June 14th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN CHINA June brings peak fire activity in Central China when farmers burn wheat straw. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78256&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 13, 2012 (Posted on Jun 13, 2012 3:51 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ...Continue Reading
June 14th 2012 PDT
June 14, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-198 FIRST FLIGHT INSTRUMENT DELIVERED FOR JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE WASHINGTON -- The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA. The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) will allow scientists to study cold and distant objects in ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 14 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 166 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1504 S17E14 086 0560 Ekc 12 25 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1505 S09E12 089 0070 Dao 05 08 Beta 15 ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
June 13, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: 12-200 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN VIEWS HISTORIC SPACEX DRAGON CAPSULE WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joined SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas, Wednesday to see the first commercial space capsule to complete a mission to the International Space Station. Bolden and Musk also thanked the more ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
Flight Engineer Don Pettit has posted a new entry in the Diary of a Space Zucchini. _http://go.usa.gov/vqi_ *June 8 - Diary of a Space Zucchini* Me and my “Buds” have been busy working on our mission together with our animal crewmates over the past two months. On our mission, we have taken nearly 250,000 images, about 1/4th of that taken over the previous 11 years. I have been faithfully making entries into my diary but due to the quantity of our image data coupled with our Ku-band radio tran ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
June 13, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-197 SMALL PLANETS DON'T NEED STARS WITH HEAVY METAL CONTENT TO FORM WASHINGTON -- The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars rich in heavy elements such as iron and silicon. However, new ground-based observations, combined ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
June 13, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-196 NASA'S NUSTAR MISSION LIFTS OFF PASTE HEADLINE USING PASTE AS TEXT WASHINGTON -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at noon EDT (9 a.m. PDT) Wednesday, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of buried black holes and ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
June 13, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-199 EDUCATORS SELECTED FOR NASA EXPLORER SCHOOLS SUMMER WORKSHOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 50 elementary, middle and high school educators from across the nation to work side by side with agency scientists and engineers to learn research techniques and identify connections to science, technology, enginee ...Continue Reading
June 13th 2012 PDT
There is 1 message totalling 45 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND SPACEX CEO TO ADDRESS MEDIA AT SPACEX FACILITIES IN TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND CALIFORNIA THURSDAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:42:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND SPACEX CEO TO ADDRESS MEDIA AT SPACEX FACILITIES IN TEXAS WEDNESDAY AND CALIFORNIA THURSDAY June 12, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington ...Continue Reading
June 12th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jun 13 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 165 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jun 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1494 S16W84 198 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1499 N15W71 185 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1504 S17E28 ...Continue Reading
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