Nov. 18, 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: M11-237 NASA ANNOUNCES PRELAUNCH EVENTS FOR MARS SCIENCE LAB MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the Press Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover launch. MSL is scheduled to liftoff at 10:25 a.m. EST on No ...Continue Reading

Nov. 18, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-236 ASTRONAUT, FOOD SCIENTIST TO DISCUSS THANKSGIVING IN SPACE HOUSTON - Please pass the irradiated smoked turkey, thermostable yams and freeze-dried green beans. The International Space Station is stocked and ready for an out-of-this-world Thanksgiving feast. The three station crew members, one American and two Russians ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Widespread fires burned in northern Australia as the fire season extended into November. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76434&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 15, 2011 (Posted on Nov 17, 2011 2:54 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST ASI ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO OUTLINE CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO MARS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:51:18 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO OUTLINE CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS TO MARS Nov. 17, 2011 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1341 N09W76 053 0080 Dso 09 03 Beta 1342 N16W87 063 0110 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1343 N27W64 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Priscilla Vega Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-1357 priscilla.r.vega@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-391 NASA ORBITER CATCHES MARS SAND DUNES IN MOTION WASHINGTON -- Images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) show sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars at dozens of locations and shifting up to several yards. These observations reveal the planet's sandy surface is more dynamic ...Continue Reading

Nov. 17, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Lee Keller Seattle Museum of Flight 425-898-2700/206-799-3805 lee@thekellergroup.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-235 SEATTLE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT HOSTS NASA FUTURE FORUM DEC. 9 WASHINGTON -- The second NASA Future Forum of 2011 will be held at The Museum of Flight in Seattle on Friday, Dec. 9 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST. The forum will bring together NASA officials and local business and commercial space leaders to disc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 321 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1340 S08W83 072 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1341 N09W64 054 0130 Dso 09 05 Beta 1342 N15W73 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 16, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-389 NASA NAMED ONE OF BEST PLACES TO WORK IN GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA remains one of the best places to work in the federal government. In a survey released today by the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization, the agency retains its ranking of number five. "Those of us at NASA know it's a great place to work." said NASA Administrator ...Continue Reading

Nov. 16, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Marc Airhart University of Texas at Austin 512-471-2241 mairhart@jsq.utexas.edu RELEASE: 11-386 NASA PROBE DATA SHOW EVIDENCE OF LIQUID WATER ON ICY EUROPA WASHINGTON -- Data from a NASA planetary mission have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water, equal in volume to the North American Great Lakes, beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa. The data suggest there is ...Continue Reading