to forge a new Mars strategy in the coming decades. A report that summarizes the wide range of cutting-edge science, technology and mission concepts discussed is available online. Held in Houst ...Continue Reading
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