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

There are 2 messages totalling 107 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA LAUNCHES SPACE WEEK TEXAS 2011 2. MASSACHUSETTS STUDENTS CALL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:49:50 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA LAUNCHES SPACE WEEK TEXAS 2011 March 25, 2011 Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-8609 Lindsay Cunningham Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-2924 Report #JO11-00 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 26 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 85 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1176 S16E30 198 0440 Ehi 13 28 Beta-Gamma 1177 N21E24 204 0040 Cao 04 06 Beta 1178 S15E ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 angela.d.storey@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-014 NASA MAKES SELECTION FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WASHINGTON -- NASA selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va., for the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract. SAIC will provide managerial and technical expertise to suppor ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN ANGOLA AND NAMIBIA Unusually heavy rains in March 2011 flooded parts of Angola and Namibia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49842&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Mar 20, 2011 (Posted on Mar 24, 2011 3:16 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazard ...Continue Reading