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 17, 2014 * NASA Administrator Visits North Texas Air Traffic Management Facilities, Discusses NextGen Development * NASA and aviation partners of the agency's North Texas Research Station (NTX) facility will host a media availability with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at 11:15 a.m. CDT Friday, Sept. 19, in Fort Worth, Tex ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Mars Spacecraft Ready for Sept. 21 Orbit Insertion *  This artist concept depicts the process of orbital insertion of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.Image Credit: NASA/GSFC  NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing ...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 17, 2014 * Hubble Helps Find Smallest Known Galaxy Containing a Supermassive Black Hole *  Artist's View of M60-UCD1 Black HoleImage Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI-RCC14-41a Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground observation have found an unlikely object in an improbable place -- a mo ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Seeks America's Best and Brightest for Space Technology Research Fellowships *  Current NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship recipient Erik Komendera with completed 2D truss structure, assembled and welded using Intelligent Precision Jigging RobotsImage Credit: NASA  NASA is seeking applicatio ...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 17, 2014 * NASA Announces a New Challenge at World Maker Faire * NASA will announce a new challenge to engage the public in the agency’s journey to Mars Saturday, Sept. 20, at the World Maker Faire in New York City. NASA Chief Technologist David Miller will announce the details of the new challenge during a talk in th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 17 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2157 S15W88 097 0050 Cai 04 05 Beta 2158 N16W81 090 0110 Cao 03 02 Beta-Gamma 2163 S15 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 September 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * UN Panel: Ozone Layer on the Road to Recovery http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84382&src=eoa-iotd * Hurricane Odile http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84378&src=eoa-iotd * Polar Mesospheric Clouds, Ukraine http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84357&src=eoa-iotd * Star-Spangled ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Chooses American Companies to Transport U.S. Astronauts to International Space Station Selection * Selection Will Return Launches to America  Image Credit: NASA U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaki ...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 16, 2014 * NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Finds Planet That Makes Star Act Deceptively Old *  A new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows that a giant exoplanet, WASP-18b, is making the star that it orbits very closely act much older than it actually is. This artist’s illustration de ...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 16, 2014 * NASA Airborne Campaigns Focus on Climate Impacts in the Arctic *  Flights are underway from Fairbanks, Alaska, with NASA’s C-130 Hercules aircraft to study the connection between retreating Arctic sea ice and climate change.Image Credit: NASA/Patrick Lynch  Over the past few decades, average global temperatures ...Continue Reading