:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 14 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 257 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1287 S27W68 182 0080 Dso 08 03 Beta 1289 N23W08 126 0350 Cko 07 10 Beta 1290 S14W25 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 40 2011 September 13 at 02:18 p.m. MDT (2011 September 13 2018 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 5-11 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 05, 09, and 10 September due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions 1283 and 1286. An R2 (Moderate) radio blackout was observed on 08 September due to flare activity from sunspot Reg ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 Trent 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-192 NASA TO ANNOUNCE KEPLER DISCOVERY AT MEDIA BRIEFING Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PDT, Sept. 15 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a news briefing at 11 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a new discovery by the Kepler mission. The briefing will be held in ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Trina Patterson ATK Aerospace Systems, Salt Lake City 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com RELEASE: 11-300 NASA BEGINS COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) of Salt Lake City have agreed to collaborate on the develo ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov / michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Katherine K. Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine.k.martin@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-299 NASA SELECTS COMPANIES TO STUDY SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected five companies to develop concepts for demonstrating solar electric propulsion in space. These capabilities are important for the agency's future human ex ...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 had scorched more than 60,000 acres by September 13. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52130&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 12, 2011 (Posted on Sep 13, 2011 12:33 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

Sept. 13, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-298 NASA'S WEBB TELESCOPE COMPLETES MIRROR COATING MILESTONE GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has reached a major milestone in its development. The mirrors that will fly aboard the telescope have completed the coating process at Quantum Coating Inc. in Moorestown, N.J. The telesco ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1846 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 13 1026 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1845 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 12 1210 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5187 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

There are 3 messages totalling 151 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. EXPEDITION 30/31 SPACE STATION CREW CONDUCTS BRIEFING, INTERVIEWS 2. NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS 3. DEEP SPACE CAPSULE COMES ALIVE WITH FIRST WELD; MAJOR PROGRESS MADE ON NATION'S NEW SPACE EXPLORATION PLAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:43:24 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: EXPEDITION 30/31 SPACE STATION CREW CONDUCTS BRIEFING, INTERVIE ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 256 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1287 S29W53 181 0050 Cso 03 02 Beta 1289 N22W00 128 0300 Cko 05 06 Beta 1290 S15W11 ...Continue Reading