There is 1 message totalling 40 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. TOUCH THE MOON AT NASA EXHIBIT TOURING KANSAS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:21:03 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: TOUCH THE MOON AT NASA EXHIBIT TOURING KANSAS Aug. 26, 2011 Ciandra T. Jackson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-2924 Report #JO11-016 TOUCH THE MOON AT NASA EXHIBIT TOURING KANSAS HOUSTON � Kansans have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-bill ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 27 0103 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W69 061 0080 Dso 09 06 Beta 1275 N07E05 348 0030 Dso 04 02 Beta 1277 N17E50 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 27 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W69 061 0080 Dso 09 06 Beta 1275 N07E05 348 0030 Dso 04 02 Beta 1277 N17E50 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LIGHTNING FIRES IN WYOMING AND MONTANA Lightning storms ignited a series of fires in Wyoming and Montana in mid-August 2011. The fires blanketed the Upper Midwest with smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51905&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 24, 2011 (Posted on Aug 26, 2011 1:44 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS ...Continue Reading

Aug. 26, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-180 NASA SETS SPACE STATION STATUS UPDATE BRIEFING FOR MONDAY HOUSTON -- NASA Television will broadcast an International Space Station status update briefing at 9 a.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 29. Michael Suffredini, space station program manager, will provide the latest information on the s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 26 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 238 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W56 061 0140 Esi 11 15 Beta-Delta 1272 S21W49 055 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1274 ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-036 NASA EXERCISES AMES INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH CONTRACT OPTION MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has exercised Option Period #2 on the Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support (ISRDS) contract. Stinger Ghaffarian Techno ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- LIGHTNING FIRES IN WYOMING AND MONTANA Lightning storms ignited a series of fires in Wyoming and Montana in mid-August 2011. The fires blanketed the Upper Midwest with smoke. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51871&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 23, 2011 (Posted on Aug 25, 2011 12:50 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-179 SEATTLE STUDENTS CHAT WITH SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS ON MONDAY WASHINGTON -- Students gathered at the Museum of Flight in Seattle will make a long distance call to astronauts aboard the International Space Station at approximately 1:35 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 29. Students from Aviation High School, Puyallu ...Continue Reading

Aug. 25, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Caroline McCall Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 617-253-1682 cmcall5@mit.edu RELEASE: 11-275 NASA MOON MISSION IN FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled ...Continue Reading