Nov. 21, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-238 NASA UPDATES PRELAUNCH EVENTS FOR MARS SCIENCE LAB MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has updated the news conferences, events and operating hours for the press site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover launch. MSL is scheduled to liftoff at 10:02 a. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 21, 2011 Mike Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-047 NASA AWARDS NEW PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has awarded Excalibur Associates Inc. of Alexandria, Va., a contract to provide protective services at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and the Michoud Assembly Facility i ...Continue Reading

Nov. 21, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Warren Betts/Brian Boothe WBC/ZoomWerks 626-836-2080; 626-836-3040 warren@zoomwerks.com / brian@zoomwerks.com RELEASE: 11-393 SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL TO AIR SPECIAL "ARTHUR CHRISTMAS" SEGMENT FEATURING NASA SPINOFF TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON -- Have you ever been curious about where all the technology in your school, home, car, computer, or office comes from? You might be surprised that a great percentage of the te ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PUYEHUE-CORDóN CAULLE Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano erupted spectacularly on June 4, 2011, and activity continued through mid November. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76471&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 18, 2011 (Posted on Nov 18, 2011 5:36 PM) ______________ ...Continue Reading

Nov. 21, 2011 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-392 NASA EXPANDS WOMEN@NASA WEBSITE TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS WASHINGTON -- NASA has expanded its Women@NASA website to include Aspire 2 Inspire, a new feature aimed at helping middle school girls explore education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The site features four short fi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 21 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 325 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1346 S18W44 342 0040 Cso 05 03 Beta 1352 S25E15 282 0120 Dso 09 07 Beta 1353 N07E32 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 20 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 324 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1343 N27W87 038 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1346 S18W29 340 0060 Hsx 05 06 Alpha 1347 N06W37 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 110 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUT, FOOD SCIENTIST TO DISCUSS THANKSGIVING IN SPACE 2. NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE CLOSEOUT CONTRACT MODIFICATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:05:32 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT, FOOD SCIENTIST TO DISCUSS THANKSGIVING IN SPACE Nov. 18, 2011 Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 19 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 323 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1341 N08W91 055 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1343 N28W76 040 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1346 S17W17 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 18, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-046 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE CLOSEOUT CONTRACT MODIFICATION HOUSTON -- NASA announced the Space Shuttle Program and subcontractor closeout modification to the Space Program Operations Contract (SPOC) with United Space Alliance (USA) of Houston, value ...Continue Reading