June 17, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Lori J. Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-191 NASA ISSUES ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION STUDIES CLEVELAND -- NASA issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking proposals for mission concept studies of a solar electric propulsion system demonstration to test and validate key capabilities and ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN THE MISSOURI BASIN Record snowmelt and intermittent heavy rains contributed to flooding in the Missouri Basin in the spring of 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51054&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 15, 2011 (Posted on Jun 16, 2011 3:12 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, ...Continue Reading

June 17, 2011 J.D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-124 NASA SCHEDULES TELECON TO HIGHLIGHT LUNAR MISSION RESULTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 21, to highlight the results of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. A panel will summarize the ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 52 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TELEVISION COVERS STATION CARGO CRAFT DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:15:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION COVERS STATION CARGO CRAFT DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL June 16, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-123 NASA TELEVISION COVERS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jun 17 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 168 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Jun 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1234 S16W35 247 0100 Dsi 08 26 Beta 1236 N17E46 166 0350 Ehi 12 16 Beta-Delta IA. H- ...Continue Reading

The /Aeronautics and Space //R//eport of the President, Fiscal Year 2008 Activities/ is now available from _http://history.nasa.gov/presrep2008.pdf_ online.  If you would like a hard copy, please contact our office at _histinfo@hq.nasa.gov_ or call 202-358-0384.  The FY09 and FY10 editions are being produced now. Previous historical versions going back to the 1958 first edition are now also available from _http://history.nasa.gov/presrep.htm_ online.  Special thanks to Giny Cheong, the “president’s rep ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-123 NASA TELEVISION COVERS STATION CARGO CRAFT DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage during a busy International Space Station traffic pattern, when one cargo spacecraft departs and another arrives. The European Space Agency's "Johannes Ke ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-188 NASA REVEALS NEW BATCH OF SPACE PROGRAM ARTIFACTS WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human spaceflight technologies, processes and accomplishments from NASA's past and present space exploration programs. On Wednesday, June 15, NASA posted a seventh bat ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HONEY PRAIRIE FIRE, GEORGIA Lightning ignited the Honey Prairie Fire in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, on April 28, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51042&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 15, 2011 (Posted on Jun 16, 2011 12:22 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN LAKE MANIT ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 11-186 NASA SPACECRAFT CONFIRMS THEORIES, SEES SURPRISES AT MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists are making new discoveries about the planet Mercury. Data from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving scientists important clues to the o ...Continue Reading