There is 1 message totalling 43 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TELEVISION TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 09:48:42 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK August 1, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-161 NASA TELEVISION TO BROADCAST SPACE STATI ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 02 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 214 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1260 N18W36 358 0300 Eho 12 16 Beta 1261 N16W08 330 0350 Fkc 16 50 Beta-Gamma-Delta ...Continue Reading

Aug. 1, 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: 11-255 NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO LAUNCH OF JUPITER-BOUND SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to a two-day launch Tweetup Aug. 4-5. The event is expected to culminate in the lift off of the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecra ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Large fires began to pop up across northern Australia in late July 2011 as the winter fire season got underway. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51536&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 30, 2011 (Posted on Jul 31, 2011 8:02 PM) LION FIRE, CALIFORNIA Lightning ignited the Lion Fi ...Continue Reading

August 01, 2011 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Priscilla Vega Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-1357 priscilla.r.vega@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-254 NASA'S DAWN SPACECRAFT BEGINS SCIENCE ORBITS OF VESTA WASHINGTON -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the first ever to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt, is spiraling toward its first of four intensive science orbits. That initial orbit of the rocky world Vesta begins Aug. 11, at an altitude of ...Continue Reading

August 01, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-252 HERSCHEL TELESCOPE DETECTS OXYGEN MOLECULES IN SPACE WASHINGTON -- The Herschel Space Observatory's large telescope and state-of-the-art infrared detectors have provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space. The molecules were discovered in the Orion star-forming complex. ...Continue Reading

August 01, 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: M11-161 NASA TELEVISION TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK HOUSTON -- Two cosmonauts will conduct a six-hour spacewalk on Wednesday, Aug. 3, to continue outfitting the Russian segment of the International Space Station. NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk beginning at 9 a.m. CDT. Expedition 28 R ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 01 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 213 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1260 N19W22 358 0300 Ehi 12 21 Beta-Gamma 1261 N16E05 330 0350 Eki 11 35 Beta-Gamma-D ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jul 31 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 212 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jul 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1260 N19W09 358 0330 Ehi 12 12 Beta 1261 N17E22 327 0350 Dkc 10 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jul 30 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 211 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jul 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1260 N19E03 358 0310 Eai 12 20 Beta-Gamma 1261 N16E33 328 0300 Dai 09 21 Beta-Gamma ...Continue Reading