Feb. 18, 2011 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 susan.m.hendrix@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-049 WARM UP AT NASA'S SUN-EARTH DAY TWEETUP; REGISTRATION OPENS FEB. 22 GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA is inviting its Twitter followers to a daylong event revolving around the sun and Earth's relationship. NASA will randomly select 100 registrants to participate in the Sun- ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HAZE OVER EASTERN CHINA Haze hovered over eastern China in mid-February 2011, perhaps accumulating because of a temperature inversion. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49349&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Feb 17, 2011 (Posted on Feb 18, 2011 10:26 AM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new ima ...Continue Reading

Feb. 18, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@nasa.gov Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole.cloutier-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-044 NASA AND PARTNERS NAME UPCOMING SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS HOUSTON -- NASA and its International Space Station partners named crew members for missions aboard the complex that begin in 2013. The crews include NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn of Statesville, N.C., who previously was announced as part of ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 59 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA AWARDS TEST EVALUATION AND SUPPORT TEAM CONTRACT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:46:00 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS TEST EVALUATION AND SUPPORT TEAM CONTRACT Feb.17, 2011 Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #C11-007 NASA AWARDS TEST EVALUATION AND SUPPORT TEAM CONT ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Feb 18 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 49 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Feb 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1158 S19W52 034 0290 Eac 13 17 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1161 N12E13 329 0140 Eac 12 14 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Feb 17 2157 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 47 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Feb 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1157 N19W57 067 0050 Dao 08 09 Beta 1158 S21W27 036 0600 Ekc 12 36 Beta-Gamma-Delta 115 ...Continue Reading

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