Sept. 15, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-306 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have agreed to a tentative launch schedule with crew flights to the International Space Station resuming on Nov. 14. The Space Station Control Board, with representation from all partner agencies, set the sche ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-304 NASA'S KEPLER DISCOVERY CONFIRMS FIRST PLANET ORBITING TWO STARS WASHINGTON -- The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA's Kepler mission has made ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BLOOM IN THE BARENTS SEA A large phytoplankton bloom spread across the Barents Sea, north of Scandinavia, in mid-August 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52157&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 10, 2011 (Posted on Sep 15, 2011 1:00 PM) -------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 71 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ANNOUNCES DESIGN FOR NEW DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:14:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES DESIGN FOR NEW DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEM Sept, 14, 2011 David S. Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washingt ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1848 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 15 0505 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1847 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 12 1210 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4873 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 15 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 258 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1287 S27W78 179 0170 Dso 08 04 Beta 1289 N24W25 126 0400 Cho 06 09 Beta 1290 S13W38 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-040 NASA AWARDS MICROWAVE SOUNDER CONTRACT FOR JPSS SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a sole source letter contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. of Azusa, Calif., for the Advan ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2011 Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-864-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-195 WALLOPS MEDIA ROUNDTABLE WITH NASA'S SPACE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Journalists are invited to a roundtable discussion at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 16, with NASA's Space Technology Program Director Michael Gazarik during his visit to the agency's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TEXAS WILDFIRES Wildfires burned in Texas and Oklahoma in September 2011, fueled by high temperatures, high winds, and low humidity. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52137&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 12, 2011 (Posted on Sep 13, 2011 2:13 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

The NASA History Program Office is pleased to announce the availability of /When Biospheres //Collide:  A History of NASA//’//s Planetary Protection Programs/ (NASA SP-2011-4234) by Michael Meltzer.  Attached is a double-sided flyer with information about this book, including ordering information.  It is also available at _http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4234.pdf_ online and soon will be available in e-book formats.    Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Mail Suite CO72, Room 5N11 NASA Head ...Continue Reading