July 27, 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: 11-247 NASA'S WISE MISSION FINDS FIRST TROJAN ASTEROID SHARING EARTH'S ORBIT WASHINGTON -- Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-246 NASA AWARDS SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the inaugural class of Space Technology Research Fellows. Eighty-one students will receive graduate student fellowships from NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist to pursue master's or doctoral degrees in relevant space technology disciplines at their respective institutions. This first class of Space Technology ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN ARGENTINA A dust storm blew through Argentina in late July 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51467&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Jul 25, 2011 (Posted on Jul 26, 2011 3:11 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN THE MISSOURI BASIN Record snowmelt and ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-251 NASA'S JUPITER-BOUND JUNO SPACECRAFT MATED TO ITS ROCKET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Juno spacecraft completed its last significant terrestrial journey on Wednesday, with a 15-mile (25-kil ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Priscilla Vega Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-1357 priscilla.r.vega@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-157 NASA TO UNVEIL FULL-FRAME IMAGE OF VESTA AT NEWS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference on Monday, Aug. 1, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss the Dawn spacecraft's successful orbit insertion around Vesta on July 15 and unveil the first full-frame image ...Continue Reading

July 27, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 11-247 NASA'S CHANDRA OBSERVATORY IMAGES GAS FLOWING TOWARD BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON -- The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays. The observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will help tackle two of the most fundamental problems in modern astrophysics: und ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1831 Issue Time: 2011 Jul 27 1214 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1830 Begin Time: 2011 Jul 20 1250 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1746 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 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Jul 27 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 208 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jul 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1260 N20E45 357 0120 Dao 10 08 Beta 1261 N16E74 330 0200 Dho 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

July 26, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-249 NASA AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DISCUSS NEW USES FOR SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) for the International Space Station partner agencies met Tuesday, July 26, to discuss how to use the space station as a test bed for technologies that will enable missions beyond low Earth orbit. The board will begin identifying several specific technolo ...Continue Reading

July 26, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-250 NASA SAFETY CHIEF BRYAN O'CONNOR TO RETIRE WASHINGTON -- Bryan O'Connor, NASA's chief of safety and mission assurance since 2002, has announced plans to retire from the agency on Aug. 31. "Bryan is a fellow Marine, trusted advisor and friend I have been privileged to serve with off and on since our years as plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "I am ...Continue Reading