March 17th 2011 PST
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 17 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 76 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1169 N17W75 062 0260 Dhi 09 09 Beta-Gamma 1172 N11E02 345 0000 Axx 01 01 Alpha 1173 S28 ...Continue Reading
March 17th 2011 PST
Jonathan's Space Report No. 639 2011 Mar 16 Somerville, MA, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best wishes to my colleagues and readers in Japan. I understand that ISAS/Sagamihara is largely undamaged, but the ISS control center at JAXA/Tsukuba is out of action for the time being, thankfully with no casualties. I have not yet heard reports from the Kakuda hypersonic propulsion research center at Miyagi, near the epicenter. I expe ...Continue Reading
March 17th 2011 PST
March 16, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-079 NASA CELEBRATES TRAILBLAZERS DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENT WASHINGTON -- NASA's women took the spotlight Wednesday in a Women's History Month event showcasing their achievements in aeronautics and space exploration initiatives. The event gave students a chance to interact with an astronaut and other women working in science and technology careers. NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver ...Continue Reading
March 17th 2011 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 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=49672&src=nha *** ASTER(Terra) image from Mar 14, 2011 (Posted on Mar 1 ...Continue Reading
March 17th 2011 PST
The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the "Preview" release of "QuikSCAT Level 3 Near-Coast Wind and Stress Fields with Enhanced Coverage for the US West Coast" produced by Dr. Barry Vanhoff, Mr. Craig Risien, and Dr. Ted Strub at the Oregon State University (OSU). This is part of a larger effort by Vanhoff et al. in developing "Enhanced Coastal Coverage" datasets to substantially improve coastal scatterometer coverage of wind and stress in coastal regions that are of significant importance ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PST
March 16, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-077 EXPEDITION 26 CREW AND CAPSULE LAND SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN WASHINGTON -- Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Wednesday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Kaleri, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as it undocked at 12:27 a.m. E ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PST
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N12W91 092 0150 Dai 09 05 Beta-Gamma 1169 N17W60 060 0340 Dhc 09 10 Beta-Gamma 117 ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PST
March 15, 2011 J. D. Harrington/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241/202-358-1979 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov/michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov Nancy Neal-Jones/Elizabeth Zubritsky Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039/301-614-5438 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov/elizabeth.a.zubritsky@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-076 NASA LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER DELIVERS TREASURE TROVE OF DATA WASHINGTON -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PST
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DUST STORM IN THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT Dust stirred in the Taklimakan Desert in early to mid-March 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49659&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 14, 2011 (Posted on Mar 14, 2011 5:31 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49655&src= ...Continue Reading
March 16th 2011 PST
March 15, 2011 Stephen Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-385-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Sarah DeWitt Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0535 sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-075 WHEELS UP FOR NASA MISSION'S MOST EXTENSIVE ARCTIC ICE SURVEY WASHINGTON -- Researchers and flight crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, on Monday, March 14, for the start of NASA's 2011 Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in Arctic polar ice. This year's plans include surveys of Can ...Continue Reading
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