:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 19 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 292 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1314 N26W43 055 0240 Cso 06 04 Beta 1316 S12W37 049 0140 Dao 08 07 Beta 1317 S27W25 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11-45 2011 October 18 at 3:25 p.m. MDT (2011 October 18 2125 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 10-16 No space weather storms were observed Outlook For October 19-25 There is a slight chance for R1 space weather storms during the outlook interval Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the In ...Continue Reading

Oct. 18, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-792-7690 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-213 ALABAMA STUDENTS TO CHAT WITH SPACE STATION COMMANDER WASHINGTON -- Students gathered at Carver High School in Birmingham, Ala., will speak with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum aboard the International Space Station at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 21. Media representatives are invited to attend. U.S. ...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 and October 2011 at the end of the dry winter season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76157&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 15, 2011 (Posted on Oct 18, 2011 10:27 AM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN ...Continue Reading

Oct. 18, 2011 Lauren B. Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288 lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-212 NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEAK ABOUT COMMERCIAL SPACE ECONOMY WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will provide keynote remarks at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) at 8:30 a.m. MDT on Thursday, Oct. 20. Media representatives are invited to attend the conference and participate in a media availability with Garver following her rem ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 100 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. THREE NEW FLIGHT DIRECTORS CHOSEN TO LEAD NASA'S MISSION CONTROL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:13:18 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: THREE NEW FLIGHT DIRECTORS CHOSEN TO LEAD NASA'S MISSION CONTROL Oct. 17, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie L. Schierh ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 18 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 291 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1312 N22W96 122 0090 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1313 S16W81 107 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta 1314 N27W30 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 17, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-351 NASA, JAPAN RELEASE IMPROVED TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF EARTH WASHINGTON -- NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The map, known as a global digital elevation model, was cre ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Haze clogged the air over the coastal plain of eastern China in early October 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76154&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 14, 2011 (Posted on Oct 14, 2011 4:07 PM) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Oct. 17, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov / josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-353 THREE NEW FLIGHT DIRECTORS CHOSEN TO LEAD NASA'S MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON -- NASA has selected three new flight directors to manage International Space Station operations. Judd Frieling, Tomas Gonzalez-Torres and Greg Whitney will join a select group of hu ...Continue Reading