Sept. 20, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-313 NASA ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL SPACE APPS COMPETITION WASHINGTON -- NASA is announcing the International Space Apps Competition to support the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which President Barack Obama announced Tuesday. The challenge will culminate with a two-day event next year that will provide an opportunity for government to u ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Janet L. Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov Jo Dempsey CAFE Foundation, Santa Rosa, Calif. 707-484-5137 jo@cafefoundation.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-200 NASA AND CAFE HOSTING GREEN FLIGHT CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation of Santa Rosa, Calif., will hold the 20 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-314 NASA'S WISE MISSION CAPTURES BLACK HOLE'S WILDLY FLARING JET WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a flaring black hole, revealing new details about these powerful objects and their blazing jets. Scientists study jets to ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON ROKE Typhoon Roke formed in the western Pacific on September 11, 2011, and by September 20 had become a powerful category 4 storm poised to strike Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52224&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 20, 2011 (Posted on Sep 20, 2011 12:41 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTH ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-305 NASA PICKS BOEING FOR COMPOSITE CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT TANK TESTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected The Boeing Company of Huntington Beach, Calif., for the Composite Cryotank Technologies Demonstration effort. Under the contract, Boeing will design, manufacture and test two lightweight composite cryogenic ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886/344-8511 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Duane Hyland American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Va. 703-264-7558 duaneh@aiaa.org MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-193 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO KICK OFF AVIATION FORUM WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is schedu ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Rebecca Powell Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1139 rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-315 NASA INVITES TWITTER AND FACEBOOK FANS TO A TWEETUP AT WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY WASHINGTON -- Do you follow NASA on Twitter or "like" the space agency on Facebook? If so, NASA invites you to register for a Tweetup and behind-the-scenes tour of its Wallops Flight Facility. ...Continue Reading

Sept. 20, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-201 MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPEN FOR NASA'S MARS SCIENCE LAB LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media accreditation for the launch of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is open. Liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape C ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 62 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ANNOUNCES 15TH UNDERSEA EXPLORATION MISSION DATE AND CREW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:37:59 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES 15TH UNDERSEA EXPLORATION MISSION DATE AND CREW Sept. 19, 2011 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 J.D. Harrington/ Michael J. Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 Report #H11-309 NAS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 263 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1289 N23W93 128 0120 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1295 N22W23 058 0300 Dhc 10 24 Beta-Gamma 1296 ...Continue Reading