The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ICEBERG B-15J A remnant of a Connecticut-sized iceberg that calved off Antarctica 11 years earlier, B-15J splintered in the southern Pacific Ocean in November and December 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76831&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 19, 2011 (Posted on Dec 29, 2011 4:50 PM) ---- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 30 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 364 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1383 N04W68 212 0005 Hrx 00 01 Alpha 1384 N12W55 199 0340 Cko 07 05 Beta 1386 S17W05 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 29, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-057 NASA AWARDS NEW MARSHALL LOGISTICS SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has awarded CH2M Hill Constructors, Inc., of Englewood, Colo., a contract to provide logistics support services at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsvil ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 29 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 363 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1383 N04W55 212 0005 Bxo 01 03 Beta 1384 N12W42 198 0350 Cko 08 10 Beta 1386 S18E08 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 28, 2011 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 Caroline McCall Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-1682 cmcall5@mit.edu RELEASE: 11-426 NASA TWIN SPACECRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH FOR MOON ORBIT PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE THANE Thane formed in the Indian Ocean in late December 2011 and headed for southern India. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76814&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 28, 2011 (Posted on Dec 28, 2011 12:48 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PUYEHUE- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 28 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 362 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1380 S20W66 236 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1381 S18W93 263 0080 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1383 N04W40 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-57 2011 December 27 at 8:45 a.m. MST (2011 December 27 1545 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 19-25 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 25 December due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1387. Outlook For December 28-January 3 Category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are expected 28 and 29 December due to multiple cor ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-57 2011 December 27 at 8:45 a.m. MST (2011 December 27 1545 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 19-25 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 25 December due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1387. Outlook For December 28-January 3 Category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms are expected 28 and 29 December due to multiple cor ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 27 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 361 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1380 S21W53 237 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1381 S18W80 263 0120 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1383 N04W26 ...Continue Reading