Dec. 18, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-254 NASA'S KEPLER ANNOUNCING NEWLY CONFIRMED PLANETS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 20, announcing new discoveries by the Kepler mission. Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the "habitable zone," ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Cyclones and heavy monsoon rains triggered unusually severe seasonal flooding across Southeast Asia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76683&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 12, 2011 (Posted on Dec 16, 2011 3:47 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) ...Continue Reading

Dec. 19, 2011 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-251 STATION CREW SET TO LAUNCH TO A NEW HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HOUSTON -- Just in time for the holidays, the residents of the International Space Station will welcome three new crew members. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and European ...Continue Reading

Dec. 19, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-396 PHYSICIST AND FORMER ASTRONAUT JOHN GRUNSFELD TO HEAD NASA SCIENCE DIRECTORATE WASHINGTON -- NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Grunsfeld will take the reins of the office effective Jan. 4, 2012. He succeeds Ed Weiler, who retired from NASA on Sept. 30. Grunsfeld c ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 19 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 353 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1374 S18W63 351 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1375 N09W70 358 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1376 N20W18 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 18 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 352 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1374 S18W50 352 0100 Cao 03 04 Beta 1375 N08W57 358 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1376 N21W04 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 75 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC, TEXAS A&M MARK MOVE OF SPACE SHUTTLE MOTION SIMULATOR 2. TENNESSEE TITANS HONOR NASA ASTRONAUT BARRY BUTCH WILMORE DURING CHRISTMAS EVE FOOTBALL GAME ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:36:19 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC, TEXAS A&M MARK MOVE OF SPACE SHUTTLE MOTION SIMULATOR Dec. 16, 2011 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 17 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 351 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1374 S18W37 351 0100 Dso 03 04 Beta 1375 N08W43 358 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1377 N12E15 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 16, 2011 Sarah DeWitt / Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2451/1726 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov / dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-420 NASA REAFFIRMS AGENCY SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY POLICY WASHINGTON -- NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold scientific integrity. This represents the first time NASA has codified these policies under the umbrell ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA Flooding isolated communities in northern New South Wales in late November 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76677&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 14, 2011 (Posted on Dec 15, 2011 4:47 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading