June 9th 2015 PDT
The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (09 June 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Cyclone Ashobaa over the Arabian Sea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86006&src=eoa-iotd * Last Call for Larsen B http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86002&src=eoa-iotd * Aswan High Dam http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85992&src=eoa-iotd * Canary Islands Kick Up Von Karman Vortic ...Continue Reading
June 9th 2015 PDT
June 09, 2015 RELEASE 15-116*NASA's LDSD Project Completes Second Experimental Test Flight* NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator hangs from a launch tower at U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The saucer-shaped vehicle will test two devices for landing heavy payloads on Mars: an inflatable donut-shaped device and a supersonic parachute. The launch tower helps link the vehicle to a balloon; once the balloon floats up, the vehicle is released from the tower and the balloon carries it ...Continue Reading
June 9th 2015 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2186 Issue Time: 2015 Jun 09 1226 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Jun 09 1210 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading
June 9th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-115*NASA Releases Detailed Global Climate Change Projections* The new NASA global data set combines historical measurements with data from climate simulations using the best available computer models to provide forecasts of how global temperature (shown here) and precipitation might change up to 2100 under different greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has released data showing how temperature and rainfall patterns worldwide may change through the year 2100 beca ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jun 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 160 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jun 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2356 S16W86 200 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2360 N15W17 131 0130 Eac 11 20 Beta-Gamma 2361 N1 ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-089*NASA to Hold Briefing to Discuss Status of ‘Flying Saucer’ Test* NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A post-flight media teleconference will be held at 1 p.m. EDT (7 a.m. HST), Tuesday, June 9 to review the test. Briefing participants are: [*]Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for the Space Tec ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-117*NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Pad Abort Milestone Approval* SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean under three main parachutes following a successful test on May 6, 2015 of the spacecraft's ability to save astronauts in the unlikely event of a life-threatening situation on the launch pad. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has approved a $30 million milestone payment to SpaceX under the agency’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) agreem ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-118*NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars * Researchers have found deposits of impact glass (in green) preserved in Martian craters, including Alga Crater, shown here. The detection is based on data from the instrument Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHUAPL/Univ. of Arizona/* NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN CANADA Fires burned across northern Canada. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85972&src=nha *** Image from May 30, 2015 (Posted on Jun 02, 2015 12:56 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- 2015 HURRICANE SEASON IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC The season started early, with two major ...Continue Reading
June 8th 2015 PDT
June 08, 2015 RELEASE 15-114*NASA Selects Eight Projects for 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge* NASA architects, engineers and scientists are already busy creating sustainable, space-based living quarters, work spaces and laboratories for next-generation human term exploration, including our journey to Mars. This 2011 version of the deep space habitat at the Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) analog field test site in Arizona features a Habitat Demonstration Unit, with the student-built ...Continue Reading
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