Dec. 5, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-405 NASA FINDS 'MERGING TSUNAMI' DOUBLED JAPAN DESTRUCTION WASHINGTON -- NASA and Ohio State University researchers have discovered the major tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki quake centered off northeastern Japan was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami." The tsunami doubled in intensity over rugged o ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 2011 Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred.a.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-246 NASA TV MOVING TO NEW SATELLITE; LIVESHOT SERVICE MOVING TO KU BAND WASHINGTON -- Effective Dec. 19, 2011, NASA Television's Public, HD, Media and Education channels will be available for downlink on satellite AMC-18. NASA TV will provide dual service on AMC-18 and its current satellite, SES-2, through Dec. 18, 2011. By Dec. 19, cable and satellite service providers, br ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA Fires burned homes and forced rapid evacuations in southwestern Australia in late November 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76593&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Dec 01, 2011 (Posted on Dec 02, 2011 9:47 PM) ------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Jia-Rui C. Cook/Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850/818-653-8339 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov/alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-402 NASA'S VOYAGER HITS NEW REGION AT SOLAR SYSTEM EDGE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our solar system and interstellar space. Data obtained from Voyager over the last year reveal this new region to be a kind of cosmic purgatory. In ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982 michele.johnson@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-408 NASA'S KEPLER CONFIRMS ITS FIRST PLANET IN HABITABLE ZONE OF SUN-LIKE STAR MOFFET FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new plan ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 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 RELEASE: 11-404 VETERAN SPACE SHUTTLE COMMANDER CHRIS FERGUSON TO LEAVE AGENCY HOUSTON -- Astronaut Chris Ferguson, the last commander of a space shuttle mission, has announced his plans to retire from NASA on Dec. 9. He will leave for a new job in the private sector. "Chris has been a true leader at ...Continue Reading

Dec. 05, 2011 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-395 NASA CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO TRAIN LIKE AN ASTRONAUT WASHINGTON -- An engaging new NASA program brings the excitement of space exploration to children learning to live a healthy lifestyle. Inspired by First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative, NASA's Train Like an Astronaut program aims to increase oppo ...Continue Reading

Dec. 5, 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 Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/272-9859 (mobile) amy.johnson@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-244 MEDIA INVITED TO ORION SPACECRAFT WATER LANDING TEST AT LANGLEY HAMPTON, Va. -- Reporters are invited to watch a test version of the Orion crew capsule take its final s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 05 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 339 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Dec 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1358 N20W82 195 0040 Cso 01 03 Beta 1361 N19W58 171 0060 Dao 07 07 Beta 1362 N08W18 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Dec 04 0737 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 338 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Dec 2011 ::::::::::CORRECTED COPY:::::::::: Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1358 N19W68 194 0050 Cso 03 03 Beta 1361 N19W45 171 00 ...Continue Reading