January 11th 2012 PDT
Jan. 10, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 ltrent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-008 NASA'S CHANDRA FINDS LARGEST GALAXY CLUSTER IN EARLY UNIVERSE Washington -- An exceptional galaxy cluster, the largest seen in the distant universe, has been found using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation-funded Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile. Officially known as A ...Continue Reading
January 11th 2012 PDT
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first successful planetary mission, Mariner 2 sent to Venus, the NASA History Program Office, the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum, the NASA Science Mission Directorate, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory invite papers for a conference relating to the history of planetary exploration. This historical symposium will be held in Washington, D.C., on 25-26 October 2012. Please see the attached updated call for papers for more details. ...Continue Reading
January 11th 2012 PDT
Jan. 10, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 ltrent.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: 12-007 HUBBLE PINPOINTS FARTHEST PROTOCLUSTER OF GALAXIES EVER SEEN WASHINGTON -- Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development. It is the most distant such grouping ever observed in the e ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 10 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 10 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1389 S19W88 087 0210 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1391 N12W12 011 0280 Dsc 10 22 Beta-Gamma 1392 N18 ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2012 PDT
Jan. 9, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 ltrent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-005 NASA'S ROSSI X-RAY TIMING EXPLORER COMPLETES MISSION OPERATIONS WASHINGTON -- After 16 years in space, NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has made its last observation. The satellite provided unprecedented views into the extreme environments around white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. RXTE ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2012 PDT
Jan. 9, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-003 NASA ISSUES CALL FOR VISIONARY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program is looking for far-out ideas. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, or NIAC, program is seeking proposals for revolutionary concepts with the potential to transform future aerospace missions. Proposed concepts should enable new capabilities or significantly alter current approaches to launching, buildi ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2012 PDT
Jan. 9, 2012 David Weaver/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / bob.jacobs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-006 NASA ADMINISTRATOR MEETS WITH APOLLO ASTRONAUTS; AGENCY WILL WORK COOPERATIVELY TO RESOLVE ARTIFACT OWNERSHIP ISSUES Washington -- The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden regarding the ownership of early space exploration mementos and artifacts: "Earlier today, I had a good meeting with former Apollo astronauts Jim Lovell, Gene Cernan, Charlie ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2012 PDT
Jan. 09, 2012 Lauren B. Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov Joan Underwood Lockheed Martin 303-971-7398 joan.b.underwood@lmco.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-004 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN TO TOUR LOCKHEED MARTIN, HOLD PRESS AVAILABILITY WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will tour Lockheed Martin's facilities near Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Bolden and Lockheed Martin's Vice President and General Manage ...Continue Reading
January 10th 2012 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL Floods, landslides, and a burst levee forced thousands from their homes in southeastern Brazil in early January 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76909&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Dec 30, 2011 (Posted on Jan 09, 2012 1:24 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHaz ...Continue Reading
January 9th 2012 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 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 9 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1388 S26W92 101 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1389 S20W75 086 0180 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1391 N13W00 ...Continue Reading
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