May 24, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-167 NASA CONCLUDES ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT MARS ROVER SPIRIT WASHINGTON -- NASA is ending attempts to regain contact with the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which last communicated on March 22, 2010. A transmission that will end on Wednesday, May 25, will be the last in a series of attempts. Extensive co ...Continue Reading

May 24, 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 bill.j.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-164 NASA ANNOUNCES KEY DECISION FOR NEXT DEEP SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- NASA has reached an important milestone for the next U.S. transportation system that will carry humans into deep space. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced today that the system will ...Continue Reading

May 24, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trindad@nasa.gov Isabel Lara National Air and Space Museum, Washington 202-633-2374 larai@nasm.edu RELEASE: 11-165 NASA ART EXHIBIT OPENS AT NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM WASHINGTON -- You don't have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too, have helped further the mission of the space agency. In 1962, NASA administrator James E. Webb ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 24 2011 May 24 at 8:52 a.m. MDT (2011 May 24 1452 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 16-22 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For May 25-31 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observat ...Continue Reading

May 24, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Mike Buckley Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, Md. 443-778-7536 michael.buckley@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-100 NASA'S BRAUN LECTURES ON INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AT APL WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun will present a lecture titled "Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through Innovation and Technology" on Wednesday, May 25, at the Johns Hopkins Univer ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 134 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ANNOUNCES STS-134 WAKEUP SONG WINNERS; FACE IN SPACE TOTALS 2. STS-134 MCC Status Report #15 3. STS-134 MCC Status Report #16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:24:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES STS-134 WAKEUP SONG WINNERS; FACE IN SPACE TOTALS May 23, 2011 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarter ...Continue Reading

May 23, 2011 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-161 EXPEDITION 27 CREW AND CAPSULE LAND SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN WASHINGTON -- Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Monday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 24 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 144 Issued at 0030Z on 24 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1216 S15W25 194 0070 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1220 N13W79 248 0050 Bxo 03 04 Beta 1221 S18W69 ...Continue Reading

May 23, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-153 NASA ANNOUNCES KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR 2011 IT SUMMIT WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced plans for the agency's second annual IT Summit, a gathering of industry leaders who will explore the outer reaches of information technology. NASA's Office of the Chief Information Officer is organizing the summit scheduled for Aug. 15-17 at the Marriot ...Continue Reading

May 23, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-098 NASA HONORS HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT ACHIEVEMENTS AT KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting the general public and journalists to a special concert at 7 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 25, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington to honor American achievements in human spaceflight. The event, " ...Continue Reading