May 16, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov Lori.J.Rachul Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-8806 lori.j.rachul@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-023 NASA AWARDS AUDIT, ASSESSMENT AND ASSURANCE SERVICES CONTRACT CLEVELAND -- NASA selected Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. of Columbia, Md., to provide safety audits, technical assessments and mission assurance support services for the agency. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite- ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Elizabeth Sabet Random Hacks of Kindness, New York 646-249-3888 elizabeth.sabet@secondmuse.com RELEASE: 11-149 NASA AND TECH PARTNERS ENCOURAGE INFORMATION EXCHANGE WASHINGTON -- NASA, Google, HP, Microsoft, The World Bank and Yahoo! are inviting software developers, independent computer experts and students to participate in the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event on June 4 and 5 at several worldwi ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- GOBI DESERT DUST STORM A new dust storm blew out of the Gobi Desert in early May 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50609&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from May 13, 2011 (Posted on May 13, 2011 2:25 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST AND CA ...Continue Reading

May 16, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-152 NASA'S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR HEADS TO SPACE STATION ON ITS FINAL MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m. EDT Monday. The STS-134 mission is the penultimate orbiter flight and ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 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 136 Issued at 0030Z on 16 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1208 N11W48 323 0050 Eso 12 07 Beta 1210 N18W75 350 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1214 S25E01 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 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 135 Issued at 0030Z on 15 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1208 N11W33 321 0030 Bxo 12 03 Beta 1210 N18W61 350 0020 Hrx 05 01 Alpha 1213 S21W80 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 14 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 134 Issued at 0030Z on 14 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1208 N12W19 321 0020 Bxo 10 08 Beta 1210 N19W48 350 0020 Bxo 05 01 Beta IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

May 13, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Leslie Williams Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-3893 leslie.a.williams@nasa.gov Rachel Hoover Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 rachel.hoover@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-147 NASA SELECTS FIRST PAYLOADS FOR UPCOMING REDUCED-GRAVITY FLIGHTS WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 16 payloads for flights on the commercial Zero-G parabolic air ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SEVERE TORNADO OUTBREAK IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES The deadliest tornado outbreak since 1974 hit the United States on April 27, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50594&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from May 07, 2011 (Posted on May 13, 2011 10:24 AM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 n ...Continue Reading

New Global 1 km Level 4 blended Sea Surface Temperature dataset from GHRSST The Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) blended sea surface temperature (SST) product has been updated to a global version. This is a daily 1 km resolution product funded by the NASA MEaSUREs program to meet the goals of an accurate and consistent retrospective Level 4 SST record. It is is produced at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory by Dr. Mike Chin, and further improves sensor bias corrections over previous versions of the blending alg ...Continue Reading