May 3, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-134 NASA'S GRAVITY PROBE B CONFIRMS TWO EINSTEIN SPACE-TIME THEORIES WASHINGTON -- NASA's Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission has confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which the spacecraft was designed to test. The experiment, launched in 2004, used four ultra-precise gyroscopes to measure the hypothesized geodetic e ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 88 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. HOUSTONS ONLY NATIVE NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT CITY HALL 2. NASA ASTRONAUT PIERS SELLERS RETURNS TO GODDARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 14:07:24 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: HOUSTONS ONLY NATIVE NASA ASTRONAUT TO VISIT CITY HALL May 3, 2011 Brenda Cabaniss Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-8860 Report #JA11-005 HOUSTON�S ONLY NATIVE NASA ASTRONAUT TO VI ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1792 Issue Time: 2011 May 04 0511 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1791 Begin Time: 2011 May 01 0035 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 12146 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 May 04 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 124 Issued at 0030Z on 04 May 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1200 S18W49 122 0030 Cro 08 10 Beta 1203 N17E11 063 0120 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 1204 N17E26 ...Continue Reading

May 3, 2011 Brian Dunbar Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0873 brian.dunbar@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-136 TWO NASA SITES WIN WEBBY AWARDS WASHINGTON -- Two NASA websites have been recognized in the 15th Annual Webby Awards -- the leading international honor for the world's best Internet sites. NASA's main website, www.NASA.gov, received its third consecutive People's Voice Award for best government site. NASA's Global Climate Change site, which won last year's People's Voice Award for science, won the 2011 j ...Continue Reading

May 03, 2011 Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-133 NASA DAWN SPACECRAFT REACHES MILESTONE APPROACHING ASTEROID Dwayne C. Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl.nasa.gov WASHINGTON -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has reached its official approach pha ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #11- 21 2011 May 03 at 12:13 p.m. MDT (2011 May 03 1813 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 25-May 1 A category G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm occurred on 29 April from 29/2100-30/0000 UTC due to a coronal hole high speed stream. Outlook For May 4-10 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOA ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- WIDESPREAD FIRES IN MEXICO Dry, windy conditions fueled numerous fires across Mexico in late April and early May 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50420&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 27, 2011 (Posted on May 02, 2011 4:42 PM) WILDFIRES IN TEXAS Low humidity, dry vegetation, and high winds fueled ...Continue Reading

Listserv readers and intern coordinators:      We are currently accepting applications for fall 2011 semester interns.  The deadline for applications is June 1. Please see our _http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm_ page for more details and feel free to spread this information.  Thanks very much.      -Steve Garber   Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Mail Suite CO72, Room 5N11 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 202-358-2866 fax ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 61 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC Contractor Partnership Hosts E-Waste Recycle Event ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 11:10:51 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC Contractor Partnership Hosts E-Waste Recycle Event 04.29.11 Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Report #J11-015 JSC Contractor Partnership Hosts E-Waste Recycle Event HOUSTON � On May 7, the Johnson Space ...Continue Reading