Oct. 14, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Loretta DeSio National Reconnaissance Office 703-808-2655 DeSioLor@nro.mil Tracy A. Bunko United States Air Force 703-571-2777 tracy.bunko@pentagon.af.mil RELEASE: 11-348 NASA, NRO, USAF ESTABLISH STRATEGY FOR CERTIFYING NEW EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES WASHINGTON -- NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of comme ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 14 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N23W75 153 0070 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1312 N23W42 120 0190 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1313 S14W38 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2011 Dwayne Brown / Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-0321 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-210 NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION SPACE OBSERVATORY COMES TO BALTIMORE WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to an up-close look at a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at the Maryland Science Center, located at 601 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 13, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Patrick Lynch NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-3854/757-897-2047 patrick.lynch@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-347 NASA CONTINUES CRITICAL SURVEY OF ANTARCTICA'S CHANGING ICE WASHINGTON -- Scientists with NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne research campaign began the mission's third year of surveys this week over the changing ice of Antarctica. Researchers are flying a suite of scientific instrument ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 13 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N23W62 153 0040 Cso 01 01 Beta 1312 N23W29 120 0210 Cso 03 03 Beta 1313 S14W25 ...Continue Reading

*Readers of this listserv may be interested in the below information from Dr. Peter Westwick.  Please contact him with any questions. *   *Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Appointment in Aerospace History, 2012-2013*The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW) and the Department of History at the University of Southern California together seek applications from recent PhDs for a one-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship, beginning in the fall of 2012.   The Institute on Califor ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAGAMI CREEK FIRE IN MINNESOTA Started by a lightning strike in late August 2011, the Pagami Creek Fire burned through October. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76104&src=nha *** TM(Landsat 5) image from Oct 10, 2011 (Posted on Oct 11, 2011 4:29 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG T ...Continue Reading

The PO.DAAC would like to announce that as of 06:58 UTC on 04 October 2011, the antenna on the AMSR-E instrument on board the Aqua satellite stopped rotating and producing data. AMSR-E became unable to maintain the rotation speed necessary for regular observations (40 rotations per minute), and the radiometer automatically halted its observations and rotation. NASA is currently working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to assess the condition of the AMSR-E instrument and consider future steps. We will ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-345 NASA READIES NEW TYPE OF EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE FOR LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth-observing satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparato ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-346 NASA ANNOUNCES TWO NATIONAL STUDENT SCIENCE COMPETITIONS CLEVELAND -- NASA is offering students the opportunity to compete in two microgravity challenges: "Dropping In a Microgravity Environment," or DIME, and "What If No Gravity?" or WING. DIME is a team competition for high school stu ...Continue Reading