Aug. 24, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-271 NASA'S SWIFT SATELLITE SPOTS BLACK HOLE DEVOURING A STAR WASHINGTON -- Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satellite first alerted astronomers to ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Daniel Kanigan Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 daniel.n.kanigan@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-177 NASA AND ATK FULL-SCALE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TEST SET FOR SEPT. 8 WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will conduct a full-scale test of a five-segment, solid rocket motor at the ATK Aerospace Systems test facility in Promo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 24 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 236 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W29 061 0270 Eki 11 21 Beta 1272 S21W20 052 0040 Dso 07 06 Beta 1274 N19E30 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 david.c.agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-178 NASA SETS GRAIL/DELTA II LAUNCH COVERAGE EVENTS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's GRAIL spacecraft is set to launch to the moon aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket on Sept. 8, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Ai ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-035 NASA AWARDS GROUND SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT CONTRACT GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has selected Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. in Columbia, Md., to provide Ground Systems and Mission Operations support. The total maximum ordering value of the ...Continue Reading

Aug. 23, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-274 NASA'S WISE MISSION DISCOVERS COOLEST CLASS OF STARS WASHINGTON - Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies, with temperatures as cool as the human body. Astronomer ...Continue Reading

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 1996[1], 2008[2], 2009[3], 2011[4]) time series has been extended through 31 December 2010. This additional year of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to 23.5 years, starting on 1 July 1987. Due to the loss of QuikSCAT's ability to retrieve wind vectors since 22 November 2009, the CCMP analysis through 2010 does not assimilate scatterometer vector wind data. Additionally, SSM/I data from DMSP F13 has been unavailable ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE IRENE Irene formed as a tropical storm east of the Leeward Islands on August 20, 2011. By August 22, the storm had strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51830&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Aug 22, 2011 (Posted on Aug 22, 2011 5:49 PM) * http://earthobservato ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:14:21 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL August 22, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-174 NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATI ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 23 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 235 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W16 060 0280 Ekc 11 28 Beta-Gamma 1272 S21W08 052 0060 Dsi 06 11 Beta 1274 N ...Continue Reading