Oct. 24, 2011 Dwayne Brown/Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/202-358-0321 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lon Rains Northrop Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, Va. 703-280-4363 lon.rains@ngc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-220 NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION SPACE OBSERVATORY COMES TO BALTIMORE WASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to an up-close look at a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at the Maryland Science Center, located at 601 Light Street in Balti ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/272-9859 (mobile) amy.johnson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-218 MEDIA INVITED TO ORION SPACECRAFT WATER LANDING TEST AT LANGLEY HAMPTON, Va. -- Reporters are invited to attend a water impact test of an 18,000-pound Orion test ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO Severe flooding struck southern Mexico and Central America in the autumn of 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76216&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 23, 2011 (Posted on Oct 24, 2011 9:08 AM) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 24, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-360 NASA TELESCOPES HELP SOLVE ANCIENT SUPERNOVA MYSTERY WASHINGTON -- A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved. New infrared observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 24 0110 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 297 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1324 N12W00 307 0150 Eai 15 26 Beta-Gamma 1325 N15E29 278 0180 Dao 07 08 Beta 1327 S21 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 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 297 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1324 N12W00 307 0150 Eai 15 26 Beta-Gamma 1325 N15E29 278 0180 Dao 07 08 Beta 1327 S21 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 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 296 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N29W93 053 0090 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1317 S25W77 037 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1319 N13W89 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 22 0047 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 ::::::::::CORRECTED COPY:::::::::: SRS Number 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N29W83 056 0180 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1316 S11W77 050 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 22 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 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N29W83 056 0180 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1316 S11W77 050 0010 Bxo 05 02 Beta 1317 S26W65 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 22 0031 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 295 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N29W83 056 0180 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1316 S11W77 050 0010 Bxo 05 02 Beta 1317 S26W65 ...Continue Reading