April 15, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-099 NASA RELEASES STATUS ON OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES WASHINGTON -- On the one year anniversary of NASA's Open Government Initiative, the agency is releasing a detailed assessment on the status of its projects to increase transparency and accountability to the American public. The assessment marks the agency's progress toward more than 150 milestones on 19 open government projects and three f ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- QUIESCENT MOUNT ETNA Even while quiescent, Mount Etna (Italy’s most active volcano) shows signs of life. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50146&src=nha *** ALI(EO-1) image from Apr 13, 2011 (Posted on Apr 14, 2011 4:34 PM) ____________________________________________________________________ ...Continue Reading

March 29, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-068 NASA OPENS VOTING FOR ORIGINAL SONGS TO AWAKEN NEXT SHUTTLE CREW HOUSTON -- NASA is inviting the public to vote for its favorite original song to wake up space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates during their STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Voting r ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 29 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 88 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1176 S17W11 200 0250 Fki 17 22 Beta-Gamma 1177 N19W17 206 0010 Bxo 02 04 Beta 1178 S15E ...Continue Reading

March 28, 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: M11-069 NASA TO RELEASE MESSENGER'S FIRST ORBITAL IMAGES OF MERCURY MEDIA TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 2 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON -- NASA will release the first orbital image of Mercury's surface, including previously unseen terrain, on Tuesday afternoon, March 29. Severa ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-070 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO SPEAK AT MARYLAND EVENTS THIS WEEK WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will deliver remarks during two events in Maryland this week. The events are open to journalists. Bolden will speak at a luncheon held by the Maryland Space Business Roundtable, an organization encouraging growth and development of aerospace-related business in ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN GEORGIA Dry conditions and strong winds contributed to the growth of several large wildfires in Georgia in late March 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49871&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Mar 25, 2011 (Posted on Mar 26, 2011 2:22 PM) --------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 28 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 87 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1176 S15E02 200 0400 Eki 15 27 Beta-Gamma 1177 N19W02 204 0030 Cro 04 05 Beta 1178 S15E ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 27 0358 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 86 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1176 S16E16 199 0420 Fki 16 28 Beta-Gamma 1177 N20E11 204 0030 Cro 04 05 Beta 1178 S15E ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 27 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 86 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1176 S16E16 199 0420 Fki 16 28 Beta-Gamma 1177 N20E11 204 0030 Cro 04 05 Beta 1178 S15E ...Continue Reading