:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 26 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 360 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1381 S18W68 265 0100 Cso 03 02 Beta 1383 N03W14 211 0010 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1384 N13W00 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 25 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 359 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1381 S19W54 264 0150 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1382 S18W48 257 0030 Cso 07 08 Beta 1383 N03W00 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 24 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 358 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1376 N16W84 308 0330 Dko 08 07 Beta 1381 S20W44 266 0040 Dao 03 08 Beta 1382 S18W35 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 23, 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 cmccall5@mit.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-426 NASA TO HOST MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON PROBES' MOON ORBIT INSERTION PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, Dec. 28, to preview twin spacecraft being placed in orbi ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 47 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF COMET ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:19:39 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF COMET Dec. 22, 2011 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-255 SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPR ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 23 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 357 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1376 N18W72 308 0440 Dko 10 13 Beta 1381 S18W28 264 0180 Dai 09 15 Beta 1382 S19W21 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-255 SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF COMET HOUSTON -- International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy, viewed from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Today Burbank described seeing the comet as "the most amazing ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.e.steitz@nasa.gov Mike Finneran Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-344-4611 michael.p.finneran@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-054 NASA SELECTS FIRMS FOR ADVANCED ENTRY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Airborne Systems North America of Santa Anna, Calif., ILC Dover LP of Frederica, Del., and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Littleton, Colo., to support ...Continue Reading

Dec. 22, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-055 NASA AWARDS GLOBAL MODELING AND ASSIMILATION OFFICE CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) of Lanham, Md., for the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) scientific support services. The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BLIZZARD MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES The United States' first major blizzard of the season hammered New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas on December 19 and 20, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76783&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 21, 2011 (Posted on Dec 22, 2011 1:51 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE ...Continue Reading