March 9, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Isabel Lara Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 202-633-2374 larai@si.edu RELEASE: 12-075 NASA AND THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM INVITE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS TO WELCOME SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will invite 30 of their social media followers to the first "NASA Social" on April 19 to welcome space shuttl ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Mar 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 69 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Mar 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1428 S17W19 319 0180 Dao 08 08 Beta 1429 N17E01 301 0950 Ekc 12 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 143 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Mar 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 69 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Mar 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1428 S17W19 319 0180 Dao 08 08 Beta 1429 N17E01 301 0950 Ekc 12 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 143 ...Continue Reading

March 8, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-039 NASA TO HOLD MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING NUSTAR MISSION LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 12 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 13, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). The mission will use advanced optics and detectors, allowing astronomers to observe the high-energy X-ray sky with much greater sensitivity and clarity than a ...Continue Reading

March 8, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-078 EARLY CAREER FACULTY NASA SPACE TECH RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding early career faculty beginning their independent careers. This inaugural Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty solicitation seeks to sponsor research in specific, high priority tec ...Continue Reading

March 8, 2012 Bob Jacobs / Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 / 1100 bob.jacobs@nasa.gov / jbuck@nasa.gov Sini Matikainen Rovio Entertainment, Espoo, Finland +358400214526 media@rovio.com RELEASE: 12-076 THE EPIC STUGGLE BETWEEN BIRDS AND PIGS MOVES TO SPACE WITH A NASA SCIENCE TWIST WASHINGTON -- For nearly three years, millions of gamers have used physics in the battle between birds and pigs in the video game Angry Birds. In cooperation with NASA, Finland-based Rovio Entertainment, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Mar 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 68 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Mar 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1428 S17W05 319 0300 Dko 07 16 Beta 1429 N17E15 299 1270 Dkc 10 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 143 ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 301-713-0214 john.leslie@noaa.gov RELEASE: 12-079 MULTI-AGENCY SATELLITE BEGINS CLIMATE AND WEATHER STUDIES GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National P ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2012 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-074 NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BERMUDA FOR TRACKING STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA and the government of Bermuda signed an agreement today to establish a temporary mobile tracking station on Cooper's Island to support launches from the agency's Wallo ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1868 Issue Time: 2012 Mar 07 2145 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1867 Begin Time: 2012 Mar 02 1425 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1228 pfu 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 Ser ...Continue Reading