February 8th 2012 PDT
Feb. 8, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kimberly Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-046 NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR GREEN PROPELLANT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking technology demonstration proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine. As NASA works with American companies to open a new era of access to space, the agency seeks innova ...Continue Reading
February 8th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE JASMINE Jasmine formed as a tropical storm over the southern Pacific Ocean on February 4, 2012, and strengthened to a tropical cyclone two days later. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77113&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 07, 2012 (Posted on Feb 07, 2012 3:09 PM) --------------- ...Continue Reading
February 8th 2012 PDT
Feb. 8, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-048 NASA MISSION TAKES STOCK OF EARTH'S MELTING LAND ICE WASHINGTON -- In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise. Using satelli ...Continue Reading
February 8th 2012 PDT
Feb. 8, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-049 NASA'S CHANDRA FINDS MILKY WAY'S BLACK HOLE GRAZING ON ASTEROIDS WASHINGTON -- The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be vaporizing and devouring asteroids, which could explain the frequent flares observed, according to astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. For seve ...Continue Reading
February 8th 2012 PDT
February 7, 2012 The NASA/JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is hosting a workshop at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT on Feb. 21, 2012 from 12:30-2 pm in Ballroom G. The workshop is entitled "PO.DAAC – Fusion of NASA Ocean Data and Services." A flyer is attached. It would be wonderful if you could take a minute to disseminate it broadly. In the last year, PO.DAAC has deployed a new web portal to facilitat ...Continue Reading
February 8th 2012 PDT
There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUT JANICE VOSS DIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:39:28 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT JANICE VOSS DIES Feb. 7, 2012 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J12-003 ASTRONAUT JANICE VOSS DIES HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Janice Voss passed away from cancer overnight after a courageous battle. One of only six ...Continue Reading
February 8th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Feb 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 39 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Feb 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1410 N19W79 056 0200 Eso 11 03 Beta 1413 N08W86 062 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2012 PDT
Feb. 7, 2012 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-045 NASA CALLS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL CREW PROPOSALS WASHINGTON -- As part of NASA's ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space St ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2012 PDT
Feb. 7, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-044 NASA OFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN 2ND ANNUAL WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE FAIR WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior agency officials joined President Obama in honoring student science fair winners from across the country at the second annual White House Science Fair today in the East Wing of the White House. The event highlighted student achievement and excellence in science, tec ...Continue Reading
February 7th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN COLORADO AND NEBRASKA Heavy snow fell across parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas in early February 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77092&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 05, 2012 (Posted on Feb 06, 2012 2:40 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 new im ...Continue Reading
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