var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option February 10, 2015 * Critical NASA Science Returns to Earth aboard SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft *  SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft departed the space station with 3,700 pounds of cargo Feb. 10, 2015, for a 7:44 p.m. EST splashdown in the Pacific, 259 miles southwest of Long Beach, California.Image Credit: NASA  SpaceX's Dragon cargo ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 11 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 42 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2277 N08W94 326 0030 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2280 S07W53 284 0300 Ekc 11 17 Beta-Gamma-Delta 22 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (10 February 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Growing Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/wax_lake.php?src=eoa-features While the sea overtakes much of the delta plain of the Mississippi River, sediment from the Atchafalaya River is building two new deltas to the west. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobserva ...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 February 10, 2015 * NASA TV to Air Interactive Women in STEM Event *  Expedition 42 crew members Samantha Cristoforetti and Elena Serova on board the International Space Station.Image Credit: Roscosmos  NASA experts, including crew members aboard the International Space Station, will answer questions about science, technol ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2015 The SST data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) will no longer be produced by Remote Sensing Systems after Feb 14, 2015 because of quality issues.  See this link for details on the degradation of data from this mission: http://www.remss.com/node/5129 The following datasets are impacted: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TMI-REMSS-L2P-v4 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-TMI TMI SST users shou ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 10 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 41 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2277 N09W83 328 0050 Cso 05 08 Beta 2280 S07W40 285 0260 Ekc 11 16 Beta-Gamma-Delta 228 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRE IN SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA A vigorous bushfire threatened homes in Western Australia in February 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85225&src=nha *** Image from Feb 04, 2015 (Posted on Feb 04, 2015 3:26 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ...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 February 9, 2015 * NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman to Visit Baltimore Area, Media Invited *  NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, conducts a session with the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test (BCAT) experiment at a workstation in the Harmony node of the International Space Station in June 2014.Image Credit: NASA  ...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 February 9, 2015 * NASA TV Coverage Set for NOAA DSCOVR Launch Feb. 10 * The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) now is scheduled to launch at 6:05 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 10 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. There is a backup launch opportunity at 6:03 p.m. on W ...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 February 9, 2015 * NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members *  (Top left to bottom right) Expedition 48: Jeff Williams, NASA, Alexey Ovchinin, Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Oleg Skripochka, Roscosmos. Expedition 48/49: Kate Rubins, NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin, Roscosmos, and Takuya Onishi, Japan Aeros ...Continue Reading