There are 3 messages totalling 160 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. MEDIA INVITED TO SIMULATED ASTEROID CAMPOUT IN HOUSTON 2. NASA ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE VIA INTERNET TO DISCUSS RECRUITING 3. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND HOUSTON TECHNOLOGY CENTER PARTNER FOR ENTREPRENEURS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:56:45 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: MEDIA INVITED TO SIMULATED ASTEROID CAMPOUT IN HOUSTON Dec. 13, 2011 Amiko Kauderer Johns ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 14 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 348 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1366 N17W67 061 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1367 S18W89 083 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1372 N08W49 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-249 NASA ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE VIA INTERNET TO DISCUSS RECRUITING HOUSTON -- As NASA looks to new, deep space destinations and an ambitious commercial transportation system to the International Space Station, the agency is recruiting the next generation of explorers to make these momentous journeys. To discuss ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael J. Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 amiko.kauderer-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-248 MEDIA INVITED TO SIMULATED ASTEROID CAMPOUT IN HOUSTON HOUSTON -- For three days this week, a small part of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will simulate a human mission to an asteroid. Reporters are invited to observe wh ...Continue Reading

Dec. 13, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-414 NASA MARS-BOUND ROVER BEGINS RESEARCH IN SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet. Curiosity launched on Nov. 26 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE RED SEA A small dust plume blew from Saudi Arabia over the Red Sea in early December 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76655&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 12, 2011 (Posted on Dec 12, 2011 3:23 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-55 2011 December 13 at 9:07 a.m. MST (2011 December 13 1607 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 5-11 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For December 14-20 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA EXTENDS MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:34:27 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT Dec. 12, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C11-053 NASA EXTENDS MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 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 347 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1366 N18W55 062 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1372 N10W36 043 0010 Bxo 06 06 Beta 1374 S17E15 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 12, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-053 NASA EXTENDS MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded a $165 million contract extension to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide continued mission control systems services, development, maintenance and operations support as part of the Facilities Development and Operations Contrac ...Continue Reading