Sept. 1, 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: 11-284 NASA'S MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY BEGINS STUDY OF MARTIAN CRATER WASHINGTON - The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot has studied in its first 7.5 years of exploration. Opportunity arriv ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 veronica.c.mcgregor@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-285 NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO LAUNCH OF LUNAR SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to a two-day launch Tweetup Sept. 7-8. The Tweetup is expected to culminate in the launch of the ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 steven.e.cole@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-184 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON NEW APOLLO IMAGES GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to reveal new images of three Apollo landing sites tak ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-183 NASA HOSTS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON SOLAR FLARE CHARACTERISTICS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to discuss new observations about solar flares that can impact communication and navigation systems. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is providing new data and images for scientists to be ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM TALAS Tropical Storm Talas formed over the western Pacific Ocean on August 25, 2011. By September 1, storm clouds reached the southern shores of Japan. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51972&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Sep 01, 2011 (Posted on Sep 01, 2011 9:17 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updat ...Continue Reading

Sep. 01, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Timothy Allen National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-325-6723 timothy.allen@nianet.org RELEASE: 11-286 NEW RADIO PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS AND INSPIRES INNOVATION Hampton, Va. -- NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) are launching a national radio program and podcast series that features compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the peopl ...Continue Reading

Sept. 1, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-182 UPDATE: NASA REVISES TIME FOR SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE HOUSTON -- NASA has revised the time for a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 6, with the two agency astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The briefing, broadcast live on NASA Television, will begin at 9:30 a.m. CDT. Re ...Continue Reading

Sep. 01, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-279 NASA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIPS WASHINGTON -- NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2012 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 15, 2012. Graduate students must apply under a specific research topic ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Sep 01 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 244 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1274 N19W72 358 0030 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1277 N18W14 300 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1279 N13W0 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 31, 2011 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-037 NASA SELECTS CONTRACTOR FOR ICESAT-2 SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Orbital Science Corporation of Dulles, Va., to build the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) spacecraft. Under the terms of the $135 mil ...Continue Reading