:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 307 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1330 N05W82 256 0210 Cso 05 02 Beta 1332 N30W40 215 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1333 N10W71 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 02, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-359 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Cornell University Astronomy Professor Steven W. Squyres, as chairman of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), an assembly of experts from various fields that offer guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency. "I am extremely excited that Steve has accepted th ...Continue Reading

Nov. 2, 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: 11-369 NASA STUDY OF CLAY MINERALS SUGGESTS WATERY MARTIAN UNDERGROUND WASHINGTON -- A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface. A new interpretation of years of mineral-mapping data, from more than 350 sites on Mars examined ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN THAILAND Cyclones and heavy monsoon rains triggered unusually severe seasonal flooding across Southeast Asia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76291&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 01, 2011 (Posted on Nov 01, 2011 4:43 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76282 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 02, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel H. Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-227 SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS CONNECT LIVE WITH D.C. STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- To highlight International Education Week (IEW), NASA and the U.S. Department of Education will host a live, long-distance call for students with International Space Station resident and Expeditio ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Nov 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 306 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Nov 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1330 N06W65 253 0350 Dko 10 07 Beta 1332 N31W27 215 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1333 N09W59 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 01, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Merrilee Fellows Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-0754 mfellows@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-371 WHITE HOUSE HONORS NASA WITH GREENGOV PRESIDENTIAL AWARD WASHINGTON -- NASA has won a GreenGov Presidential Award from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The GreenGov awards celebrate exceptional efforts to promote sustainability in federal agency operat ...Continue Reading

Nov. 01, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Tina Lange, APR Space Florida Communications, Cape Canaveral 321-223-1013 tlange@cfl.rr.com RELEASE: 11-370 NASA AND SPACE FLORIDA SMALL SATELLITE RESEARCH CENTER PARTNER IN SPACE LAUNCH CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed an agreement with the Space Florida Small Satellite Research Center of Cape Canaveral, Florida, to manage the Nano-Satellite Launch Challenge, one o ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-49 2011 November 1 at 12:44 p.m. MDT (2011 November 1 1844 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 24-30 Category G1 (Minor) and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms occurred on 24 October due to the arrival of a CME associated with an eruptive filament on 22 October. Outlook For November 2-8 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts are possible through 08 November. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES An unseasonably early nor'easter dropped as much as 32 inches of snow on some parts of the northeastern United States in late October 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76267&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 30, 2011 (Posted on Oct 31, 2011 2:16 PM) -- ...Continue Reading