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 23, 2014 * NASA Selects Commercial Space Partners for Collaborative Partnerships * NASA announced Tuesday the selection of four U.S. companies to collaborate with NASA through unfunded partnerships to develop new space capabilities available to the government and other customers. The partnerships build on the success of 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 January 8, 2015 * NASA Satellite Set to Get the Dirt on Soil Moisture *  Click this link or the image above to view the videoNASA's next mission to study Earth is a soil moisture mapper know as SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive). Data from SMAP will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cyc ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 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 9 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2253 S06W57 002 0090 Esi 14 15 Beta 2255 S14W16 321 0060 Hsx 03 05 Alpha 2257 N05W16 3 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 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 8 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2251 S13W89 048 0050 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2252 S19W66 025 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2253 S06W44 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 07 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 7 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2251 S13W74 046 0060 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2252 S20W54 026 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2253 S06W30 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (06 January 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Plume from the Fraser River http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85028&src=eoa-iotd * Floating Forests Revealed http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85023&src=eoa-iotd * Stable Fedchenko http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84996&src=eoa-iotd * Progreso's Prolonged Pier http://ear ...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 January 6, 2015 * NASA Administrator, Media Tour Bally, Pa. Advanced Materials Manufacturer Jan. 9 *  Bally Ribbon Mills in Bally, Pa., has developed a 3D continuous weaving method that produces multi-layer textiles for a wide range of applications, including the critical thermal protection systems for NASA's Orion spacecraft. Ima ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 06 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 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2251 S13W60 045 0070 Dao 07 03 Beta 2252 S19W41 026 0010 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2253 S07W18 0 ...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 January 5, 2015 * NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole *  Chandra observations of the Perseus and Virgo galaxy clusters suggest turbulence may be preventing hot gas there from cooling, addressing a long-standing question of galaxy clusters do not form large numbers of stars. Image Credit: NAS ...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 January 5, 2015 * Student Scientists Persevere, Ready to Launch Experiments to Space Station * Students will look to the skies this week when SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station lifts off at 6:18 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX's ...Continue Reading