Oct. 20, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Aries Keck Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-814-8858 aries.c.keck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-357 NASA INVITES TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO LAUNCH OF EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE WASHINGTON -- Twenty lucky followers of NASA's Twitter account will get behind-the-scenes access at the launch of the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission. They will participate in a daylong Tweetup program at Vande ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-355 HERSCHEL SPACE OBSERVATORY FINDS OCEANS OF WATER IN PLANET-FORMING DISK AROUND NEARBY STAR WASHINGTON -- Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have detected for the first time cold water vapor enveloping a dusty disk around a young star. The findings suggest that this disk, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT SHIVELUCH VOLCANO Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula released small plumes of ash and/or steam throughout 2009, and it remained active through 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76185&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 16, 2011 (Posted on Oct 19, 2011 5:37 PM) ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Patrick Lynch Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-3854/757-897-2047 patrick.lynch@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-357 NASA, NOAA DATA SHOW SIGNIFICANT ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE REMAINS WASHINGTON -- The Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, reached its annual peak on Sept. 12. It stretched to 10.05 million square miles, the ninth largest ozone hole on record. Above the South Pole, the ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 143 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSEA MISSION (UPDATE) 2. NASA TELEVISION TO AIR NEXT SPACE STATION CREW ROTATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:07:04 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSEA MISSION (UPDATE) Oct. 19, 2011 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquart ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 20 0205 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N28W58 057 0260 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 1316 S12W49 049 0110 Dai 08 07 Beta 1317 S27W37 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 20 0141 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N28W58 057 0260 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 1316 S12W49 049 0110 Dai 08 07 Beta 1317 S27W37 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 20 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 293 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N28W58 057 0260 Hhx 03 01 Alpha 1316 S12W49 049 0110 Dai 08 07 Beta 1317 S27W37 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 19, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-215 NASA TELEVISION TO AIR NEXT SPACE STATION CREW ROTATION HOUSTON -- NASA Television will broadcast the launch of three new International Space Station residents and the return of three crew members in November. NASA astronaut and Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Russ ...Continue Reading

_____________________________________________ *From:* Garber, Stephen J. (HQ-NH000) *Sent:* Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:45 PM *To:* Intern coordinators:      I just wanted to let all of you know that we are still accepting applications for spring 2012 interns.  More information is available at _http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm_ online.  The deadline for applications is October 30.  Please feel free to spread the word among your students.  Thanks very much.  &nbs ...Continue Reading