Aug. 8, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-263 NASA RESEARCH SHOWS DNA BUILDING BLOCKS CAN BE MADE IN SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded researchers have found more evidence meteorites can carry DNA components created in space. Scientists have detected the building blocks of DNA in meteorites since the 1960s, but we ...Continue Reading

August 08, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 david.steitz@nasa.gov Dan Weber/Ben Gerdes Office of Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards 202-225-8699 dan.weber@mail.house.gov / ben.gerdes@mail.house.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-165 NASA HOLDS FUTURE FORUM AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WASHINGTON -- NASA's first Future Forum of 2011 will bring together agency officials and local business, science and education leaders to discuss the agency's role in advancin ...Continue Reading

August 08, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-033 NASA ANNOUNCES WEB ENTERPRISE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected The Portal Group (TPG) Consulting of Long Beach, Calif., for the Information Technology Infrastructure Integration Program's Web Enterprise Services and Technology (WEST) contract. Under the contract, TPG will install and operate hardware, software and provide support services. The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- MONSOON TRANSFORMS THE IRRAWADDY RIVER Monsoon rains had transformed the Irrawaddy River in Burma (Myanmar) by early August 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51633&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 02, 2011 (Posted on Aug 05, 2011 2:56 PM) FLOODING IN THE LAKE WINNIPEG WATERSHED Flooding struck mult ...Continue Reading

August 08, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-260 NASA SELECTS VISIONARY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS FOR STUDY WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 30 proposals for funding under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, or NIAC, program. The advanced concepts selected for study under NIAC were chosen based on their potential to transform our future space missions, enable new capabilities or significantly alter current ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1834 Issue Time: 2011 Aug 08 1331 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Aug 08 1315 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 cor ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 08 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 220 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1261 N16W89 332 0090 Cso 08 06 Beta 1263 N17W55 298 0510 Ekc 14 27 Beta-Gamma-Delta ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 07 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 219 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1261 N16W77 333 0150 Dso 09 08 Beta 1263 N18W42 298 0440 Ekc 13 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 06 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 218 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1260 N19W92 001 0180 Hsx 04 01 Alpha 1261 N14W64 333 0270 Dsi 09 12 Beta-Gamma 1263 ...Continue Reading

August 05, 2011 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Lori J. Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-032 NASA SELECTS COMPANIES TO STUDY STORING CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS IN SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected four companies to develop concepts for storing and transferring cryogenic propellants in space. These capabilities are important for the agency's future deep space human exploration missions. T ...Continue Reading