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01/28/12--04:51: Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 27 January 2012 (chan 1689908)

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 27 January 2012


01/28/12--04:51: NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, January 27, 2012 (chan 1689908)

NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, January 27, 2012


01/28/12--04:53: NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 January 2012 (chan 1689908)

Sleep Cycle Shift: In preparation for tonight's docking of Progress M-14/46P (#414) at ~7:09pm EST, the crew's sleep cycle was adjusted today, with a 4h 30m "nap" inserted to extend working hours until 1:30am tomorrow morning.


01/28/12--04:54: Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires (chan 1689908)

Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires


01/28/12--04:55: NASA Updates Media Two Shuttle Move Photo Opportunity (chan 1689908)

NASA Updates Media Two Shuttle Move Photo Opportunity


01/28/12--04:56: NASA Announcement NRA: NNJ12ZSA001N Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology (chan 1689908)

NASA Announcement NRA: NNJ12ZSA001N Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology


01/28/12--04:57: NASA to Host Disaster Resiliency Management Panel (chan 1689908)

NASA to Host Disaster Resiliency Management Panel


01/29/12--03:05: NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 January 2012 (chan 1689908)

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.


01/29/12--03:06: Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 28 January 2012 (chan 1689908)

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 28 January 2012


01/29/12--03:32: Space Weather Center to Add World's First 'Ensemble Forecasting' Capability (chan 1689908)

By the time it's fully awake in about 20 months, the team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., charged with researching and tracking solar activity, will have at their disposal a greatly enhanced forecasting capability.


01/29/12--03:36: SwRI-led RAD measures radiation from solar storm (chan 1689908)

The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and MSL travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the radiation a human astronaut could be exposed to en route to the Red Planet.


01/30/12--03:24: Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 January 2012 (chan 1689908)

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 January 2012


01/30/12--03:26: ILS Proton Launch of SES-4 Satellite Postponed (chan 1689908)

ILS Proton Launch of SES-4 Satellite Postponed


01/30/12--03:27: NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 29 January 2012 (chan 1689908)

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday - Crew off duty. Ahead: Week 10 of Increment 30 (six-person crew).


01/30/12--03:28: NASA Marshall Researcher Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou Receives 2012 Dannie Heineman Prize in Astrophysics (chan 1689908)

NASA Marshall Researcher Dr. Chryssa Kouveliotou Receives 2012 Dannie Heineman Prize in Astrophysics