There is 1 message totalling 79 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA ASTRONAUTS CHALLENGE EARTHLINGS TO CHESS REMATCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:51:05 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUTS CHALLENGE EARTHLINGS TO CHESS REMATCH April 28, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Glenn Petersen U.S. Chess Federation, Crossville, Tenn ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 30 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 120 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1195 S15W65 192 0170 Dho 08 04 Beta 1196 S30W45 172 0010 Bxo 01 02 Beta 1199 N18W62 ...Continue Reading

April 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 RELEASE: 11-130 NASA RESETS SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S LAUNCH FOR NO EARLIER THAN MAY 2 WASHINGTON -- NASA managers met Friday to discuss the status of space shuttle Endeavour's launch to the International Space Station. The launch was postponed because of a heater issue associated with the shuttle's hydraulic power sys ...Continue Reading

April 29, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 240-684-0821 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-022 NASA AWARDS SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING AND TEST SERVICES CONTRACTS GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA has awarded five indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity sole source contracts to Aerospace Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., for specialized engineering, evaluation and ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- SEVERE TORNADO OUTBREAK IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES The deadliest tornado outbreak since 1974 hit the United States on April 27, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50370&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 28, 2011 (Posted on Apr 29, 2011 1:29 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHaz ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Apr 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 119 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Apr 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1195 S18W52 192 0220 Dho 10 06 Beta 1196 S23W32 172 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 1199 N18W48 ...Continue Reading

April 28, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov Glenn Petersen U.S. Chess Federation, Crossville, Tenn. 732-252-8388 gpetersen@uschess.org RELEASE: 11-129 NASA ASTRONAUTS CHALLENGE EARTHLINGS TO CHESS REMATCH HOUSTON -- NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Greg H. Johnson, who will launch into space Friday, April 29, are challenging the people of ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE SWARM NEAR HAWTHORNE, NEVADA For most of April 2010, a swarm of earthquakes has shaken the ground near Hawthorne, Nevada. The small- and medium-sized earthquakes are concentrated near Buller Mountain. Over 400 earthquakes above magnitude 1.0 have occurred in the area since April 10, up to a magnitude of 4.6. ...Continue Reading

This message is to inform you that the transition to the new web interfaces has been complete. Below is a summary of the major changes to the FTP, OPeNDAP and Web Sites: 1. FTP Site (ftp://podaac-ftp.jpl.nasa.gov) ----------------------------------------------------------- The FTP top-level layout is standardized across all datasets according to the following structure: /alldata/projectName/processingLevel/date ** Be aware that any scripts that currently crawl the FTP site will break. 2. OPeNDAP (http://pod ...Continue Reading

April 28, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-128 NASA'S SWIFT AND HUBBLE PROBE ASTEROID COLLISION DEBRIS WASHINGTON -- Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named Scheila had unexpectedly brightened, and it was sporting short-lived plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite and Hubble Space Telescope showed these changes likely occurred a ...Continue Reading