August 05, 2015 RELEASE RELEASE: 15-164*New Online Tools Bring NASA’s Journey to Mars to New Generation of Explorers* A screen capture from NASA's new Experience Curiosity website shows the rover in the process of taking its own self-portrait. Users can view Mars through the eyes of the rover, using the window in the lower, right corner. The control panel at left helps users navigate the rover itself, and relive some of its actual expeditions on Mars. Visit the website online at: http://eyes.nasa.gov/curiosity/ ...Continue Reading

August 05, 2015 RELEASE 15-163*NASA Notifies Congress About Space Station Contract Modification with Russia* NASA Administrator Charles Bolden sent a letter to Congress Wednesday informing members that, due to continued reductions in the president’s funding requests for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program over the past several years, NASA was forced to extend its existing contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to transport American astronauts to the International Space Station. This contract ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CALIFORNIA In summer 2015, fires charred tens of thousands of acres in California. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86348&src=nha *** Image from Aug 03, 2015 (Posted on Aug 04, 2015 3:29 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Ea ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2222 Issue Time: 2015 Aug 05 1411 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2221 Begin Time: 2015 Aug 03 1630 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1663 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

Please see the attached invitation to apply to the NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.  Thanks to Angel Callahan for forwarding. // Stephen Garber NASA History Program Office Room 5P25 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 202-358-0385 http://history.nasa.gov Forward this Message to a Friend » Subscription Reminder: You're Subscribed to: [NASA REPORTS] using the address: example@example.com From: list.admin@aus-city.com https://aus-city.com Manage Your Subscription &r ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 05 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 217 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2391 N07W32 113 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2393 N18W20 100 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2394 N11E01 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 August 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where Is the Hottest Place on Earth? It Lies Somewhere Between Folklore and Science, the Desert and the City There have been many stories this year about extreme heat, especially right now in the Middle East. Satellite research shows that the world�s hottest spot changes, though the conditions don�t. Think dry, rocky, and dark-colored lands...and cities. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/F ...Continue Reading

August 04, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-117*NASA Deputy Administrator to Tour Composites Technology Center at Marshall* The 21-foot robot arm moves on a track in the Composites Technology Center in NASA’s National Center for Advanced Manufacturing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The robotic system can build large structures held by a rotisserie-like structure. */Credits: NASA/MSFC/Fred Deaton/* Deputy Administrator Dava Newman will tour NASA’s National Center for Advanced Manufactur ...Continue Reading

August 04, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-116*NASA Invites Media to Orion Spacecraft Parachute Test in Arizona*  The three orange and white main parachutes of NASA's Orion spacecraft helped it descend back to Earth after its Dec. 5, 2014 flight test. The parachute system slows Orion from a high-speed reentry through Earth’s atmosphere to a relatively gentle splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. */Credits: NASA/* NASA is inviting media to attend a test of the Orion spacecraft’s parachutes on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at th ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2221 Issue Time: 2015 Aug 04 1221 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2220 Begin Time: 2015 Aug 03 1630 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1156 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading