The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE KATIA After forming near Cape Verde in late August 2011, Katia crossed the Atlantic and headed in the general direction of the U.S. East Coast in early September. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52035&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 05, 2011 (Posted on Sep 06, 2011 12:24 PM) * http:/ ...Continue Reading

Attached are three notices about two topics that may interest readers of this listserv:  about the editorship of the British Interplanetary Society’s /Spaceflight/ magazine, and a call for papers for an upcoming conference.  Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Mail Suite CO72, Room 5N11 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax _http://history.nasa.gov_ ...Continue Reading

Sept. 6, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones/Elizabeth Zubritsky Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/301-614-5438 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov elizabeth.a.zubritsky@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-289 NASA SPACECRAFT IMAGES OFFER SHARPER VIEWS OF APOLLO LANDING SITES GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 la ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 39 2011 September 06 at 8:52 a.m. MDT (2011 September 06 1452 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 29-September 4 A category R1 (Minor) radio blackout occurred on 04 September due to flare activity from active sunspot Region 1286. Outlook For September 7-13 R1 (Minor) and R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts are expected through 12 September due to acti ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 06 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 249 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1277 N18W80 300 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1281 S18W39 259 0050 Cso 03 03 Beta 1282 N22W86 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM LEE 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=52020&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 02, 2011 (Posted on Sep 02, 2011 3:59 PM) HURRICANE KATIA After forming near Cap ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 05 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 248 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1277 N18W66 300 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1280 N13W91 325 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 1281 S19W24 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 247 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1277 N18W53 300 0020 Hax 01 02 Alpha 1279 N13W45 292 0030 Hsx 01 04 Alpha 1280 N12W7 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 246 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1277 N19W40 300 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1279 N14W32 292 0060 Hsx 02 04 Alpha 1280 N11W6 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 2, 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: 11-287 NASA HOSTING FIRST WEST COAST LAUNCH TWEETUP FOR EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE WASHINGTON -- NASA will invite 25 of its U.S. Twitter followers to a Tweetup expected to culminate in the launch of the first of a new generation of Earth-observing satellites from Vandenberg ...Continue Reading