March 16th 2011 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N12W91 092 0150 Dai 09 05 Beta-Gamma 1169 N17W60 060 0340 Dhc 09 10 Beta-Gamma 117 ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PDT
March 15, 2011 J. D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/202-358-1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones/Elizabeth Zubritsky Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/301-614-5438 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov/elizabeth.a.zubritsky@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-076 NASA LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DELIVERS TREASURE TROVE OF DATA WASHINGTON -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust stirred in the Taklimakan Desert in early to mid-March 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49659&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 14, 2011 (Posted on Mar 14, 2011 5:31 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49655&src= ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PDT
March 15, 2011 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-385-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-075 WHEELS UP FOR NASA MISSION'S MOST EXTENSIVE ARCTIC ICE SURVEY WASHINGTON -- Researchers and flight crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, on Monday, March 14, for the start of NASA's 2011 Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in Arctic polar ice. This year's plans include surveys of Can ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PDT
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 13 2011 March 15 at 10:31 a.m. MDT (2011 March 15 1631 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 7-13 A category G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm occurred on 11 March due to the mixed effects of a coronal hole high-speed stream and the arrival of a coronal mass ejection. A category S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm was observed from 8-10 March due to solar acti ...Continue Reading
March 15th 2011 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 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 74 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N09W78 091 0450 Dao 10 09 Beta-Gamma 1169 N18W47 060 0360 Dao 09 08 Beta-Gamma 117 ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2011 PDT
March 14, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Donna Weaver/ Adam Riess Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493/410-516-4474 dweaver@stsci.edu/ariess@stsci.edu RELEASE: 11-073 NASA'S HUBBLE RULES OUT ONE ALTERNATIVE TO DARK ENERGY WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have ruled out an alternate theory on the nature of dark energy after ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2011 PDT
March 14, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Josh Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1130 jbuck@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-013 NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN REPEATS CALL FOR AMERICAN-MADE COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVE WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $753 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related se ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2011 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 5 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI NEAR SENDAI, JAPAN On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, triggering a large tsunami across the Pacific Ocean and inundating Japan's coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49637&src=nha *** MISR(Terra) image from Mar 12, 201 ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2011 PDT
March 14, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601/1761 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov/sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-054 NASA LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE, CELEBRATES WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION WASHINGTON -- NASA will debut its new Women@NASA website during a Women's History Month event at the agency's Headquarters in Washington at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 16. Approximately 200 local students from elementary through high school level wi ...Continue Reading
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