Aug. 19, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-173 SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL CARGO CARRIER ARRIVING AT NASA WALLOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA's partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Stat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 19 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 231 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N16E38 059 0290 Ehc 11 16 Beta 1272 S22E41 056 0060 Cso 04 03 Beta 1273 S18W09 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-270 NASA DATA AND NEW TECHNIQUES YIELD DETAILED VIEWS OF SOLAR STORMS WASHINGTON -- NASA spacecraft observations and new data processing techniques are giving scientists better insight into the evolution and development of solar storms that can damage satellites, disrupt communications and cause power grid failures on Earth. The solar storms, called Co ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-171 NASA MEDIA TELECON TO ANNOUNCE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 22, to announce proposals selected in the agency's Technology Demonstration Mission program. These crosscutting technology demonstrations were selected because of their potential to infuse high-impact capabiliti ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PUYEHUE-CORDóN CAULLE Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano erupted spectacularly on June 4, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51772&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 14, 2011 (Posted on Aug 18, 2011 12:13 PM) __________________________________________________________ ...Continue Reading

Aug. 18, 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: 11-269 NASA RESEARCH LEADS TO FIRST COMPLETE MAP OF ANTARCTIC ICE FLOW WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica. The map, which shows glaciers flowing thousands of miles from the continent's deep interior to its coast, will be critic ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1841 Issue Time: 2011 Aug 18 1445 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1840 Begin Time: 2011 Aug 17 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1218 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 Aug 18 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 230 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N16E50 062 0240 Esi 11 09 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1272 S19E55 056 0060 Cso 07 02 Beta ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN WESTERN IDAHO A summer lightning storm ignited several large wildfires in southwestern Idaho on August 14, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51761&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 16, 2011 (Posted on Aug 17, 2011 11:38 AM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1840 Issue Time: 2011 Aug 17 1325 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Aug 17 1310 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for cor ...Continue Reading