Sept. 16, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-196 NASA ASTRONAUT RON GARAN AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Ron Garan will be available for live satellite interviews one week after returning to Earth from 6 to 7:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Sept. 22. Garan completed 164 days in space as a member of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 131 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIEWS IN DENVER AND BOULDER 2. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE 3. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L. COATS AVAILABLE SEPT. 19 TO DISCUSS CENTER'S 50th BIRTHDAY AND FUTURE EXPLORATION PLANS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:21:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIE ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1849 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 16 0503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1848 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 12 1210 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7046 pfu 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 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 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 RELEASE: 11-303 SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth Friday, Sept. 16, wrapping up a six-month mission of research and exploration. NASA's Ron Garan, Expedition 28 commander Andrey Borisenko and flight enginee ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 16 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 259 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1287 S28W83 176 0010 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1289 N22W39 128 0300 Cho 05 05 Beta 1290 S13W55 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-302 NASA TEAM HONORED FOR ASSISTING CHILEAN MINER RESCUE WASHINGTON -- The NASA team, who provided medical, survival and engineering expertise to help the miners trapped underground in Chile last year, received the National Security and International Affairs Medal from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. The team -- led by Michael Duncan, former deputy chief medical officer at NASA's Johnson Space Center ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 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 RELEASE: 11-306 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have agreed to a tentative launch schedule with crew flights to the International Space Station resuming on Nov. 14. The Space Station Control Board, with representation from all partner agencies, set the sche ...Continue Reading

Sept. 15, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-304 NASA'S KEPLER DISCOVERY CONFIRMS FIRST PLANET ORBITING TWO STARS WASHINGTON -- The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA's Kepler mission has made ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BLOOM IN THE BARENTS SEA A large phytoplankton bloom spread across the Barents Sea, north of Scandinavia, in mid-August 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52157&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 10, 2011 (Posted on Sep 15, 2011 1:00 PM) -------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 71 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ANNOUNCES DESIGN FOR NEW DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:14:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES DESIGN FOR NEW DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEM Sept, 14, 2011 David S. Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washingt ...Continue Reading