var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option October 8, 2014 * NASA Premieres ‘Trial By Fire’ Video on Orion’s Flight Test *  Click this link or the image above to view the video  As the flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft nears, the agency released Wednesday a video -- called "Trial By Fire" -- detailing the spacecraft&acir ...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 October 8, 2014 * NASA Selects Three Proposals to Support Behavioral Health and Performance on Deep Space Missions *  Astronaut Mike Fincke holds a light fixture inside of Node 2 on ISS.The fluorescent-based lights currently on ISS will soon be replaced by a customized, dynamic LED system, which NASA-funded Behavioral Health and Performa ...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 October 7, 2014 * Send Your Name on NASA’s Journey to Mars, Starting with Orion’s First Flight * If only your name could collect frequent flyer miles. NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized m ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 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 281 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2178 S02W64 155 0080 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2181 S12W73 164 0070 Cao 07 03 Beta 2182 S15W27 ...Continue Reading

October 7, 2014 Dear wind product user, Please be aware that tomorrow, 8 October, an out of plane manoeuvre of Metop-B will be performed which will lead to a considerable outage time of all Metop-B ASCAT wind products between 8:25 and 16:40 UTC. Best regards, Anton Verhoef KNMI Scatterometer Team http://www.knmi.nl/scatterometer/ For global wind products:  EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice SAF  http://www.osi-saf.org/ For scatterometer processing software:  EUMETSAT Numeri ...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 October 7, 2014 * NASA Lunar Mission Wins 2014 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award * NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission has received the Popular Mechanics 2014 Breakthrough Award for innovation in science and technology. The 10th annual Breakthrough Awards recognize innovators, engineers and scientis ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (07 October 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Rapid Response for a New Wind Instrument http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84513&src=eoa-iotd * The Plumes After the Storm http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84503&src=eoa-iotd * The Persian Gulf, Clear and Clouded http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84490&src=eoa-iotd * Floating ...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 October 7, 2014 * NASA Selects Advanced Oxygen Recovery Proposals for Spacecraft Missions *  In October 2010, aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut and Expedition 25 commander Doug Wheelock installed the Sabatier system, which extracts more water out of the ISS atmosphere. Sabatier creates water from the byproduct ...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 October 7, 2014 * NASA Aeronautics Research Tests New Tool for Early Wildfire Detection *  NASA researcher Mike Logan plans to use this small unmanned aerial vehicle to check for fires at a Virginia-North Carolina wildlife refuge as part of an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceImage Credit: NASA Langley/David C. Bow ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TYPHOON PHANFONE Typhoon Phanfone struck Japan in October 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84510&src=nha *** Image from Oct 05, 2014 (Posted on Oct 06, 2014 5:43 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. ht ...Continue Reading