March 10, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Gretchen Curtis/Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3460/650-604-4110 gretchen.curtis@nasa.gov/jessica.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-070 NASA TO HOST OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT MARCH 29-30 IN CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a summit about open source software development on March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The e ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 14 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 73 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N10W65 092 0640 Ekc 11 14 Beta-Gamma 1169 N20W34 060 0290 Cro 13 17 Beta 1172 N12E ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 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 70 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N09W26 092 0750 Ekc 13 25 Beta-Gamma 1167 N12W66 131 0010 Bxo 03 02 Beta 1169 N20E ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-011 NASA MAKES SELECTION FOR ACQUISITION AND BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected AL-Razaq Computing Services of Houston to provide acquisition and business support services to the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in ...Continue Reading

March 10, 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 MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-046 NASA UNVEILING NEW ROCKET INTEGRATION FACILITY AT WALLOPS WASHINGTON -- NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT on March 22. The Horizontal Integration Facility will support medium-class mission capabilities. The ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-052 NASA MEDIA TELECON PREVIEWS FIRST SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT MERCURY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 15, to discuss the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ran ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-072 NASA SEEKS PARTNERS TO MANAGE NIGHT ROVER, NANO-SAT LAUNCHER CHALLENGES WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking partner organizations to manage the agency's upcoming Night Rover and Nano-Satellite Launcher Centennial Challenges. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding. The challenges are extended to indi ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 12 2011 March 10 at 11:09 a.m. MST (2011 March 10 1809 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For February 28-March 06 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 01 March due to flare activity from active Region 1164. Outlook For March 09-15 Isolated R1 (Minor) radiation storms are possible through 15 March. Data used to provide space weather servi ...Continue Reading

There are 4 messages totalling 226 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #26 2. STS-133 MCC Status Report #27 3. NASA TV TO COVER SOYUZ LANDING AND LAUNCH EVENTS 4. NASA ANNOUNCES TWEETUP FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S FINAL LIFT OFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 02:47:36 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #26 STS-133 Report #26 Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 2:45 a.m. CST Mission Control C ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 10 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 69 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1164 N23W84 164 0350 Dai 10 09 Beta-Gamma 1166 N09W12 092 0630 Ekc 13 55 Beta-Gamma-Delt ...Continue Reading