The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE MARIE Hurricane Marie * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84252&src=nha *** Image from Aug 26, 2014 (Posted on Aug 28, 2014 3:31 PM) HURRICANE CRISTOBAL Hurricane Cristobal * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84247&src=nha *** Image from Aug 27, 2014 (Posted on Aug 2 ...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 August 28, 2014 * Sparks Fly as NASA Pushes the Limits of 3-D Printing Technology *  Engineers just completed hot-fire testing with two 3-D printed rocket injectors. Certain features of the rocket components were designed to increase rocket engine performance. The injector mixed liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen together, which combuste ...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 August 29, 2014 * Mississippi and Louisiana Students Get Out-of-This-World Start to the School Year * Students from Mississippi and Louisiana will gather at the INFINITY Science Center in Pearlington, Mississippi, for a long-distance call with NASA astronauts currently orbiting Earth aboard the International Space Station.  ...Continue Reading

NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, is updating= its mechanism for delivering news releases and media advisories through el= ectronic mail.   All subscribers to the current service known as “hsfnews” = at _listserv@listserver.jsc.nasa.gov_ will be migrated automa= tically to the new JSC-News listserver. However, some subscribers may need to adjust their junk e-mail or firewall settings = to allow receipt of messages from the new JSC-News listserver.   Subscribers will now receive news relea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 29 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 241 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2146 N08W86 346 0190 Cso 05 02 Beta-Delta 2148 N08W64 324 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 2149 N10 ...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 August 28, 2014 * NASA's Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup *  This artist’s concept shows the immediate aftermath of a large asteroid impact around NGC 2547-ID8, a 35-million-year-old sun-like star. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope witnessed a giant surge in dust around the star, likely the result of two asteroids ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 28 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 240 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2146 N07W72 344 0240 Dai 05 04 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2148 N08W51 324 0010 Bxo 03 06 Beta 21 ...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 August 27, 2014 * NASA Exercises Option on Engineering and Scientific Services Contract * NASA has exercised the second option of its Engineering and Scientific Services Contract with Vantage Partners, LLC, of Lanham, Maryland. Vantage Partners provides engineering and scientific support services to the agency's Glenn Research Center ...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 August 27, 2014 * NASA Completes Key Review of World’s Most Powerful Rocket in Support of Journey to Mars *  Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars. Image Cre ...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 August 27, 2014 * NASA Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy *  Artist impression of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy. Image Credit: NASA, Z. Levay, G. Bacon (STScI)  Astronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy constructio ...Continue Reading