Sept. 02, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Stephanie L. Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-5464 slsmith@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-288 NASA GIVES PUBLIC NEW INTERNET TOOL TO EXPLORE THE SOLAR SYSTEM PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar system using a new interactive Web-based tool. The "Eyes on the Solar System" interface combines video game technology and NASA data to cre ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM TALAS Tropical Storm Talas formed over the western Pacific Ocean on August 25, 2011. By September 1, storm clouds reached the southern shores of Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52006&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 02, 2011 (Posted on Sep 02, 2011 1:56 PM) LIGHTNING FIRES IN OREGO ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 96 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS 2. UPDATE: NASA REVISES TIME FOR SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:25:24 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS September 1, 2011 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headq ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 02 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 245 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1277 N18W27 300 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1279 N13W19 292 0060 Hax 02 03 Alpha 1280 N12W5 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-284 NASA'S MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY BEGINS STUDY OF MARTIAN CRATER WASHINGTON - The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot has studied in its first 7.5 years of exploration. Opportunity arriv ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 veronica.c.mcgregor@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-285 NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO LAUNCH OF LUNAR SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to a two-day launch Tweetup Sept. 7-8. The Tweetup is expected to culminate in the launch of the ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 steven.e.cole@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-184 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON NEW APOLLO IMAGES GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to reveal new images of three Apollo landing sites tak ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-183 NASA HOSTS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON SOLAR FLARE CHARACTERISTICS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to discuss new observations about solar flares that can impact communication and navigation systems. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is providing new data and images for scientists to be ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM TALAS Tropical Storm Talas formed over the western Pacific Ocean on August 25, 2011. By September 1, storm clouds reached the southern shores of Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51972&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 01, 2011 (Posted on Sep 01, 2011 9:17 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updat ...Continue Reading

Sep. 01, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Timothy Allen National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-325-6723 timothy.allen@nianet.org RELEASE: 11-286 NEW RADIO PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS AND INSPIRES INNOVATION Hampton, Va. -- NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) are launching a national radio program and podcast series that features compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the peopl ...Continue Reading