Jan. 31, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Missy Corley Clark School of Engineering University of Maryland, College Park 301-405-6501 mcorley@umd.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-018 NASA, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND INVITE PUBLIC TO ASTRONAUTS' DISCUSSION OF RECENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering invite the public to a discussion with three astronauts ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt, with centers of activity at Pu'u O'o and Halema'uma'u Craters. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77046&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Jan 28, 2012 (Posted on Jan 30, 2012 3:52 PM) ------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-036 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEALS NEW OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR MATTER WASHINGTON -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has captured the best and most complete glimpse yet of what lies beyond the solar system. The new measurements giv ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-5 2012 January 31 at 9:58 a.m. MST (2012 January 31 1658 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 23-29 Category R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts were observed on 23 and 27 January due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1402. A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed on 23 January to the end of the summary period, a category S2 (Mode ...Continue Reading

Jan. 31, 2012 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-035 NASA RELEASES SECTOR 33 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EDUCATIONAL GAME APP WASHINGTON -- NASA has released a new educational game with an air traffic control theme for Apple iPhone and iPad devices. The Sector 33 application is designed to challenge students in middle school and above to use basic math and problem-solving skills. The application may be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.nasa.gov/sector33 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 31 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 31 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1408 N08W50 132 0060 Hsx 02 03 Alpha 1410 N20E20 062 0170 Hsx 03 04 Alpha 1411 S27W16 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1858 Issue Time: 2012 Jan 30 1640 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2012 Jan 30 1635 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or up ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 653 2012 Jan 30 Somerville MA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Space Station ------------- Expedition 30 continues with Soyuz TMA-22 docked at Poisk and Soyuz TMA-03M docked to the Rassvet module. Progress M-13M undocked from the Pirs module on Jan 23 at 2210 UTC into a 375 x 405 km orbit. It made two burns to reach a 493 x 508 km orbit, and ejected the Chibis-M scientific microsatellite at 2318 UTC o ...Continue Reading

Jan. 30, 2012 Brian Dunbar Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0873 brian.dunbar@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-034 NASA RELEASES FIRST MULTI-PLAYER FACEBOOK GAME WASHINGTON -- NASA has launched its first multi-player online game to test players' knowledge of the space program. Who was the first American to walk in space? Who launched the first liquid-fueled rocket? These are only a few of the questions players can answer in Space Race Blastoff. Available on Facebook, Space Race Blastoff tests players' knowledge of N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 30 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 30 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1408 N08W37 132 0090 Hax 02 02 Alpha 1410 N19E37 059 0160 Cso 06 04 Beta 1411 S25W05 ...Continue Reading