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 9, 2014 * NASA Selects Wallops Engineering Services Contract * NASA has awarded a contract to ASRC Space and Defense, Incorporate (AS&D) of Greenbelt, Maryland for the Wallops Engineering Services contract procurement for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s, Wallops Flight Facility, located at Wallops Island, Virginia. ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HAPPY CAMP COMPLEX FIRE, CALIFORNIA Lightning ignited a fire near Happy Camp, California, in August that had burned over 99,000 acres (40,000 hectares) as of September 9, 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84329&src=nha *** Image from Sep 07, 2014 (Posted on Sep 08, 2014 5:44 PM) MEADOW FIRE, CALIFORNIA A ...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 9, 2014 * NASA, Honeywell Bring Hip Hop Physics Tour to Greater Seattle Area * NASA and Honeywell are inviting media to participate in the west coast kickoff of the 10th anniversary celebration of their FMA Live! Forces in Motion tour. The tour show will visit three Seattle-area schools during the week of Sept. 15. The award ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 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 252 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2152 S15W92 207 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2155 S19E06 109 0100 Cao 03 04 Beta 2157 S14E17 ...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 8, 2014 * NASA Selects U.S. Firms to Provide Commercial Suborbital Flight Services * NASA has selected four companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable platforms that carry payloads near the boundary of space. The selection is part of NASA's continuing effort to foster a viable market ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA Heavy rains triggered floods in parts of India and Bangladesh in summer 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84299&src=nha *** Image from Aug 29, 2014 (Posted on Sep 04, 2014 3:38 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- BARDARBUNGA VOLCANO In la ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BARDARBUNGA VOLCANO In late August and early September 2014, the volcano began spewing vast amounts of lava. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84311&src=nha *** Image from Sep 05, 2014 (Posted on Sep 05, 2014 2:51 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natu ...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 8, 2014 * Scientists Find Evidence of ‘Diving’ Tectonic Plates on Jupiter’s Moon Europa *  Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter’s moon Europa. This conceptual illustration of the subduction process (where one plate is forced under another) shows how a cold, brittle, outer portion of Europa’s 20-30 kilome ...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 8, 2014 * Next Space Station Crew to Participate in NASA TV Briefing, Media Interviews *  NASA astronaut Terry Virts (center), Expedition 42 flight engineer and Expedition 43 commander; along with European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (background), both Expedition 42/43 fl ...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 8, 2014 * NASA Launches New Era of Earth Science from Space Station *  Image Credit: NASA  The launch of a NASA ocean winds sensor to the International Space Station (ISS) this month inaugurates a new era of Earth observation that will leverage the space station's unique vantage point in space. Before the end of th ...Continue Reading