The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OFF WESTERN AFRICA Dust plumes blew off the west coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean in late September 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52268&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Sep 23, 2011 (Posted on Sep 23, 2011 1:13 PM) -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 82 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO VISIT ORION MOCKUP IN HOUSTON 2. NASA COMPLETES ORION SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE TESTING IN ARIZONA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:35:44 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO VISIT ORION MOCKUP IN HOUSTON Sept. 22, 2011 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 23 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1295 N22W62 058 0350 Ekc 13 19 Beta-Gamma 1296 N26W44 039 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1299 ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-203 NASA POSTS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ACQUISITION OVERVIEW WASHINGTON -- NASA has released the acquisition overview for the Space Launch System (SLS). SLS is an entirely new advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home and provide the cornersto ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-317 AQUARIUS YIELDS NASA'S FIRST GLOBAL MAP OF OCEAN SALINITY WASHINGTON -- NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries. Aquarius, which is aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicacio ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON ROKE Typhoon Roke formed in the western Pacific on September 11, 2011, and by September 20 had become a powerful category 4 storm poised to strike Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52237&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Sep 19, 2011 (Posted on Sep 21, 2011 4:38 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 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: 11-322 NASA COMPLETES ORION SPACECRAFT PARACHUTE TESTING IN ARIZONA HOUSTON -- NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency's Orion spacecraft. The drop tests at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona support the design ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Karen Jenvey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 karen.jenvey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-321 THE SOUNDS OF NASA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Historic and interesting sounds and sound bites from NASA space missions are available for download as ringtones or on your computer for events, errors, alarms and notifications. The public now can hear the roar of a space shuttle ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-202 NASA POSTS GLOBAL EXPLORATION ROADMAP WASHINGTON -- NASA is releasing the initial version of a Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) developed by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. This roadmap is the culmination of work by 12 space agencies, including NASA, during the past year to advance coordinated space exploration. Th ...Continue Reading

Sep. 22, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-320 NASA 2012 LUNABOTICS COMPETITION OPEN FOR REGISTRATION WASHINGTON -- NASA is accepting applications from teams of U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students for the third annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event will be at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 21-26, 2012. Participants in the ...Continue Reading