Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1850 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 17 0515 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1849 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 12 1210 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6440 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 Sep 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1289 N22W51 126 0310 Cko 07 05 Beta 1290 S13W69 143 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 1291 N24W82 ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-310 NASA ANNOUNCES TWO GAME-CHANGING SPACE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The selections are part of the agency's efforts to pursue revolutionary technology required for future missions, while proving the capabilities and lowering the cost of government and commercial space activities. "NASA's Game Changing Techn ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TEXAS WILDFIRES Wildfires burned in Texas and Oklahoma in September 2011, fueled by high temperatures, high winds, and low humidity. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52183&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Sep 14, 2011 (Posted on Sep 16, 2011 1:43 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov Kim Newton Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville Ala. kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov 256-544-0371 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-198 NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECON ON DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT TANKS WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 20, to announce the company that will lead the agency's Composite Cryotank Technologies Demons ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-197 MEDIA OPPORTUNITY WITH NASA'S SOFIA DURING WASHINGTON STOPOVER WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting journalists to tour and learn more about the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 12 to 2 p.m. EDT at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing ...Continue Reading

Sept. 16, 2011 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: M11-196 NASA ASTRONAUT RON GARAN AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Ron Garan will be available for live satellite interviews one week after returning to Earth from 6 to 7:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Sept. 22. Garan completed 164 days in space as a member of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 131 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIEWS IN DENVER AND BOULDER 2. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE 3. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L. COATS AVAILABLE SEPT. 19 TO DISCUSS CENTER'S 50th BIRTHDAY AND FUTURE EXPLORATION PLANS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:21:30 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIE ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1849 Issue Time: 2011 Sep 16 0503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1848 Begin Time: 2011 Sep 12 1210 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7046 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

Sept. 16, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-303 SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth Friday, Sept. 16, wrapping up a six-month mission of research and exploration. NASA's Ron Garan, Expedition 28 commander Andrey Borisenko and flight enginee ...Continue Reading