July 22, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perroto@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-153 NASA BRIEFING TO PREVIEW UPCOMING MISSION TO JUPITER CAPE CANVAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 27, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss preparations for th ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE DORA Off the coast of southwestern Mexico, Dora strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on July 20, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51423&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 21, 2011 (Posted on Jul 22, 2011 9:27 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST PL ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.braukus@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-238 NASA SELECTS FOUR UNIVERSITIES FOR 2012 X-HAB INNOVATION CHALLENGE WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected four universities to design habitat and science concepts that could be used by future deep space explorers. The teams will ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/757-272-9859 amy.johnson@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-242 NASA TESTS FUTURE DEEP SPACE VEHICLE FOR WATER LANDINGS HAMPTON, Va. -- As NASA closes the chapter on the Space Shuttle Program, a new era of exploration vehicles is begi ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-243 NASA'S NEXT MARS ROVER TO LAND AT GALE CRATER WASHINGTON -- NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater. The car-sized Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity, is scheduled to launch late this year and land in August 2012. The target crater spans 9 ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-239 NASA IT SUMMIT REACHES FOR "STELLAR" RESULTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is gearing up for a conference in San Francisco that aims to improve the quality of Information Technology (IT) at the agency, while drawing on the expertise and innovative spirit of California's Silicon Valley. The second NASA IT Summit will take place Aug. 15-17 at San Francisco's Marriott Marquis Hotel. The theme of ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1826 Issue Time: 2011 Jul 22 0702 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1825 Begin Time: 2011 Jul 20 1250 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5271 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 is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-135 MCC Status Report #27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:26:19 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #27 STS-135 Report #27 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, July 21, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON � Atlantis landed at 4:57 a.m. CDT Thursday, wrapping up a successful 13-day mission, ending its own 33-fli ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 644 2011 Jul 22 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shuttle and Station -------------------- The Space Shuttle flight program is over. - 5 atmospheric glide flights by orbiter OV-101 Enterprise - 5 space-qualified orbiters: OV-102 Columbia 1981-2003 OV-099 Challenger 1983-1986 OV-103 Discovery 1984-2011 OV-104 Atlantis 1985-2011 OV-105 Endeavour 1992-2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jul 22 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 203 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jul 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1251 N17W62 170 0060 Hax 03 03 Alpha 1254 S24W28 136 0100 Cai 07 10 Beta 1259 N25E32 ...Continue Reading