April 18, 2011 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-073 NASA TO ANNOUNCE AWARDS FOR COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 18, to announce awards for the second round of the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort. These awards are a continuation of ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 18 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 108 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1190 N14W53 337 0310 Dko 08 11 Beta-Gamma 1191 N08E07 278 0070 Cso 09 05 Beta 1193 N16 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 17 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 107 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1190 N14W40 338 0440 Eki 13 24 Beta-Gamma 1191 N08E15 283 0090 Hax 02 01 Alpha 1192 N1 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1787 Issue Time: 2011 Apr 16 1146 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1786 Begin Time: 2011 Apr 14 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1635 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 S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 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 106 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1185 N14W79 030 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1186 N21W65 016 0030 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 1190 N13W26 ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-114 NASA DEVICE INDUCTED INTO SPACE TECHNOLOGY HALL OF FAME HOUSTON -- A rotating device developed by NASA inventors to grow better living tissue specimens was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame Thursday, April 14. The Space Foundation honored the NASA team who created the device, which promises help for seve ...Continue Reading

April 15, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-099 NASA RELEASES STATUS ON OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES WASHINGTON -- On the one year anniversary of NASA's Open Government Initiative, the agency is releasing a detailed assessment on the status of its projects to increase transparency and accountability to the American public. The assessment marks the agency's progress toward more than 150 milestones on 19 open government projects and three f ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- QUIESCENT MOUNT ETNA Even while quiescent, Mount Etna (Italy’s most active volcano) shows signs of life. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50146&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Apr 13, 2011 (Posted on Apr 14, 2011 4:34 PM) ____________________________________________________________ ...Continue Reading

March 29, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-068 NASA OPENS VOTING FOR ORIGINAL SONGS TO AWAKEN NEXT SHUTTLE CREW HOUSTON -- NASA is inviting the public to vote for its favorite original song to wake up space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates during their STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Voting r ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 29 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 88 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1176 S17W11 200 0250 Fki 17 22 Beta-Gamma 1177 N19W17 206 0010 Bxo 02 04 Beta 1178 S15E ...Continue Reading