:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 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 13 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1391 N12W51 011 0180 Cao 09 11 Beta 1395 N21E07 313 0070 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 1396 N25E32 ...Continue Reading

January 12, 2012 New dataset: GHRSST Level 2P Gridded Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from WindSat polarimetric radiometer on the Coriolis satellite A new sea surface temperature (SST) dataset from the WindSat radiometer on the Coriolis satellite in now available from the JPL PO.DAAC.  This radiometer senses in the microwave spectrum and is thus relatively immune to clouds similar to the now defunct AMSR-E instrument  on the NASA Aqua platform. The spatial resoluti ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2012 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-006 NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT TO LAND IN OKLAHOMA, TEXAS AND ALABAMA WASHINGTON -- A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft soon will make a cross-country journey, giving residents in three states the chance to see a full scale test version of th ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2012 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Jennifer Stanfield Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.m.stanfield@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-018 NASA MOVES SHUTTLE ENGINES FROM KENNEDY TO STENNIS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underwa ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Whitney Lawrence Mullen Sally Ride Science, San Diego 858-638-1432 wmullen@sallyridescience.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-005 NASA AND STUDENTS TO ANNOUNCE NEW NAMES FOR TWIN LUNAR PROBES WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 17, to announce the names selected from a nationwide student contest for twin spac ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Adam Voiland/Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-614-6949/301-286-2483 adam.p.voiland@nasa.gov / rani.c.gran@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-017 NASA STUDY SHOWS HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY BENEFITS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS WASHINGTON -- A new study led by a NASA scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, improve health and boost agricultural ...Continue Reading

Jan. 12, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2483 rani.c.gran@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-016 NASA COLD WEATHER AIRBORNE CAMPAIGN TO MEASURE FALLING SNOW WASHINGTON - Beginning Jan. 17, NASA will fly an airborne science laboratory above Canadian snowstorms to tackle a difficult challenge facing the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission -- measuring snowfall from space. GPM is an intern ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 12 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 12 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1391 N12W37 010 0270 Ekc 12 20 Beta 1393 N16W84 057 0560 Eko 13 10 Beta 1395 N21E21 3 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 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 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-013 NASA'S KEPLER MISSION FINDS THREE SMALLEST EXOPLANETS WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. ...Continue Reading

Jan. 11, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Donna Weaver / Ray Villard Space Science Telescope Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514 dweaver@stsci.edu / villard@stsci.edu RELEASE: 12-012 HUBBLE SOLVES MYSTERY ON SOURCE OF SUPERNOVA IN NEARBY GALAXY WASHINGTON -- Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery on the type of star, or so-called progenitor, which caused a ...Continue Reading