Readers:      This is just a reminder that the 1961/1981 Key Moments in Human Spaceflight history symposium will take place tomorrow and Wednesday, April 26 and 27 at NASA Headquarters.  This symposium is sponsored by the NASA History Program Office and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.  Conference information is available from _http://history.nasa.gov/1961-1981conf/index.html_ and the conference will also be Webcast from that site.  The conference is free ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 25 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 115 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1193 N18W73 265 0200 Cao 07 18 Beta 1195 S15W00 192 0300 Dho 11 23 Beta 1196 S25E21 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 24 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 114 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1193 N17W57 262 0270 Eki 09 18 Beta-Gamma 1195 S16E14 191 0310 Ekc 08 22 Beta-Gamma 11 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 23 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 113 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1191 N08W66 284 0010 Axx 02 03 Alpha 1193 N17W45 264 0190 Esi 13 16 Beta 1195 S18E28 ...Continue Reading

April 22, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-121 NASA AND PARTNERS FUND NEW CLIMATE IMPACT STUDIES ON SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS WASHINGTON -- NASA is partnering with other federal agencies to fund new research and applications efforts that will bring the global view of climate from space down to Earth to benefit wildlife and key ecosystems. NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Smithsonian Insti ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 22 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 112 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1191 N08W52 283 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1193 N16W32 264 0300 Ehi 13 20 Beta 1195 S17E43 ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 veronica.c.mcgregor@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-122 TWEETUP AT NASA'S JPL PREVIEWS MISSIONS TO MARS, JUPITER AND MORE PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will host a Tweetup for approximately 120 Twitter followers on Monday, June 6. With four space missions launching this year and a ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.cbrown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-084 NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO TAKE A JOURNEY TOWARD INTERSTELLAR SPACE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a special Science Update at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 28, to discuss the unprecedented journey of NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft to the edge of our solar system. The event will be held in NASA headquarters' ...Continue Reading

April 21, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov Maria Martinez Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 210-522-3305 maria.martinez@swri.org RELEASE: 11-118 NASA SPACECRAFT REVEALS DRAMATIC CHANGES IN MARS' ATMOSPHERE WASHINGTON -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 21 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 111 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1190 N14W94 339 0060 Cao 02 02 Beta 1191 N07W39 284 0015 Hrx 02 01 Alpha 1193 N16W20 ...Continue Reading