March 22, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-081 NASA USHERS IN NEW SPACE EXPLORATION ERA AT WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY WASHINGTON -- NASA ushered in a new era of space exploration at its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony opening the new Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF). The HIF will support m ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 72 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. EXPEDITION 27 LAUNCH DATE AND NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE UPDATED ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:00:58 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: EXPEDITION 27 LAUNCH DATE AND NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE UPDATED March 21, 2011 Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-064 EXPEDITION 27 LAUNCH DA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 22 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 81 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1175 N12W50 331 0140 Dso 07 13 Beta 1176 S13E81 200 0180 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-064 EXPEDITION 27 LAUNCH DATE AND NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE UPDATED HOUSTON -- The Russian Federal Space Agency has adjusted the launch date for the next three residents of the International Space Station to Monday, April 4 (April 5 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan). The new date enables engineers in Baikonur to complete th ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-082 NASA AND ETSY ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF "SPACE CRAFT" CONTEST WASHINGTON -- During a Friday ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., NASA and Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade arts and crafts, announced the winners of "Space Craft," a contest that received more than 600 entries. Contestants entered an original handmade item or work of art inspired by NASA programs, such as the space shu ...Continue Reading

March 21, 2011 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Joe Caspermeyer Arizona State University, Tempe 480-727-0369 joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: 11-080 SPACEBOUND BACTERIA INSPIRE EARTHBOUND REMEDIES WASHINGTON -- Recent research aboard the space shuttle is giving scientists a better understanding of how infectious disease occurs in space and could someday improve astronaut health and provide novel treatments for people on Earth. "With our s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI NEAR SENDAI, JAPAN On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, triggering a large tsunami across the Pacific Ocean and inundating Japan's coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49756&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Mar 18, 2011 (Posted on Mar 18, ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 21 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 80 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1173 S29W13 307 0020 Bxo 04 05 Beta 1174 N23W76 011 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1175 N14W36 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 20 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 79 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1173 S30E01 307 0020 Bxo 06 06 Beta 1174 N23W63 011 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1175 N14W22 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 19 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 78 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1173 S29E14 307 0030 Cro 07 09 Beta 1175 N13W09 330 0020 Cro 05 06 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...Continue Reading