The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON ROKE Typhoon Roke formed in the western Pacific on September 11, 2011, and by September 20 had become a powerful category 4 storm poised to strike Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52237&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Sep 19, 2011 (Posted on Sep 21, 2011 4:38 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 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 RELEASE: 11-322 NASA COMPLETES ORION SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE TESTING IN ARIZONA HOUSTON -- NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency's Orion spacecraft. The drop tests at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona support the design ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-321 THE SOUNDS OF NASA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Historic and interesting sounds and sound bites from NASA space missions are available for download as ringtones or on your computer for events, errors, alarms and notifications. The public now can hear the roar of a space shuttle ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-202 NASA POSTS GLOBAL EXPLORATION ROADMAP WASHINGTON -- NASA is releasing the initial version of a Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) developed by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. This roadmap is the culmination of work by 12 space agencies, including NASA, during the past year to advance coordinated space exploration. Th ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-320 NASA 2012 LUNABOTICS COMPETITION OPEN FOR REGISTRATION WASHINGTON -- NASA is accepting applications from teams of U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students for the third annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event will be at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 21-26, 2012. Participants in the ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 60 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. PLANT EXPERIMENTS TAKE ROOT ON SPACE STATION TO INSPIRE STUDENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:20:56 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: PLANT EXPERIMENTS TAKE ROOT ON SPACE STATION TO INSPIRE STUDENTS Sep. 21, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Brad Thomas National Space Biomedica ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 265 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1295 N22W47 056 0380 Ehc 11 26 Beta-Gamma 1296 N26W29 038 0020 Cro 03 04 Beta 1298 N ...Continue Reading

Sep. 21, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Brad Thomas National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Houston 713-798-7595 rbthomas@bcm.edu RELEASE: 11-319 PLANT EXPERIMENTS TAKE ROOT ON SPACE STATION TO INSPIRE STUDENTS HOUSTON -- A unique science project designed to sow the excitement of scientific discovery in students is sprouting this week aboard the International Space ...Continue Reading

Sep. 21, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-316 NASA SELECTS TEACHERS FOR STUDENT'S REDUCED GRAVITY EXPERIMENTS WASHINGTON -- Teachers from 14 NASA Explorer Schools (NES) have been selected for the 2011 School Recognition Award for their contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. A team of NASA personnel reviewed applications and recognized the schools for demonstrating exemplary classroom practic ...Continue Reading

Sept. 21, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Rebeca Hwang/Tim Cox The Cleantech Open, Redwood City, Calif. 650-380-4518/650-369-7784 rebeca@younoodle.com / media@cleantechopen.com RELEASE: 11-318 NASA AND THE CLEANTECH OPEN PARTNER IN ROBOTICS CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected The Cleantech Open of Redwood, Calif., to manage the agency's Night Rover Challenge that will culminate in a competition in fall 2012. The even ...Continue Reading