Nov. 08, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-376 NASA PROPOSES ORION SPACECRAFT TEST FLIGHT IN 2014 Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan WASHINGTON -- NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 312 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1334 N12W87 196 0040 Cso 02 02 Beta 1338 S12W11 120 0240 Esi 11 16 Beta-Gamma 1339 N19 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 7, 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 RELEASE: 11-375 NASA CAPTURES NEW IMAGES OF LARGE ASTEROID PASSING EARTH PASADENA -- NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. The asteroid safely will fly past our planet slightly closer than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. ...Continue Reading

Nov. 7, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Lori Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-045 NASA SELECTS CONTRACTOR FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC SERVICES CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected Vantage Partners LLC of Lanham, Md., to provide engineering and scientific services to the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Under this contract, Vantage Partners LLC will perform a wide range of engineer ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM KEILA Tropical Storm Keila brought strong winds and heavy rains to the Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of November 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76346&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 01, 2011 (Posted on Nov 04, 2011 3:04 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, ...Continue Reading

Nov. 07, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 edward.s.campion@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-228 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTIC HOT SPOT GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to discuss a new field campaign season on one of Antarctica's "hottest" spots: the rapidly-melting P ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 311 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1334 N12W73 195 0040 Hax 03 02 Alpha 1338 S14E02 120 0240 Dso 10 09 Beta 1339 N20E20 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 06 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 310 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1334 N12W61 196 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1337 N18W00 135 0000 Bxo 04 03 Beta 1338 S14E14 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 05 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1334 N12W47 195 0070 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1337 N18E14 134 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 1338 S14E28 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 05 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 309 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1334 N12W47 195 0070 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1337 N18E14 134 0010 Bxo 04 03 Beta 1338 S14E28 ...Continue Reading