:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 09 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 68 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1164 N23W71 163 0580 Ekc 11 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1165 S18W92 184 0200 Eki 11 05 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

March 08, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-012 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA awarded Great Southern Engineering of Trinity, Ala., a contract to provide for miscellaneous environmental engineering services. ...Continue Reading

March 08, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-067 NASA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM 'INSPIRED' HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WASHINGTON -- U.S. high school students are invited to participate in NASA's Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, or INSPIRE, through an online learning community. INSPIRE is designed to encourage students in ninth ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA Several planned fires burned in the Australian Alps on March 7, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49579&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 07, 2011 (Posted on Mar 07, 2011 6:12 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is ...Continue Reading

March 08, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-049 NASA HOLDS EVENTS TO PREVIEW FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS HOUSTON -- NASA will preview the final space shuttle missions during media events on Wednesday, March 23, and Thursday, March 24, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. On March 23, reporters are invited to a media availability with three of the four STS-135 ...Continue Reading

March 08, 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 RELEASE: 11-066 NASA HOSTS STS-133 SONG CONTEST WINNER LIVE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON -- For the first time, NASA astronauts aboard an orbiting spacecraft were awakened by a live performance from Mission Control, as Todd Park Mohr and three other members of Big Head Todd and the Monsters performed "Blue Sky" live at 2:23 a.m. CST ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1778 Issue Time: 2011 Mar 08 1346 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1777 Begin Time: 2011 Mar 02 1405 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9302 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

There are 3 messages totalling 145 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #22 2. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE 3. STS-133 MCC Status Report #23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 04:12:49 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #22 STS-133 Report #22 Monday, March 7, 2011 - 2:30 a.m. CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON � Space sh ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 08 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 67 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1164 N24W59 164 0760 Ekc 13 20 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1165 S20W78 184 0420 Fko 16 18 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

March 7, 2011 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-047 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MAKES FINAL RETURN TO EARTH WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, March 9, completing a 13-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. If Discovery ...Continue Reading