Jonathan's Space Report No. 646 2011 Sep 12 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Soyuz TMA-21 and Soyuz TMA-02M remain docked at the Station. Progress M-11M undocked from Zvezda at 0938 UTC on Aug 23. After several maneuvers to carry out the Radar-4 experiment, the vehicle was deorbited over the Pacific at 0934 UTC on Sep 1. The Progress M-12M cargo vessel ( ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 12 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 255 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1283 N14W87 227 0140 Dso 04 02 Beta-Gamma 1287 S28W42 183 0060 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 1289 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 11 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 254 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1283 N13W73 227 0200 Dso 06 07 Beta-Gamma 1287 S29W28 183 0070 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 1289 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 10, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Caroline McCall Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-1682 cmcall5@mit.edu RELEASE: 11-293 NASA LAUNCHES MISSION TO STUDY MOON FROM CRUST TO CORE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 10 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 253 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1283 N17W55 221 0210 Eao 12 12 Beta-Gamma 1287 S29W16 183 0060 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1289 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-297 DEEP SPACE CAPSULE COMES ALIVE WITH FIRST WELD; MAJOR PROGRESS MADE ON NATION'S NEW SPACE EXPLORATION PLAN NEW ORLEANS -- Construction began this week on the first new NASA spacecraft built to take humans to orbit since space shuttle Endeavour left the factory in 1991, and mark ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/-1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-295 NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is funding nine proposals from eight states to investigate space radiation's effect on human explorers. The proposals from researchers in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 09, 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 System 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-189 NASA, ATK ANNOUNCE NEW COMMERCIAL CREW AGREEMENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers will announce an agreement that could accelerate the availabilit ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- LEE'S MARCH ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS Tropical Storm Lee formed over the Gulf of Mexico in early September 2011 and threatened southern Louisiana with heavy rain. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52066&src=nha *** (GOES) image from Sep 07, 2011 (Posted on Sep 08, 2011 4:55 PM) HURRICANE IRENE Irene forme ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-294 NASA NAMES CASIS TO MANAGE SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA has finalized a cooperative agreement with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to manage the portion of the International Space Station that operates as a U.S. national laboratory. CASIS will be located in the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The independent, nonprofit ...Continue Reading