var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 19, 2014 * Video Gives Astronaut’s-Eye View Inside NASA’s Orion Spacecraft *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoNew video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the vehicle endured as it returned through Earth’s atmosphere during its Dec. 5 flight test.I ...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 December 19, 2014 * SpaceX Completes First Milestone for Commercial Crew Transportation System * NASA has approved the completion of SpaceX’s first milestone in the company’s path toward launching crews to the International Space Station (ISS) from U.S. soil under a Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) con ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 19 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 353 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2235 S07W44 265 0060 Cao 01 04 Beta 2236 N32W17 240 0100 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2237 S13W27 ...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 December 18, 2014 * NASA’s Orion Arrives Back at Kennedy, Media Invited to View Spacecraft *  NASA’s Orion spacecraft returned to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Dec. 18, 2014. The spacecraft flew to an altitude of 3,600 miles in space during a Dec. 5 flight test designed to stress many of the riskiest events Orion will see ...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 December 18, 2014 * NASA, SpaceX Update Launch of Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station * NASA and SpaceX announced today the launch of SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station now will occur no earlier than Tuesday, Jan. 6. The new launch date will provide SpaceX engineers time ...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 December 18, 2014 * NASA’s Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission *  The artistic concept shows NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft operating in a new mission profile called K2. Using publicly available data, astronomers have confirmed K2's first exoplanet discovery proving Kepler can still find planets.Image Credit ...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 December 18, 2014 * NASA, Planetary Scientists Find Meteoritic Evidence of Mars Water Reservoir * This illustration depicts Martian water reservoirs. Recent research provides evidence for the existence of a third reservoir that is intermediate in isotopic composition between the Red Planet’s mantle and its current atmosphere. These results s ...Continue Reading

December 18, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the "RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites" dataset produced by the RapidScat Science Data Systems Team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). This dataset consists of the version 1 Level 2B (L2B) science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the RapidScat Ku-band scatterometer, which was designed from the recycled parts of the SeaWinds/QuikSCAT test inst ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 18 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 352 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2230 S14W88 324 0060 Hax 03 01 Alpha 2234 N05W84 320 0080 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2235 S07W29 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- HOLIDAY LIGHTS FROM SPACE A new analysis of satellite data reveals increases in holiday lighting in the United States and the Middle East. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84926&src=nha *** Image from (Posted on Dec 16, 2014 3:09 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84923 ...Continue Reading