May 13th 2011 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST AND CANADA Annual spring floods affected the Midwestern United States beginning in late February 2011. Flooding continued into April, and also affected parts of Canada. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50561&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 10, 2011 (Posted on May 11, 2 ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
May 11, 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: 11-139 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT CAPTURES FIRST IMAGE OF NEARING ASTEROID WASHINGTON -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn expects to achieve orbit around Vesta on July 16, when the asteroid is about 117 million mi ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 11 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 131 Issued at 0030Z on 11 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1203 N18W81 062 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1204 N17W71 052 0050 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1207 N21W3 ...Continue Reading
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May 10, 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: 11-091 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW STS-134 PRELAUNCH EVENTS, COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour. Liftoff is planned for 8:56 a. ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
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=50531&src=nha *** ETM+(Landsat 7) image from May 08, 2011 (Posted on May 09, 2011 5:09 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN T ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 22 2011 May 10 at 10:13 a.m. MDT (2011 May 10 1613 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 2-8 No space weather storms occurred. Outlook For May 11-17 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 servic ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
May 10, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Cathy Weselby/Nick Veronico Ames Research Center/SOFIA Science Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789/650-604-4589 cathy.weselby@nasa.gov / nveronico@sofia.usra.edu RELEASE: 11-142 NASA SELECTS CLASSROOM TEACHERS FOR SOFIA SCIENCE FLIGHTS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected six teachers to work with scientists aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) during research fl ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
May 10, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-140 NASA ANNOUNCES 2011 AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 25 graduate and undergraduate students from across the country to receive aeronautics scholarships for the next school year. NASA selected the students from hundreds of applicants. The Aeronautics Scholarships Program, which is in its fourth year, aids students enrolled in fields relate ...Continue Reading
May 13th 2011 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1798 Issue Time: 2011 May 10 1527 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1797 Begin Time: 2011 May 01 0035 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4953 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
May 13th 2011 PDT
May 10, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Sandra Nagy Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-9079 sandra.l.nagy@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-090 STUDENT EXPERIMENTS WILL FLY SKY HIGH IN NASA WEATHER BALLOON CLEVELAND -- Four high school experiments will launch Thursday, May 19, aboard a NASA helium weather balloon that will travel to the stratosphere, a near-space environment 19 to 20 miles above sea level. The high ...Continue Reading
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