var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 10, 2014 * NASA Signs Lease with Planetary Ventures LLC for Use of Moffett Airfield and Restoration of Hangar One * Deal Part of Agency Effort to Reduce Costs, Surplus Property In an effort to reduce costs and shed surplus property, NASA today signed a lease with Planetary Ventures, LLC to manage Moffett Federal Airfield (MF ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN INDIA In late-October and November, farmers in northern India burn off crop debris, a practice known as stubble burning. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84680&src=nha *** Image from Oct 30, 2014 (Posted on Nov 05, 2014 9:36 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- SNOW IN RUS ...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 November 9, 2014 * Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan *  European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (left), Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev (center) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman pose for a portrait in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. The three crew members of Expedition 41 returned ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-45 2014 November 9 at 8:11 p.m. MST (2014 November 10 0311 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 3-9 Radio blackouts reaching the R1 (minor) level were observed on 03 - 06 November and again on 09 November. R2 (moderate) radio blackouts were observed on 03, 04 and 06 November while R3 (strong) radio blackouts were observed on 07 November. This activi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Nov 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 314 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Nov 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2201 S05W76 093 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2205 N15E05 012 0350 Ekc 14 31 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Nov 09 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 313 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Nov 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2201 S05W62 092 0020 Bxo 04 03 Beta 2203 N13W84 114 0020 Hsx 05 01 Alpha 2204 N06W45 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Nov 08 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 312 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Nov 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2201 S04W48 091 0070 Cao 08 10 Beta 2203 N12W70 113 0020 Hsx 09 01 Alpha 2204 N06W30 ...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 November 7, 2014 * NASA Television to Provide Coverage of European Mission Comet Landing *  This artist's concept of the Rosetta mission's Philae lander on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is from an animation showing the upcoming deployment of Philae and its subsequent science operations on the surface of the comet. Image ...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 November 7, 2014 * Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere *  Artist’s concept of Comet Siding Spring approaching Mars, shown with NASA’s orbiters preparing to make science observations of this unique encounter.Image Credit: NASA/JPL Two NASA and one European spacecraft that obtained the first up-close obser ...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 November 7, 2014 * NASA Tests Revolutionary Shape Changing Aircraft Flap for the First Time *  For taxi testing on Oct. 31, 2014 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, in California, the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) flap was extended to 20 degrees deflection. Flight results will validate whether ...Continue Reading