Jan. 5, 2012 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-002 FIFTY-SEVEN STUDENT ROCKET TEAMS TO TAKE NASA LAUNCH CHALLENGE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- More than 500 students from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 29 states will show their rocketeering prowess in the 2011-12 NASA Student Launch Projects flight challenge. The teams will build and ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1386 S17W87 150 0030 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1388 S24W36 100 0060 Cao 02 01 Beta 1389 S22W16 0 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 04, 2012 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov/j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/272-9859 (mobile) amy.johnson@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-002 MEDIA INVITED TO FINAL ORION SPACECRAFT WATER LANDING TEST HAMPTON, Va. -- The final water landing test of the Orion crew capsule h ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE THANE Thane formed in the Indian Ocean in late December 2011 and headed for southern India. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=76859&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Dec 29, 2011 (Posted on Jan 03, 2012 3:43 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 119 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. EXPEDITION 31/32 SPACE STATION CREW CONDUCTS BRIEFING, INTERVIEWS 2. MEDIA INVITED TO FINAL ORION SPACECRAFT WATER LANDING TEST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:59:48 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: EXPEDITION 31/32 SPACE STATION CREW CONDUCTS BRIEFING, INTERVIEWS Jan. 3, 2012 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Head ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 04 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1386 S18W69 147 0070 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1388 S23W24 101 0060 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 1389 S22W04 ...Continue Reading

Jan. 3, 2012 Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/5241 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov / j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Amy Johnson Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-7022/272-9859 (mobile) amy.johnson@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-002 MEDIA INVITED TO FINAL ORION SPACECRAFT WATER LANDING TEST HAMPTON, Va. - Media representatives are invited to watch as the Orion crew capsule makes its final water landin ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-1 2012 January 3 at 11:49 a.m. MST (2012 January 3 1849 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 26-January 1 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 26, 29, 30 and 31 December due to flare activity from active sunspot Regions 1387 and 1389. Outlook For January 4-10 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space wea ...Continue Reading

Jan. 3, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-001 EXPEDITION 31/32 SPACE STATION CREW CONDUCTS BRIEFING, INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- Three crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 31 and 32 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 11, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the b ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Jan 03 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 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1386 S17W57 147 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1388 S24W14 104 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1389 S22E08 ...Continue Reading