:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 13 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N23W62 153 0040 Cso 01 01 Beta 1312 N23W29 120 0210 Cso 03 03 Beta 1313 S14W25 ...Continue Reading

*Readers of this listserv may be interested in the below information from Dr. Peter Westwick.  Please contact him with any questions. *   *Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Appointment in Aerospace History, 2012-2013*The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW) and the Department of History at the University of Southern California together seek applications from recent PhDs for a one-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship, beginning in the fall of 2012.   The Institute on Califor ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PAGAMI CREEK FIRE IN MINNESOTA Started by a lightning strike in late August 2011, the Pagami Creek Fire burned through October. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76104&src=nha *** TM(Landsat 5) image from Oct 10, 2011 (Posted on Oct 11, 2011 4:29 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG T ...Continue Reading

The PO.DAAC would like to announce that as of 06:58 UTC on 04 October 2011, the antenna on the AMSR-E instrument on board the Aqua satellite stopped rotating and producing data. AMSR-E became unable to maintain the rotation speed necessary for regular observations (40 rotations per minute), and the radiometer automatically halted its observations and rotation. NASA is currently working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to assess the condition of the AMSR-E instrument and consider future steps. We will ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-345 NASA READIES NEW TYPE OF EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITE FOR LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth-observing satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparato ...Continue Reading

Oct. 12, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-346 NASA ANNOUNCES TWO NATIONAL STUDENT SCIENCE COMPETITIONS CLEVELAND -- NASA is offering students the opportunity to compete in two microgravity challenges: "Dropping In a Microgravity Environment," or DIME, and "What If No Gravity?" or WING. DIME is a team competition for high school stu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 12 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 285 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N23W51 155 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1311 S12W77 182 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1312 N22W16 ...Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce the availability of a new NASA History publication, /Fairing Well:  From Shoebox to Bat Truck and Beyond, Aerodynamic Truck Research at NASA//’//s Dryden Flight Research Center/ by Christian Gelzer.  This is NASA SP-2011-4546 and is Monograph in Aerospace History #46.  This interesting and unusual story about aerodynamics is engagingly told by Dr. Gelzer, the NASA DFRC Historian, and contains many illustrations.    To obtain a free copy, members of the public may se ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jessica Culler / Huong Nguyen Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calf. 650.604.4789 jessica.s.culler@nasa.gov / huong.nguyen@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-341 NASA RELEASES NEW INTERACTIVE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS GAME MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing that depicts how the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) network operates. The release of the video game coincides w ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1898 david.weaver@nasa.gov Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 amber.n.philman@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-344 NASA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with Space Coast community leaders, Kennedy Space Center employees and news media representatives during a Tuesday visit to Florida. He outlined recent steps the agency has taken toward missions to deep space ...Continue Reading