March 1, 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: M11-042 NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SET FOR FINAL TRIP TO LAUNCH PAD CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Journalists are invited to cover space shuttle Endeavour's move from the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, to Launch Pad 39A on Wednesday, March 9, at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente ...Continue Reading

March 1, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov George H. Diller NASA Vandenberg Resident Office, Calif. 805-605-3051 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-041 NASA'S GLORY SATELLITE SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH ON MARCH 4 WASHINGTON -- NASA's Glory spacecraft is scheduled for launch on Friday, March 4. Technical issues with ground support equipment for the Taurus XL launch vehicle led to the scrub of the original Feb. 23 launch attempt. Tho ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 10 2011 March 01 at 8:35 a.m. MST (2011 March 01 1535 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 21-27 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For March 2-8 Radio blackouts reaching the R1 (Minor) level are likely. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 (Minor) level are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOA ...Continue Reading

There are 3 messages totalling 133 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #08 2. NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT 3. STS-133 MCC Status Report #09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:24:18 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #08 STS-133 Report #08 6 a.m. CST Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas HOUSTON � The first planned spacewalk ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 01 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 60 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1163 N18E19 178 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1164 N26E33 164 0350 Ehc 12 19 Beta-Gamma 1165 S21 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 28, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-040 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA TELECONFERENCE TO EXPLAIN MISSING SUNSPOTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 3, to discuss the first computer model that explains the recent period of decreased solar activity during the sun's 11-year cycle. The recent solar minimum, a period ...Continue Reading

Feb. 28, 2011 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-053 FIRST NASA ASTRONAUT TO "CHECK IN" FROM SPACE HOSTS DC TWEETUP WASHINGTON -- NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with astronaut Doug Wheelock at 3 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 16. The event will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. Wheelock posted images he took of Earth from the International Spa ...Continue Reading

Feb. 28, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-009 NASA AWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA has selected Navarro Research and Engineering Inc. of Oak Ridge, Tenn., to provide environmental management and services at the agency's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. The White Sands Test Facility Environmen ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust blew through the Taklimakan Desert at the end of February 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49473&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 28, 2011 (Posted on Feb 28, 2011 12:34 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN W ...Continue Reading

Feb. 28, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-039 MEDIA INVITED TO VIEW SPACE STATION CARGO FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will host a media event at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 10, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the cargo of the next space shuttle flight. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a sophisticated science ins ...Continue Reading