The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN RUSSIA AND CHINA Fires popped up throughout eastern Russia and China in early October 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=73870&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Oct 08, 2011 (Posted on Oct 10, 2011 4:15 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE JOVA Jova strengthened into ...Continue Reading

Oct. 11, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-343 NASA TRANSFERS ENDEAVOUR TITLE TO CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER WASHINGTON -- NASA transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center (CSC) during a ceremony Tuesday at the center in Los Angeles. The transfer is the first step toward CSC receiving Endeavour in the latter half of 2012. "NASA is pleased to share this wonderful orbiter with the California Science C ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 44 2011 October 11 at 11:00 a.m. MDT (2011 October 11 1700 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 3-9 A Category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm occurred on 05 October due to multiple CME passages at Earth. Outlook For October 12-18 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 11 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 284 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N23W38 156 0040 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1311 S12W63 181 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1312 N22W03 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN Heavy rains caused floods in southern Pakistan in early September 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=73851&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Oct 06, 2011 (Posted on Oct 07, 2011 4:53 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards i ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 648 2011 Oct 10 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UARS and Rosat -------------- A new report on Space-Track gives the UARS satellite reentry at 0400 UTC +/- 1 min over 14.1S 170.2W - in the SW Pacific near American Samoa. NASA's UARS site has also been updated to reflect this information. This is about 10-15 min earlier than previously estimated. This represents the beginning of reent ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 10 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 283 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N23W24 155 0070 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1310 S33W66 197 0010 Axx 00 01 Alpha 1311 S11W50 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Oct 09 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 282 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Oct 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1309 N22W11 155 0070 Dso 04 03 Beta 1310 S34W51 196 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1311 S13W36 ...Continue Reading

Oct. 6, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-209 NASA ADMINISTRATOR AVAILABLE TO MEDIA AT KENNEDY OCT. 11 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be available to media during a visit to the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. EDT. Media are invited to film Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Ca ...Continue Reading

Oct. 7, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Stacey Tearne Space Adventures, Vienna, Va. 202-256-7917 stearne@spaceadventures.com RELEASE: 11-342 NASA PERFORMS STUDENT EXPERIMENTS FOR WHOLE WORLD TO SEE WASHINGTON -- NASA announced it will provide support to Space Adventures, Ltd. of Vienna, Va., to conduct a global competition for students to design experiments that will be performed in space and broadcast around the world. NASA entered into a non-reimbursable Spa ...Continue Reading