The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE GIOVANNA Giovanna formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on February 9, 2012, and strengthened to a tropical cyclone the next day. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77180&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from Feb 08, 2012 (Posted on Feb 15, 2012 2:47 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EAR ...Continue Reading

Feb. 16, 2012 Beth Dickey/David Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov / david.steitz@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-4769 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Ohio 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-029 NASA EVENTS AND FUTURE FORUM MARK 50 YEARS OF AMERICANS IN ORBIT WASHINGTON -- Feb. 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the day in 1962 when U.S. Sen. John Glenn piloted his Friendship 7 spacecraft on the f ...Continue Reading

Feb. 16, 2012 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-028 NASA AERONAUTICS IS FOCUS OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ROUNDTABLE WASHINGTON -- NASA officials will meet with aeronautics industry, academia and government leaders Feb. 21-22 for the second in a series of roundtable discussions about future directions for aeronautics research and technology. The Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable is sponsored by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Direc ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 53 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TO DELIVER COMMERCIAL RESEARCH EQUIPMENT TO STATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:53 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TO DELIVER COMMERCIAL RESEARCH EQUIPMENT TO STATION Feb. 15, 2012 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H12-052 NASA TO DELIVER COMMERCIAL RESEARCH EQUI ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Feb 16 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 47 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Feb 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1416 S19W55 287 0190 Eso 12 07 Beta 1419 N29E29 203 0050 Dso 03 02 Beta 1420 N11E36 1 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2012 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-052 NASA TO DELIVER COMMERCIAL RESEARCH EQUIPMENT TO STATION HOUSTON -- NASA, Astrium Space Transportation and NanoRacks LLC are teaming up to expand the research capability of the International Space Station through delivery of a small commercial centrifuge facility that will conduct molecular and cellular investigatio ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA Fires in southwestern Australia sent a massive smoke plume over the Indian Ocean on February 13, 2012. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77167&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 13, 2012 (Posted on Feb 14, 2012 3:38 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new ima ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2012 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 bdickey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-054 NASA COMPLETES PUBLICATION OF BORIS CHERTOK'S ROCKETS AND PEOPLE MEMOIR SERIES WASHINGTON - NASA's History Program Office has released the fourth volume of the English translation of Russian space pioneer Boris Chertok's highly acclaimed memoirs, Rockets and People: The Moon Race. Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program but few Westerners have read direct first-hand ac ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Feb 15 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 46 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Feb 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1416 S21W38 284 0250 Eko 12 15 Beta 1418 S24W13 257 0010 Bxo 05 06 Beta 1419 N31E44 2 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 14, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Kimberly Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0371 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-003 NASA AWARDS HUNTSVILLE OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected COLSA Corp. of Huntsville, Ala., for its Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC) contract. The estimated value of the contract, including all options, is ap ...Continue Reading