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 1, 2014 * NASA’s Orion Spacecraft, Rocket Move Closer to First Flight * The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket that will send NASA’s Orion spacecraft on its first flight test in December was moved to its vertical launch position Oct. 1 at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket is s ...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 1, 2014 * NASA Awards Enterprise-Wide Procurement Contracts * NASA has awarded 56 contracts under the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V. Twenty-three contracts were awarded in the Computer Based Systems, Group A, and 33 contracts were awarded in the Networking/Security/Video and Conference Tools, Group D. All ...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 1, 2014 * NASA Invites Public to Participate in #SkyScience for Earth Science Week * NASA is inviting people around the globe to step outside during Earth Science Week, Oct. 12-18, observe the sky and share their observations as citizen scientists. NASA’s #SkyScience activity is part of an annual educational event orga ...Continue Reading

Folks:             NASA intends to sponsor a contract history of its Near Earth object (NEO) program.  For more details, please see the Request for Information (RFI) at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=704b7cdce1ee03336f75fe6262416acd&tab=core&_cview=0 and contact Raymond Jones with any questions.  Interested parties are encouraged to submit their information per the instructions in this RFI by October 6.  NASA expects to issue ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2125 Issue Time: 2014 Oct 01 1455 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2014 Oct 01 1435 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 upd ...Continue Reading

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:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 01 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 274 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2171 S06W83 267 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2172 S10W57 242 0320 Fkc 16 14 Beta-Gamma 2173 S1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 September 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * World of Change: Shrinking Aral Sea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=eoa-features A massive irrigation project has devastated the Aral Sea over the past 50 years. These images show the decline of the Southern Aral Sea in the past decade, as well as the first steps of recovery in the No ...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 September 30, 2014 * U.S., India to Collaborate on Mars Exploration, Earth-Observing Mission * In a meeting Tuesday in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth and establish a pathway ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MOUNT ONTAKE ERUPTION Japan's second highest volcano, Ontake, unexpectedly erupted in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84456&src=nha *** Image from Sep 27, 2014 (Posted on Sep 29, 2014 3:59 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Ha ...Continue Reading