Sept. 27, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-326 NASA'S ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SCIENCE ED WEILER TO RETIRE WASHINGTON -- Ed Weiler, who has worked almost 33 years as a leader in NASA's science exploration programs, will retire from the agency effective Sept. 30. Weiler most recently served as the associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate at agency Headquarters in Washington, directing a variety ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 42 2011 September 27 at 12:52 p.m. MDT (2011 September 27 1852 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 19-25 A category S1(Minor) Solar Radiation Storm was observed from 23-26 September due to solar activity from active sunspot Region 1302. Several Category R1 (Minor) - R3 (Strong) Radio Blackouts were observed during the period. The largest event ...Continue Reading

Sept. 27, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Cathy Weselby Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 cathy.weselby@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-325 NASA ANNOUNCES CALIFORNIA TWEETUP TO TOUR AIRBORNE OBSERVATORY MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a Tweetup for 50 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 14 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The Tweetup includes a tour of the Stratosp ...Continue Reading

The PO.DAAC would like to announce the availability of Aquarius Level 2 data. This data should only be used for evaluation and validation purposes. The data are still being calibrated and contain uncertainties. There will be frequent calibration and reprocessing updates, replacing earlier versions, for the next several months. Data may be accessed by acknowledging a disclaimer through http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/AquariusDataAccess in which the user agrees to accept full responsibility in how the data is used and to info ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN INDIA Heavy rains pushed rivers over their banks in the Indian state of Orissa in early September 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52293&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 26, 2011 (Posted on Sep 26, 2011 2:38 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nat ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. ASTRONAUTS ROBERT SATCHER AND CHARLES HOBAUGH LEAVE NASA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:24:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: ASTRONAUTS ROBERT SATCHER AND CHARLES HOBAUGH LEAVE NASA Sept. 26, 2011 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J11-023 ASTRONAUTS ROBERT SATCHER AND CHARLES HOBAUGH LEAVE NASA HOUSTON ï&iqu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 270 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1301 N17W23 325 0040 Cso 14 15 Beta 1302 N13E23 279 0950 Ekc 15 25 Beta-Gamma 1303 S ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #11- 4 2011 September 26 at 03:00 p.m. MDT (2011 September 26 2100 UTC) **** EARLY AUTUMN GEOMAGNETIC STORM **** A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that erupted from NOAA Active Region 1302 on Saturday September 24 in conjunction with an M7 strength solar flare, arrived this morning at 1237 UT (8:37am Eastern Time). It has kicked off moderate (G2) geomagnetic storms for low la ...Continue Reading

Sept. 26, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-206 NASA TO HOST NEWS CONFERENCE ON ASTEROID SEARCH FINDINGS WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium ...Continue Reading

Sept. 26, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-041 NASA AWARDS ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE WORK AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. of Tallahassee, Fla., to provide architect engineer studies, designs and other professional services required f ...Continue Reading