var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 13, 2015 * New NASA Mission to Study Ocean Color, Airborne Particles and Clouds *  New measurements by NASA’s PACE spacecraft will advance our understanding of how living marine resources respond to a changing climate. NASA pioneered the field of global ocean color observations with the SeaWIFS satellite sensor from 1997 to ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 13, 2015 * NASA Spacecraft in Earth’s Orbit, Preparing to Study Magnetic Reconnection *  The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, March 12, 2015, Florida.Image Credit: NASA Foll ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 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 2015 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 2297 S16W00 197 0340 Dkc 09 20 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2298 S11W52 249 0010 Cro 04 03 Beta 229 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 12, 2015 * Experience NASA at the 2015 SXSW Interactive Festival *  Image Credit: NASA  NASA returns to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival March 13-18, in Austin, Texas to share with festival attendees how technology drives exploration, how we are exploring Earth, the solar system and beyond, updates ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 12, 2015 * NASA’s Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon *  In this artist’s concept, the moon Ganymede orbits the giant planet Jupiter. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed aurorae on the moon generated by Ganymede’s magnetic fields. A saline ocean under the moon’s icy crust best explains ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 11, 2015 * Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan *  ЕСТЬ ПОСАДКА! They have landed! This message was posted to the center screen of the Russian Federal Space Agency's Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia, the moment confirmation was received that the Soyuz carrying three crew members of the Interna ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 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 2015 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 2297 S16E14 196 0350 Dkc 08 19 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2298 S11W38 248 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta IA. ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 11, 2015 * NASA Challenge Invites Students to Help Design Journey to Mars Systems *  The University of Wisconsin-Madison team won the 2011 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge with their X-hab loft model, seen here being moved into the Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU) at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.Image Credit: NA ...Continue Reading

And just like that, a #1 seed has fallen already. “What Lies Below” was cooler than the other side of the pillow (long live Stuart Scott), wiping out Mount Kelud in the data section. There was another upset in the photograph section, where Venice swamped the Grand Canyon. In the other brackets, nearly all of the higher seeds crushed their lower-ranked opponents, making the TE organizers appear wise for a day. #4 seed Bermuda, in the event section, was the highest scorer in round 1, picking up the mantle of small Nort ...Continue Reading

And just like that, a #1 seed has fallen already. “What Lies Below” was cooler than the other side of the pillow (long live Stuart Scott), wiping out Mount Kelud in the data section. There was another upset in the photograph section, where Venice swamped the Grand Canyon. In the other brackets, nearly all of the higher seeds crushed their lower-ranked opponents, making the TE organizers appear wise for a day. #4 seed Bermuda, in the event section, was the highest scorer in round 1, picking up the mantle of small Nort ...Continue Reading