Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1856 Issue Time: 2012 Jan 27 1550 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Jan 27 1535 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or up ...Continue Reading

Jan. 27, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-014 TEXAS STUDENTS TO SPEAK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION CREW WASHINGTON -- Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA's Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, J ...Continue Reading

Jan. 27, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-033 ASTRONAUT JERRY ROSS, FIRST SEVEN-TIME FLIER, RETIRES HOUSTON -- Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular act ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT EXTENSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:46 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT EXTENSION Jan. 26, 2012 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C12-002 NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSUR ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 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 27 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1402 N29W72 207 0270 Dsc 08 09 Beta 1405 N13W60 194 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1408 N08E03 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 26, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters,Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-002 NASA AWARDS SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT EXTENSION HOUSTON -- NASA has exercised two six-month options to the agency's Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services Contract with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. T ...Continue Reading

Jan. 26, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-032 NASA'S KEPLER ANNOUNCES 11 PLANETARY SYSTEMS HOSTING 26 PLANETS MOFFET FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one p ...Continue Reading

Jan. 26, 2012 Sarah Ramsey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1694 sarah.ramsey@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-017 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR VISITS AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN AN AMERICAN ECONOMY BUILT TO LAST WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Va., on Jan. 27 to highlight how government can partner with small business to help create the jobs of the future through investment in scie ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE FUNSO On January 23, 2012, Tropical Cyclone Funso raged over the Mozambique Channel. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77029&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 25, 2012 (Posted on Jan 25, 2012 3:03 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural H ...Continue Reading

Jan. 26, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-016 NASA HOSTS BRIEFING ON NEW OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR MATTER WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space. The interstellar boundary region shields our solar sy ...Continue Reading