:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 253 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1283 N17W55 221 0210 Eao 12 12 Beta-Gamma 1287 S29W16 183 0060 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1289 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-297 DEEP SPACE CAPSULE COMES ALIVE WITH FIRST WELD; MAJOR PROGRESS MADE ON NATION'S NEW SPACE EXPLORATION PLAN NEW ORLEANS -- Construction began this week on the first new NASA spacecraft built to take humans to orbit since space shuttle Endeavour left the factory in 1991, and mark ...Continue Reading

Sept. 9, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/-1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-295 NASA AWARDS SPACE RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is funding nine proposals from eight states to investigate space radiation's effect on human explorers. The proposals from researchers in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, ...Continue Reading

Sept. 09, 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 System 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@atk.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-189 NASA, ATK ANNOUNCE NEW COMMERCIAL CREW AGREEMENT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers will announce an agreement that could accelerate the availabilit ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- LEE'S MARCH ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS Tropical Storm Lee formed over the Gulf of Mexico in early September 2011 and threatened southern Louisiana with heavy rain. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52066&src=nha *** (GOES) image from Sep 07, 2011 (Posted on Sep 08, 2011 4:55 PM) HURRICANE IRENE Irene forme ...Continue Reading

Sep. 9, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-294 NASA NAMES CASIS TO MANAGE SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- NASA has finalized a cooperative agreement with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to manage the portion of the International Space Station that operates as a U.S. national laboratory. CASIS will be located in the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The independent, nonprofit ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1844 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 09 1123 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1843 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 07 1400 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1697 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 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 252 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1283 N16W42 222 0200 Cao 12 12 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1287 S30W05 186 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TEXAS WILDFIRES Wildfires burned in Texas and Oklahoma in September 2011, fueled by high temperatures, high winds, and low humidity. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52052&src=nha *** Digital Camera(ISS) image from Sep 06, 2011 (Posted on Sep 07, 2011 4:34 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) - ...Continue Reading

Sept. 8, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-187 UPDATE: NASA PROVIDES MEDIA INTERVIEWS FOR SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB AWARD CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has canceled the previously scheduled news conference on Friday, Sept. 9, about the award of the organization that will manage the portion of the International Space Station operated as a U.S. national laboratory. The ...Continue Reading