Nov. 04, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-373 NASA SEEKS SPACE TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking applications from graduate students for the agency's second class of Space Technology Research Fellowships. Applications will be accepted from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of graduate students interested in performing space technology research beginning in fall 2012. The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (2 updated events, 2 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=76343&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 03, 2011 (Posted on Nov 04, 2011 12:14 PM) DUST OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA Dust blew over the Gulf of Alaska in early Novem ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 04 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 308 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1330 N08W95 256 0050 Dso 04 02 Beta 1332 N31W53 215 0020 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1334 N12W34 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Rebecca Strecker Stennis Space Center, Miss. 228-688-3249 rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov Daniel Kanigan Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala. 256-544-6849 daniel.n.kanigan@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-229 MEDIA INVITED TO VIEW NEXT J-2X ROCKET ENGINE TEST BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- Reporters are invited to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Wednesday, No ...Continue Reading

Nov. 3, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-372 NASA'S FERMI FINDS YOUNGEST MILLISECOND PULSAR, 100 PULSARS TO-DATE WASHINGTON -- An international team of scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful millisecond pulsar that challenges existing theories about how these objects form. At the same time, another team has located nine new gamma-ray pulsars in F ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PUYEHUE-CORDóN CAULLE Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano erupted spectacularly on June 4, 2011, and activity continued through mid October. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76312&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Oct 22, 2011 (Posted on Nov 02, 2011 6:30 PM) __________________ ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 116 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS CONNECT LIVE WITH D.C. STUDENTS 2. WHITE HOUSE HONORS NASA WITH GREENGOV PRESIDENTIAL AWARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:01:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS CONNECT LIVE WITH D.C. STUDENTS Nov. 02, 2011 Rachel H. Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 03 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 307 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1330 N05W82 256 0210 Cso 05 02 Beta 1332 N30W40 215 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1333 N10W71 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 02, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-359 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Cornell University Astronomy Professor Steven W. Squyres, as chairman of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), an assembly of experts from various fields that offer guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency. "I am extremely excited that Steve has accepted th ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-369 NASA STUDY OF CLAY MINERALS SUGGESTS WATERY MARTIAN UNDERGROUND WASHINGTON -- A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface. A new interpretation of years of mineral-mapping data, from more than 350 sites on Mars examined ...Continue Reading