Oct. 2, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-329 NASA LEADS STUDY OF UNPRECEDENTED ARCTIC OZONE LOSS WASHINGTON -- A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere. The study, published on ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1852 Issue Time: 2011 Oct 02 1411 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Oct 02 1355 UTC Station: GOES15 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for corre ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 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 275 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1302 N16W41 277 0700 Fkc 16 16 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1305 N12W12 248 0170 Dso 06 14 Beta-Gam ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 42 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA MODIFIES CONTRACT TO CONTINUE GROUND OPERATIONS WORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:10:13 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA MODIFIES CONTRACT TO CONTINUE GROUND OPERATIONS WORK Sep. 30, 2011 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C11-042 NASA MODIFIES CONTRACT TO CONTINUE GROU ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 01 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 274 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1301 N16W76 326 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1302 N13W29 278 0750 Fkc 17 25 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

Sep. 30, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-044 NASA MODIFIES LAUNCH SERVICE CONTRACT TO ADD DELTA II ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA announced the modification of its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with United Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., to add the Delta II rocket launch service in accordance with the contract's on-ramp provision. The ...Continue Reading

Sep. 30, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-043 NASA AWARDS PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA selected Chenega Security & Support Solutions, LLC of Ashburn, Va., to provide protective services at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The new firm, fixed price contract begins Dec. 1 with a possible total perf ...Continue Reading

Sep. 30, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-042 NASA MODIFIES CONTRACT TO CONTINUE GROUND OPERATIONS WORK HOUSTON -- NASA signed a $49.4 million contract modification for United Space Alliance (USA) of Houston to continue maintaining and sustaining the ground operations capabilities at the Kennedy Space Center launch facilities in Florida through Sept. 30, 2 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA Fires burned throughout northern Australia during September 2011 at the end of the dry winter season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52354&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 30, 2011 (Posted on Sep 30, 2011 1:26 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- HURRICANE OPHELIA ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1851 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 30 1401 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Sep 30 1340 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for corre ...Continue Reading