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 25, 2014 * NASA Awards Agency-wide Helium Contract * NASA has awarded an agency-wide multiple award contract to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Linde, LLC of Murray Hill, New Jersey, consolidating the agency’s requirements for 10.2 million liters of liquid helium and 128.6 million cub ...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 25, 2014 * New Crew Launches to Space Station to Continue Scientific Research *  Three crew members are heading to the International Space Station after launching in a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:25 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 25 (2:25 a.m. Sept. 26 in Baikonur). Soyuz spacecraft launches to IS ...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 25, 2014 * New Crew Launches to Space Station to Continue Scientific Research *  Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), bottom, Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, middle, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos, top, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyu ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BARDARBUNGA VOLCANO In late August and September 2014, this volcano in Iceland began spewing vast amounts of lava. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84431&src=nha *** Image from Sep 20, 2014 (Posted on Sep 24, 2014 3:40 PM) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

September 25, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v3.0 data covering the month of August 2014. Aquarius v3.0 data are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP and also THREDDS.  Links to these and also other Aquarius resources (eg. Aquarius v3.0 documentation package) are available at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/aquarius. Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of Augu ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 25 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 268 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2169 N05W28 292 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2170 N11W26 290 0030 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2171 S11W01 ...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 24, 2014 * NASA Administrator Statement About India's Mars Orbiter Mission * The following statement is from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden about India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM): "We congratulate the Indian Space Research Organisation for its successful arrival at Mars with the Mars Orbiter Mission. "It was ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 24 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 267 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2169 N05W15 292 0020 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 2170 N11W13 290 0050 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2171 S10E11 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (23 September 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Tale of Two Poles http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84418&src=eoa-iotd * Before and After the Sunkosi Landslide http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84406&src=eoa-iotd * Amazon Forest Fires http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84403&src=eoa-iotd * Dust and Clouds Dance Over the ...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 23, 2014 * NASA Manager Honored for Launching New Era of Private-Sector Spacecraft *  Alan Lindenmoyer, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, stands with Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator, shortly after Bolden presented Lindenmoyer the 2014 Samuel J. Heyman Servic ...Continue Reading