Sept. 14, 2011 David S. Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-301 NASA ANNOUNCES DESIGN FOR NEW DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEM New Heavy-lift Rocket Will Take Humans Far Beyond Earth WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever befor ...Continue Reading

Sept. 14, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-194 NASA ANNOUNCES MAJOR DECISIONS FOR FUTURE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT WASHINGTON -- NASA leaders will participate in two media events Wednesday, Sept. 14, to discuss the new Space Launch System that will take American astronauts farther into space than ever before. At 10 a.m. EDT, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will join members of Congress, inc ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1847 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 14 1031 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1846 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 12 1210 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3040 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

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADUATES TO FLY RESEARCH IN MICROGRAVITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:40:23 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SEEKS UNDERGRADUATES TO FLY RESEARCH IN MICROGRAVITY Sept. 13, 2011 Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 Report ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 14 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 257 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1287 S27W68 182 0080 Dso 08 03 Beta 1289 N23W08 126 0350 Cko 07 10 Beta 1290 S14W25 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 40 2011 September 13 at 02:18 p.m. MDT (2011 September 13 2018 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 5-11 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 05, 09, and 10 September due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions 1283 and 1286. An R2 (Moderate) radio blackout was observed on 08 September due to flare activity from sunspot Reg ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 Trent 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-192 NASA TO ANNOUNCE KEPLER DISCOVERY AT MEDIA BRIEFING Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PDT, Sept. 15 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a news briefing at 11 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a new discovery by the Kepler mission. The briefing will be held in ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trina Patterson ATK Aerospace Systems, Salt Lake City 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com RELEASE: 11-300 NASA BEGINS COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) of Salt Lake City have agreed to collaborate on the develo ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov / michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-299 NASA SELECTS COMPANIES TO STUDY SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected five companies to develop concepts for demonstrating solar electric propulsion in space. These capabilities are important for the agency's future human ex ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAGAMI CREEK FIRE IN MINNESOTA Started by a lightning strike in late August 2011, the Pagami Creek Fire had scorched more than 60,000 acres by September 13. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52130&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 12, 2011 (Posted on Sep 13, 2011 12:33 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading