May 11, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-146 NASA'S FERMI SPOTS 'SUPERFLARES' IN THE CRAB NEBULA WASHINGTON -- The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times more powerful than any flare previously seen from the object. On April 12, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope first detected the outbu ...Continue Reading

May 11, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Beth Hagenauer Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. 661-276-7960 beth.hagenauer@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-092 NASA EVENT TO SHOWCASE SOFIA SCIENCE, EDUCATION PROJECTS PALMDALE, Calif. -- The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program will showcase its science and education efforts to journalists ...Continue Reading

May 11, 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 Jillian McRae Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4273 jmcrae@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-093 NASA INVITES REPORTERS TO SECOND ANNUAL LUNABOTICS COMPETITION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forty-six teams of undergraduate and graduate students from the United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Colo ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST AND CANADA Annual spring floods affected the Midwestern United States beginning in late February 2011. Flooding continued into April, and also affected parts of Canada. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50561&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 10, 2011 (Posted on May 11, 2 ...Continue Reading

May 11, 2011 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-139 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT CAPTURES FIRST IMAGE OF NEARING ASTEROID WASHINGTON -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn expects to achieve orbit around Vesta on July 16, when the asteroid is about 117 million mi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 11 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 131 Issued at 0030Z on 11 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1203 N18W81 062 0060 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1204 N17W71 052 0050 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 1207 N21W3 ...Continue Reading

May 10, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: 11-091 NASA ANNOUNCES NEW STS-134 PRELAUNCH EVENTS, COUNTDOWN DETAILS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour. Liftoff is planned for 8:56 a. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HONEY PRAIRIE FIRE, GEORGIA Lightning ignited the Honey Prairie Fire in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, on April 28, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50531&src=nha *** ETM+(Landsat 7) image from May 08, 2011 (Posted on May 09, 2011 5:09 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SPRING FLOODS IN T ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 22 2011 May 10 at 10:13 a.m. MDT (2011 May 10 1613 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 2-8 No space weather storms occurred. Outlook For May 11-17 No space weather storms are expected. For current space weather conditions please refer to: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/ http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/ Data used to provide space weather servic ...Continue Reading

May 10, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Cathy Weselby/Nick Veronico Ames Research Center/SOFIA Science Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789/650-604-4589 cathy.weselby@nasa.gov / nveronico@sofia.usra.edu RELEASE: 11-142 NASA SELECTS CLASSROOM TEACHERS FOR SOFIA SCIENCE FLIGHTS MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected six teachers to work with scientists aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) during research fl ...Continue Reading