:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 18 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 138 Issued at 0030Z on 18 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1208 N09W78 326 0010 Bxo 06 02 Beta 1214 S24W24 273 0060 Cso 09 12 Beta 1216 S15E54 ...Continue Reading

NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency (CONAE) are planning for the imminent launch of the Aquarius mission, projected launch date of June 9, 2011, to measure global sea surface salinity. A press kit with more information on this mission can be found at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/aquariusLaunch.pdf As well as posted on the PO.DAAC web page at: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius -------------------------------------------------------------------- User Services Office Physical O ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN ALBERTA, CANADA Strong winds and dry conditions fueled several large wildfires in northern Alberta, Canada in mid-May 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50635&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 16, 2011 (Posted on May 16, 2011 7:18 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/vi ...Continue Reading

May 17, 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: 11-150 NASA MISSION WILL OBSERVE EARTH'S SALTY SEAS FOR CLIMATE CLUES WASHINGTON -- Final preparations are under way for the June 9 launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D observatory. The mission's primary instrument, Aquarius, will study interactions between ocean circulation, the water cycle and climate by mea ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 23 2011 May 17 at 7:20 a.m. MDT (2011 May 17 1320 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 9-15 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For May 18-24 No space weather storms are expected. For current space weather conditions please refer to: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/ http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/ Data used to provide space weather s ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 38 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-134 MCC Status Report #01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 09:12:20 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-134 MCC Status Report #01 STS-134 Report #01 9 a.m. CDT Monday, May 16, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON -- With a new scientific instrument that could increase human understanding of our universe in its cargo bay, Endeavour launched to th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 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 137 Issued at 0030Z on 17 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1208 N08W64 326 0050 Cso 07 09 Beta 1210 N18W91 352 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1214 S24W10 ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Lori.J.Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-023 NASA AWARDS AUDIT, ASSESSMENT AND ASSURANCE SERVICES CONTRACT CLEVELAND -- NASA selected Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. of Columbia, Md., to provide safety audits, technical assessments and mission assurance support services for the agency. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite- ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Elizabeth Sabet Random Hacks of Kindness, New York 646-249-3888 elizabeth.sabet@secondmuse.com RELEASE: 11-149 NASA AND TECH PARTNERS ENCOURAGE INFORMATION EXCHANGE WASHINGTON -- NASA, Google, HP, Microsoft, The World Bank and Yahoo! are inviting software developers, independent computer experts and students to participate in the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event on June 4 and 5 at several worldwi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- GOBI DESERT DUST STORM A new dust storm blew out of the Gobi Desert in early May 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50609&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 13, 2011 (Posted on May 13, 2011 2:25 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST AND CA ...Continue Reading