August 21, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v3.0 data covering the month of July 2014.  CAP Level 2 and 3 products are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC data portal http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist?search=CAP and are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP, THREDDS and LAS.  Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of July, and will be augmented on ...Continue Reading

August 21, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v3.0 data covering the month of July 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 July, and will ...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 21, 2014 * NASA Selects 26 Space Biology Research Proposals * NASA's Space Biology Program will fund 26 proposals to investigate how microbes, cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity. The research will be conducted aboard the International Space Station. The research will help uncover new basic knowledge that ot ...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 21, 2014 * NASA and Commercial Partners Review Summer of Advancements * NASA's spaceflight experts in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) met throughout July with aerospace partners to review increasingly advanced designs, elements and systems of the spacecraft and launch vehicles under development as part of the space agency's Co ...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 21, 2014 * NASA TV to Air Events That Highlight Pluto-Bound Spacecraft * Media and the public are invited to attend two events Monday, Aug. 25 from 1-3 p.m. EDT to learn more about the agency’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and its historic connection to the Voyager spacecraft’s visit to Neptune in 1989. The eve ...Continue Reading

As you probably know by now, the History Office’s Historical Reference Collection closed on Oct. 25, as part of the ongoing building renovation. We are pleased to announce our grand reopening celebration on Tuesday, September 9 between 2 and 4 PM in room CP72.   If you are external to NASA Headquarters and plan to attend the grand reopening, please inform Nadine Andreassen two days in advance at 202-358-0087 or email: nadine.j.andreassen@nasa.gov. We will open for research the following day, September 10. I ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 21 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2139 N15W49 054 0030 Dao 09 03 Beta 2141 N16W20 025 0050 Csi 07 05 Beta 2143 S04W26 ...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 20, 2014 * Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows *  Satellites observed the largest ozone hole over Antarctica in 2006. Purple and blue represent areas of low ozone concentrations in the atmosphere; yellow and red are areas of higher concentrations.Image Credit: NASA NASA research shows Earth's atmosphere con ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CANADA Several fires burned in Canada in summer 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84212&src=nha *** Image from Aug 17, 2014 (Posted on Aug 20, 2014 10:51 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://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 August 20, 2014 * NASA Announces Awards to Expand Informal STEM Education Network * NASA has selected 12 informal educational institutions to receive approximately $6 million in agency funding to provide compelling science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) opportunities in informal education settings, such as museums, science ...Continue Reading