:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 05 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 96 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1445 S21W87 032 0090 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1450 N17W19 324 0080 Dsi 10 11 Beta 1452 N18E19 ...Continue Reading

April 4, 2012 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-104 NASA TO HOST 75 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS AT DRYDEN NASA SOCIAL EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA will host 75 social media followers May 4 to go behind-the-scenes and learn more about NASA aeronautics, science and other projects at the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base in California. Dry ...Continue Reading

April 4, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7690 Rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-105 NASA SEEKS HOSTS FOR SPACE STATION INTERACTIVE EDUCATION EVENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking formal and informal education organizations to host live in-flight interactive conversations between the next generation of explorers and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Comprehensive proposa ...Continue Reading

April 04, 2012 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-060 NASA T-38 AIRCRAFT TO FLY OVER WASHINGTON METRO AREA APRIL 5 WASHINGTON -- NASA, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, will conduct training and photographic flights on Thursday, April 5, over the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Two T-38 training jets will fly approximately 1,500 feet above Washington between 9:30 and 11 a.m. EDT. These f ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 04 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 95 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1445 S22W71 030 0110 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1450 N16W04 322 0060 Dsi 09 13 Beta 1452 N18E33 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (03 April 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Tracking Debris from the Tohoku Tsunami http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77489&src=eoa-iotd * Heavy Rains in the South Pacific Islands http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77573&src=eoa-iotd * East African Rift Valley, Kenya http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77566&src=eoa-iotd * E ...Continue Reading

In “A Needed Boost,” Astronaut Don Pettit shares video of ATV-3's reboost of #ISS in his latest #spaceblog entry: bit.ly/HIaeeF   And in “Space Is My Mistress,” spaceflight inspires @astro_Pettit to share a bit of poetry for National Poetry Month in his #spaceblog: bit.ly/HI9Sop   Don's blog also appears at _airspacemag.com_. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to the Space-Blogs list, go to the list info page at _https://lists.nasa ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN FIJI By early April 2012, heavy rains in Fiji had claimed at least three lives and sent thousands to evacuation centers. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77573&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from Mar 26, 2012 (Posted on Apr 02, 2012 2:27 PM) ---------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Read the “Diary of a Space Zucchini” in the latest entry from Don Pettit’s _#__*spaceblog*_.  _http://go.usa.gov/m2K_   Diary of a Space Zucchini   *J**anuary 5, 2012* I sprouted, thrust into this world without anyone consulting me.  I am not one of the beautiful; I am not one that by any other name instills flutters in the human heart.  I am the kind that makes little boys gag at the dinner table thus being sent to bed without their dessert.  I am utilitarian, hearty vegetative matter th ...Continue Reading

April 3, 2012 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-059 NASA ANNOUNCES EVENTS FOR SHUTTLE DISCOVERY DEPARTURE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Events and operating hours for the Press Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for space shuttle Discovery's departure. A NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified 747 jet, will transport Discovery to Washington Dulles Int ...Continue Reading