:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 08 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1362 N06W59 132 0180 Eso 11 03 Beta 1363 S22W32 105 0400 Ehi 11 12 Beta 1364 N18W30 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 7, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Guy Webster/Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278/818-653-8339 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-403 NASA MARS ROVER FINDS MINERAL VEIN DEPOSITED BY WATER WASHINGTON -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve und ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOWSTORM IN WESTERN STATES Winter storms spread snow cover across multiple states in in early December 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76610&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 06, 2011 (Posted on Dec 07, 2011 11:28 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- N ...Continue Reading

Dec. 7, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Jennifer Stanfield NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 256-544-7199 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-247 NASA TO HOLD INDUSTRY DAY TO DISCUSS ADVANCED BOOSTER HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA will host an industry day at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. to share information on an upcoming NASA Research Announcement for the Space Launch System's ( ...Continue Reading

Dec. 7, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-410 NASA OPENS REGISTRATION FOR ANNUAL GREAT MOONBUGGY RACE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA is challenging student inventors to gear up for the agency's 19th annual Great Moonbuggy Race. Registration is open for the engineering design and racing contest set to culminate in a two-day event in Huntsville, Ala., on Ap ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. INDIANA STUDENTS WILL TALK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION COMMANDER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:31:37 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: INDIANA STUDENTS WILL TALK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION COMMANDER Dec. 6, 2011 Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 Report #M11-245 INDIANA STUDENTS WILL TALK LIVE WI ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1361 N18W81 167 0010 Bxo 05 02 Beta 1362 N06W46 132 0110 Eso 11 07 Beta-Gamma 1363 S22 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-54 2011 December 6 at 12:15 p.m. MST (2011 December 6 1915 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 28-December 4 A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed from 26/1125Z to 28/0145Z. Outlook For December 7-13 No space weather storms are expected during the period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE ALONG THE HIMALAYA Haze hugged the southern slopes of the Himalaya in early November 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76602&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Dec 05, 2011 (Posted on Dec 05, 2011 4:49 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ICEBERG 15J A remnant of ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-245 INDIANA STUDENTS WILL TALK LIVE WITH SPACE STATION COMMANDER WASHINGTON -- Students at the Westchester Intermediate School in Chesterton, Ind., will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank aboard the International Space Station at approximately 11:35 a.m. EST on Friday, D ...Continue Reading