The following sections have been updated in the past 3 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=52278&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 26, 2011 (Posted on Sep 26, 2011 12:54 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE HILARY ...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, A Metop out of plane manoeuvre is planned for 28 and 29 September, see http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=28. The ASCAT instrument will be left on nominal measurement mode during the manoeuvre, but the dissemination of all ASCAT products will be discontinued around the manoeuvre times. The manoeuvre will ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 26 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 269 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1295 N25W98 054 0180 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1301 N18W13 329 0090 Esi 15 18 Beta 1302 N12E36 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 647 2011 Sep 25 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UARS ---- NASA's UARS satellite reentered on Sep 24. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite was deployed in 1991 from the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-48. UARS studied the depletion of the ozone layer, confirming that CFCs cause the `ozone hole', and improved models of upper atmosphere chemistry, including studies of methane i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 25 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1295 N26W84 054 0500 Ekc 11 07 Beta-Gamma 1301 N18W01 330 0090 Fso 16 16 Beta 1302 N ...Continue Reading

Sept. 24, 2011 Beth Dickey/Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/0918 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov/stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-350 NASA'S UARS RE-ENTERS EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WASHINGTON - NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a 14-year mission that produced some of the first long-term records of chemicals in the atmosphere. The precise re-entry tim ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. SOUTH TEXAS STUDENTS TO CALL SPACE STATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:39:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: SOUTH TEXAS STUDENTS TO CALL SPACE STATION Sept. 23, 2011 Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #JE11-052 SOUTH TEXAS STUDENTS TO CALL SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- Students in Edinburgh, Texas, will make a special call to the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 24 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1295 N24W74 057 0550 Ekc 11 14 Beta-Gamma 1296 N26W56 038 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1299 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2010 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Daniel Kanigan Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 daniel.n.kanigan@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-204 NASA TO BRIEF INDUSTRY ON SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM PROCUREMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, agency procurement officials, and Space Launch System Program managers will meet with contr ...Continue Reading

Sept. 23, 2011 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-324 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE CREW MEMBERS HOST TWEETUP IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 13. The event will be in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, M ...Continue Reading