Feb. 17, 2011 Trent Perrotto/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321/ 202-358-1726 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov / dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-036 NASA HIGHLIGHTS AT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE ANNUAL MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA researchers will discuss a wide range of scientific and space exploration topics at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The meeting takes place Feb. 17-21 at the Walter E. Washi ...Continue Reading

Feb. 17, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-007 NASA AWARDS TEST EVALUATION AND SUPPORT TEAM CONTRACT HOUSTON -- NASA selected Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., to provide test evaluation and support services at the agency's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. The Test Evaluation and Support Team - or TEST - co ...Continue Reading

Feb. 17, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Rachel Kraft Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-048 NASA SEEKS K-12 EDUCATORS TO DEFY GRAVITY, CONDUCT RESEARCH WASHINGTON -- For the first time, NASA is offering teachers from across the country an opportunity usually reserved for researchers -- the chance to design a science experiment and then test it aboard a microgravity research plane. Proposals should be subm ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OFF OMAN Dust blew off the coast of Oman and over the Arabian Sea in mid-February 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49334&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 13, 2011 (Posted on Feb 17, 2011 1:11 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Ha ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Feb 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 48 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Feb 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1157 N19W70 066 0010 Bxo 08 02 Beta 1158 S21W39 033 0620 Ekc 13 19 Beta-Gamma-Delta 116 ...Continue Reading

Feb. 16, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-030 NASA TELECONFERENCE ABOUT NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT OF SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA released a final version of a cooperative agreement notice (CAN) for an independent, nonprofit research management organization to stimulate, develop and manage U.S. use of the International Space Station National Laboratory. The agreement pertains to operations other than NASA's exploration missions. The agency will hold ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HEAVY SNOW ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA By mid-February 2011, snowfall extended along the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. The snow was heavy enough to collapse some homes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49285&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Feb 14, 2011 (Posted on Feb 15, 2011 3:44 PM) ----------- ...Continue Reading

Feb. 16, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-045 HERSCHEL MEASURES DARK MATTER REQUIRED FOR STAR-FORMING GALAXIES WASHINGTON -- The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed how much dark matter it takes to form a new galaxy bursting with stars. Herschel is a European Space Agency cornerstone mission supported with ...Continue Reading

PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE: PO.DAAC's website: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov, Beta site http://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/, and all PO.DAAC data tools and services (including POET, FTP, OpeNDAP, and Aspera sites) will be unavailable for approximately 4 hours on Monday, February 21st, starting at 8:00am PST due to scheduled system maintenance activities. -------------------------------------------------------------------- User Services Office Physical Oceanography DAAC       Email:   podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa ...Continue Reading

Feb. 15, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov Blaine Friedlander Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 607-254-6235 bpf2@cornell.edu RELEASE: 11-046 NASA RELEASES IMAGES OF MAN-MADE CRATER ON COMET PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has a fragile ...Continue Reading