The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN ANGOLA AND NAMIBIA Unusually heavy rains in 2011 flooded parts of Angola, Namibia, and other southern African nations. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50573&src=nha *** MPA(TRMM) image from May 05, 2011 (Posted on May 11, 2011 3:49 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new imag ...Continue Reading

May 12, 2011 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-144 NASA SPACECRAFT'S DATA REVEAL MAGMA OCEAN UNDER JUPITER MOON WASHINGTON -- New data analysis from NASA's Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface ocean of molten or partially molten magma beneath the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. The finding heralds the first direct confirmation of this kind of magm ...Continue Reading

May 12, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-093 NASA TELEVISION TO COVER NEXT SOYUZ DEPARTURE, ARRIVAL HOUSTON -- NASA Television will cover the return of three International Space Station crew members and the launch of three new station residents in the coming weeks. For the first time, a Soyuz undocking is expected to take p ...Continue Reading

May 12, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-094 NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS BRIEFING ON AQUARIUS/SAC-D MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing on Tuesday, May 17, at 1 p.m. EDT, on the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, Aquarius/SAC-D, scheduled to launch on June 9. The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Panelists will discuss the international spacecraft mission, a collaboration between NASA and ...Continue Reading

May 12, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-095 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES FROM PROCESSING HANGAR TO VAB CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' final planned move from its processing hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building, on Tuesday, May 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first motion of Atlantis for ro ...Continue Reading

May 12, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-095 NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MOVES FROM PROCESSING HANGAR TO VAB CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis' final planned move from its processing hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building, on Tuesday, May 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first motion of Atlantis for ro ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 12 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 132 Issued at 0030Z on 12 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1203 N18W92 059 0060 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1204 N17W85 052 0050 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 1207 N21W5 ...Continue Reading

May 11, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-146 NASA'S FERMI SPOTS 'SUPERFLARES' IN THE CRAB NEBULA WASHINGTON -- The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times more powerful than any flare previously seen from the object. On April 12, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope first detected the outbu ...Continue Reading

May 11, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-092 NASA EVENT TO SHOWCASE SOFIA SCIENCE, EDUCATION PROJECTS PALMDALE, Calif. -- The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program will showcase its science and education efforts to journalists ...Continue Reading

May 11, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Jillian McRae Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4273 jmcrae@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-093 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO SECOND ANNUAL LUNABOTICS COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forty-six teams of undergraduate and graduate students from the United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Colo ...Continue Reading