April 27, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rob Wyman Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-6120/757-912-2973 rob.wyman@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-020 NASA AWARDS KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND CURRICULUM CONTRACT HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA selected InuTeq, LLC in Greenbelt, Md., for a follow-on contract award for support services for the agency's Office of the Chief Engineer's Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL). In ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA Floods struck northeastern Syria in late April 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50331&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 26, 2011 (Posted on Apr 27, 2011 11:27 AM) SPRING FLOODS IN THE U.S. MIDWEST AND CANADA Annual spring floods affected the Midwestern United States be ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 640 2011 Apr 27 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Thanks to Luigi Morielli and Bohdan Zograf for the Italian and Belorussian translations of JSR, see http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/trans.html Shuttle and Station ------------------- Kounotori-2 was unberthed from Harmony at 1343 UTC on Mar 28 and released at 1546 UTC. It was deorbited at 0244 UTC on Mar 30 and reentered the atmos ...Continue Reading

April 27, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-125 NASA RECEIVES EUROPEAN COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) for the International Space Station partner agencies met Wednesday, April 27, to discuss increased efforts to use the station as a test-bed for exploration. The MCB also congratulated the European Space Agency (ESA) on its recent decision to continue station operations to at least 2020. The ...Continue Reading

April 27, 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: 11-127 NASA EXPLORER SCHOOLS SYMPOSIUM SHOWCASES STUDENT RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- Students from across the nation will gather at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 4-7 for the NASA Explorer Schools symposium. Future leaders in science, technology, education and math, or STEM, will present their work to NASA scientists, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 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 117 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1195 S17W25 191 0210 Eho 10 04 Beta 1196 S28E02 164 0005 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1199 N21W23 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST PLUMES OFF LIBYA Dust blew off the coast of Libya in late April 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50231&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 25, 2011 (Posted on Apr 25, 2011 2:55 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50228&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) imag ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 20 2011 April 26 at 10:05 a.m. MDT (2011 April 26 1605 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 18-24 An R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 22 April a 0457Z. Outlook For April 27-May 3 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environ ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rebecca Powell Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia 757-824-1139 rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-126 NASA OFFERS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FLIGHT EXPERIENCES WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Students and educators nationwide will have the opportunity to interact with NASA engineers and scientists through two newly developed NASA flight initiatives. The programs, developed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virg ...Continue Reading

April 26, 2011 Stephanie L. Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-124 NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH WASHINGTON -- NASA invited 150 lucky people to a behind-the-scenes perspective from the press site at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Friday, April 29. The launch is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. EDT. The participants were selected randomly from more than 4,100 online ...Continue Reading