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=51042&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jun 15, 2011 (Posted on Jun 16, 2011 12:22 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN LAKE MANIT ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 11-186 NASA SPACECRAFT CONFIRMS THEORIES, SEES SURPRISES AT MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA scientists are making new discoveries about the planet Mercury. Data from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving scientists important clues to the o ...Continue Reading

June 16, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium, Boulder 303-492-3141 koehler@colorado.edu RELEASE: 11-187 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS ATTENDING NASA'S ROCKET UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON -- NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will become Rocket University June 18 - 25 as nearly 125 hi ...Continue Reading

Multi-Mission Sea Surface Height Climate Data Record The Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 1 dataset for TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2 developed at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) through NASA's MEaSURE's program is now available at PO.DAAC. This dataset contains Sea Surface Height (SSH) anomalies from the 3 missions merged onto a single georeferenced orbit to form a SSH Climate Data Record (CDR). The application of improved replacement orbits from GSFC (STD1007 ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 180 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SPACECRAFT TO MAKE CROSS COUNTRY VOYAGE 2. NASA GIVES NEWS MEDIA ACCESS TO FINAL SHUTTLE SIMULATIONS 3. NASA EDUCATION PROGRAM MARKS FIVE YEARS IN WASHINGTON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:45:21 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SPACECRAFT TO MAKE CROSS COUNTRY VOYAGE June 15, 2011 Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Br ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jun 16 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 167 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Jun 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1234 S15W22 247 0100 Dai 07 17 Beta 1236 N17E58 167 0350 Ehi 11 11 Beta-Delta IA. H- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (3 updated events, 4 new images) -- LOOP FIRE, NEW MEXICO The Loop Fire ignited near the eastern entrance of Carlsbad National Park, New Mexico, on June 13, forcing the park to close. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51014&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jun 14, 2011 (Posted on Jun 14, 2011 5:33 PM) HORSESHOE 2 FIRE, ARIZONA Burning in the mo ...Continue Reading

June 15, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala. 256-544-6162 janet.l.anderson@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 11-183 NASA'S CHANDRA FINDS MASSIVE BLACK HOLES COMMON IN EARLY UNIVERSE WASHINGTON -- Using the deepest X-ray image ever taken, astronomers found the ...Continue Reading

June 15, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-122 NASA GIVES NEWS MEDIA ACCESS TO FINAL SHUTTLE SIMULATIONS HOUSTON -- As the final space shuttle training simulations take place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the agency is giving journalists an unprecedented view of the crew and Mission Control team training for the upcoming STS-13 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jun 15 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 166 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Jun 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1234 S15W07 245 0040 Dso 05 09 Beta 1235 N14W15 253 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta 1236 N17E64 ...Continue Reading