There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT SHANNON LUCID RETIRES FROM NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:29:03 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT SHANNON LUCID RETIRES FROM NASA Jan. 31, 2012 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #H12-038 LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT SHANNON LUCID RETIRES ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Feb 01 0222 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 32 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Feb 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1408 N08W64 133 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1410 N18E11 059 0200 Cso 08 08 Beta 1411 S27W28 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Feb 01 0222 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 32 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Feb 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1408 N08W64 133 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1410 N18E11 059 0200 Cso 08 08 Beta 1411 S27W28 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Feb 01 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 32 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Feb 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1408 N08W64 133 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1410 N18E11 059 0200 Cso 08 08 Beta 1411 S27W28 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2012 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 RELEASE: 12-038 LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT SHANNON LUCID RETIRES FROM NASA HOUSTON -- Shannon Lucid, a member of NASA's first astronaut class to include women, has retired after more than three decades of service to the agency. A veteran of five spaceflights, Lucid logged more than 223 days in spa ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Missy Corley Clark School of Engineering University of Maryland, College Park 301-405-6501 mcorley@umd.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-018 NASA, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND INVITE PUBLIC TO ASTRONAUTS' DISCUSSION OF RECENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering invite the public to a discussion with three astronauts ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt, with centers of activity at Pu'u O'o and Halema'uma'u Craters. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77046&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 28, 2012 (Posted on Jan 30, 2012 3:52 PM) ------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-036 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEALS NEW OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR MATTER WASHINGTON -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has captured the best and most complete glimpse yet of what lies beyond the solar system. The new measurements giv ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-5 2012 January 31 at 9:58 a.m. MST (2012 January 31 1658 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 23-29 Category R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts were observed on 23 and 27 January due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1402. A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed on 23 January to the end of the summary period, a category S2 (Mode ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2012 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-035 NASA RELEASES SECTOR 33 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EDUCATIONAL GAME APP WASHINGTON -- NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad devices. The Sector 33 application is designed to challenge students in middle school and above to use basic math and problem-solving skills. The application may be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.nasa.gov/sector33 ...Continue Reading