March 14, 2011 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Donna Weaver/ Adam Riess Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4493/410-516-4474 dweaver@stsci.edu/ariess@stsci.edu RELEASE: 11-073 NASA'S HUBBLE RULES OUT ONE ALTERNATIVE TO DARK ENERGY WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have ruled out an alternate theory on the nature of dark energy after ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2011 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov Josh Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1130 jbuck@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-013 NASA EXTENDS CREW FLIGHT CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN REPEATS CALL FOR AMERICAN-MADE COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVE WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $753 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related se ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 5 new images) -- EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI NEAR SENDAI, JAPAN On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, triggering a large tsunami across the Pacific Ocean and inundating Japan's coast. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49637&src=nha *** MISR(Terra) image from Mar 12, 201 ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2011 Ann Marie Trotta/Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601/1761 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov/sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-054 NASA LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE, CELEBRATES WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION WASHINGTON -- NASA will debut its new Women@NASA website during a Women's History Month event at the agency's Headquarters in Washington at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 16. Approximately 200 local students from elementary through high school level wi ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1780 Issue Time: 2011 Mar 13 1510 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Mar 13 1455 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for corre ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 13 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 72 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N09W52 091 0770 Ekc 13 29 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1169 N19W22 061 0260 Ekc 13 17 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 12 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 71 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N09W39 092 0690 Ekc 13 47 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1169 N20W09 062 0250 Eki 13 26 Beta-Gamm ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-055 NASA'S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR AT LAUNCH PAD, LIFTOFF PRACTICE SET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming flight to the International S ...Continue Reading

March 10, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Gretchen Curtis/Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3460/650-604-4110 gretchen.curtis@nasa.gov/jessica.culler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-070 NASA TO HOST OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT MARCH 29-30 IN CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a summit about open source software development on March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The e ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Mar 14 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 73 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Mar 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1166 N10W65 092 0640 Ekc 11 14 Beta-Gamma 1169 N20W34 060 0290 Cro 13 17 Beta 1172 N12E ...Continue Reading