Aug. 25, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-036 NASA EXERCISES AMES INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH CONTRACT OPTION MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has exercised Option Period #2 on the Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support (ISRDS) contract. Stinger Ghaffarian Techno ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LIGHTNING FIRES IN WYOMING AND MONTANA Lightning storms ignited a series of fires in Wyoming and Montana in mid-August 2011. The fires blanketed the Upper Midwest with smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51871&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 23, 2011 (Posted on Aug 25, 2011 12:50 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-179 SEATTLE STUDENTS CHAT WITH SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS ON MONDAY WASHINGTON -- Students gathered at the Museum of Flight in Seattle will make a long distance call to astronauts aboard the International Space Station at approximately 1:35 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 29. Students from Aviation High School, Puyallu ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Caroline McCall Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-1682 cmcall5@mit.edu RELEASE: 11-275 NASA MOON MISSION IN FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2011 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov Barron Beneski Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Va. 703-406-5528 beneski.barron@orbital.com RELEASE: 11-276 CYGNUS SPACE STATION CARGO CARRIER ARRIVES AT NASA WALLOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA's work to help develop the next generation of commercial space transportation systems reach ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 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 237 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W42 060 0180 Esi 11 25 Beta 1272 S21W36 054 0020 Cro 03 04 Beta 1274 N18E16 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Jeannette Owens NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2990 jeannette.p.owens@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-034 NASA EXTENDS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a two-year contract option to DB Consulting Group Inc. of Silver Spring, Md., for information technology services. The option has a va ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ICE ISLAND CALVES OFF PETERMANN GLACIER In early August 2010, a massive ice island calved off Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51846&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 22, 2011 (Posted on Aug 23, 2011 5:12 PM) ------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-271 NASA'S SWIFT SATELLITE SPOTS BLACK HOLE DEVOURING A STAR WASHINGTON -- Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satellite first alerted astronomers to ...Continue Reading

Aug. 24, 2011 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: M11-177 NASA AND ATK FULL-SCALE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TEST SET FOR SEPT. 8 WASHINGTON -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) will conduct a full-scale test of a five-segment, solid rocket motor at the ATK Aerospace Systems test facility in Promo ...Continue Reading