Jan. 18, 2012 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 jessica.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-021 NASA CLEARS THE RUNWAY FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The NASA Open Government Initiative has launched a new website to expand the agency's open source software development Open source development, which invites the public access to ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-3 2012 January 17 at 8:46 a.m. MST (2012 January 17 1546 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 9-15 A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 14 January due to flare activity from NOAA sunspot Region 1401. Outlook For January 18-24 R1 (Minor) and R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts are possible throughout the period from NOAA sunspot Regions ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 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 18 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1396 N24W33 287 0030 Dro 04 17 Beta 1398 N11W64 318 0010 Bxo 01 03 Beta 1399 S23E29 2 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 17, 2012 J.D. Harrington / Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov / michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-009 MEDIA INVITED TO SIMULATION OF ASTEROID MISSION HOUSTON - An astronaut and geologist will camp out in a prototype Space Exploration Vehicle this week to simulate an asteroid mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Astronaut Al Drew and geologist Jose M. Hurt ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 38 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TO HAND OVER SHUTTLE TRAINER KEYS TO SEATTLE MUSEUM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:23:05 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TO HAND OVER SHUTTLE TRAINER KEYS TO SEATTLE MUSEUM Jan. 17, 2012 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J12-001 NASA TO HAND OVER SHUTTLE TRAINER �KEYS� TO SEATTLE MUSEUM HOUSTON � NASA�s Johnson Space C ...Continue Reading

Jan. 17, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Whitney Lawrence Mullen Sally Ride Science, San Diego 858-638-1432 wmullen@sallyridescience.com RELEASE: 12-019 MONTANA STUDENTS SUBMIT WINNING NAMES FOR NASA LUNAR SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE RED SEA An eruption in the Red Sea spawned a new volcanic island. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76950&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 15, 2012 (Posted on Jan 16, 2012 2:28 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Haza ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 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 17 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1395 N20W44 311 0010 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1396 N25W19 286 0040 Dso 04 10 Beta 1398 N12W50 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT KIZIMEN VOLCANO Kizimen Volcano began erupting in 2009. Two years later the eruption continued, with frequent ash and gas emissions and an active lava flow. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76945&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Jan 11, 2012 (Posted on Jan 13, 2012 3:44 PM) - ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 16 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 16 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1395 N20W31 311 0010 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 1396 N25W07 287 0080 Dao 04 10 Beta 1397 S20E02 ...Continue Reading