Dec. 2, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-400 NORAH JONES, ASTRONAUT PIERS SELLARS FEATURED IN NEW NASA SPINOFF TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WASHINGTON -- Much of the technology we rely on daily was developed by NASA for space exploration and then adapted or enhanced for use here on Earth. This includes many technologies used in schools, homes, cars, computers and industry. Singer Norah Jones and NASA Astronaut Piers Sellers talk about how ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 02 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 336 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1356 N17W76 229 0050 Cso 11 03 Beta 1358 N21W38 190 0090 Cso 11 03 Beta 1361 N19W18 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 1, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-052 NASA AWARDS STENNIS SPACE CENTER PROTECTIVE SERVICE CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected ISS Action, Inc. of Jamaica, N.Y., to provide protective services at the agency's Stennis Space Center near ...Continue Reading

Dec. 1, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-242 ASTEROIDS, MARS AND DROUGHT AMONG NASA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the 2011 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The meeting takes place Dec. 5-9 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco. Media registration for the event is open. M ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN TEXAS Severe drought settled over Texas in early 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76575&src=nha *** (GRACE) image from Nov 28, 2011 (Posted on Nov 30, 2011 4:53 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Ob ...Continue Reading

Dec. 1, 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: M11-243 NASA ANNOUNCING KEPLER DISCOVERIES AT SCIENCE CONFERENCE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a news briefing at 8 a.m. PST, Monday, Dec. 5, to announce new discoveries by the Kepler mission. The briefing, during the Kepler Science Conference, will be in building 152 at NASA's Ames Research C ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 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 335 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1355 N15W87 252 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1356 N17W62 227 0060 Eso 11 04 Beta 1358 N22W24 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 30, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathleen Millson Independent Verification and Validation Facility, Fairmont, W.Va. 304-964-5041/304-367-8445 kathleen.m.millson@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-051 NASA AWARDS SOFTWARE SERVICES CONTRACT FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- NASA has selected TASC Inc., of Andover, Mass., to provide software services to the agency's Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, W.Va. The services and support include ind ...Continue Reading

Nov. 30, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-049 NASA EXERCISES CONTRACT OPTION FOR TDRS-M SATELLITE DECISION WILL RETAIN HUNDREDS OF JOBS WASHINGTON -- NASA has elected to exercise the first of two available contract options for procurement of an additional Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) from Boeing Satell ...Continue Reading

Nov. 30, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-401 NASA'S SWIFT FINDS A GAMMA-RAY BURST WITH A DUAL PERSONALITY WASHINGTON -- A peculiar cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory on Christmas Day 2010 was caused either by a novel type of supernova located billions of light-years away or an unusual collision much closer to home, within our own galaxy. Papers describing both interpretations appear in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal ...Continue Reading