Sep. 30, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-044 NASA MODIFIES LAUNCH SERVICE CONTRACT TO ADD DELTA II ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA announced the modification of its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with United Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., to add the Delta II rocket launch service in accordance with the contract's on-ramp provision. The ...Continue Reading

Sep. 30, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-043 NASA AWARDS PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONTRACT AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA selected Chenega Security & Support Solutions, LLC of Ashburn, Va., to provide protective services at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The new firm, fixed price contract begins Dec. 1 with a possible total perf ...Continue Reading

Sep. 30, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-042 NASA MODIFIES CONTRACT TO CONTINUE GROUND OPERATIONS WORK HOUSTON -- NASA signed a $49.4 million contract modification for United Space Alliance (USA) of Houston to continue maintaining and sustaining the ground operations capabilities at the Kennedy Space Center launch facilities in Florida through Sept. 30, 2 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN AUSTRALIA Fires burned throughout northern Australia during September 2011 at the end of the dry winter season. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52354&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 30, 2011 (Posted on Sep 30, 2011 1:26 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- HURRICANE OPHELIA ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1851 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 30 1401 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Sep 30 1340 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 corre ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 30 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 273 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1301 N16W64 327 0020 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1302 N13W16 279 0750 Fkc 18 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1 ...Continue Reading

Sep. 29, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-328 NASA SELECTS SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS FOR CONCEPT STUDIES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 11 science proposals for evaluation as potential future science missions. The proposals outline prospective missions to study the Earth's atmosphere, the sun, the Milky Way galaxy, and Earth-like planets around nearby stars. The selections were made from responses to Announcements of Opportunity for Explorer Missions ...Continue Reading

The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the KNMI Scatterometer Team. Please direct all related inquiries to scat@knmi.nl. Dear wind product user, Since the resumption of the ASCAT service after the out of plane manoeuvre this morning, we are unable to compute winds in the descending Metop passes. This is due to an issue in the Level 1 backscatter data. In the ascending Metop passes there seems to be no problem and we obtain good quality winds. EUMETSAT is investigating ...Continue Reading

Sept. 29, 2011 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Dan Kanigan Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-6849 daniel.n.kanigan@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-332 NASA, AEROSPACE BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM -- NEXT U.S. HEAVY LIFT SPACECRAFT -- AT INDUSTRY DAY EVENT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA leaders met Thursday to discuss acquisition plans for the agency's new heavy-lift rocket with hundreds of representatives ...Continue Reading

Sept. 29, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 11-330 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEALING MORE DETAILS ABOUT PLANET MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to achieve orbit around Mercury, is providing scientists new information about the planet. The data show widespread flood volcanism similar to Earth, clearer views ...Continue Reading