var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option October 6, 2014 * Media Accreditation Now Open for First Flight of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft * NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has opened accreditation for media to attend the rollout of the agency's Orion spacecraft to its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch pad in mid-November, as well as Orion's liftoff on its first flight ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Selects New Science Teams for Astrobiology Research *  Artist concept of an early Earth Image Credit: NASA  NASA has awarded five-year grants totaling almost $50 million to seven research teams nationwide to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. "With 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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Holds Media Briefing to Discuss Comet Flyby of Mars Observations *  Artist's concept of comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) heading toward Mars.Image Credit: NASA NASA will host a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 9, to outline the space and Earth-based assets that will have extraordinary opportun ...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 October 6, 2014 * U.S. Initiates Prototype System to Gauge National Marine Biodiversity *  NASA satellite data of the marine environment will be used in prototype marine biodiversity observation networks to be established in four U.S. locations, including the Florida Keys, pictured here.Image Credit: USF/WHOI/MBARI/NASA  The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- MOUNT ONTAKE ERUPTION Japan's second highest volcano, Ontake, unexpectedly erupted in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84456&src=nha *** Image from Sep 27, 2014 (Posted on Sep 29, 2014 3:59 PM) VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt, with l ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Holds Teleconference on NuSTAR Discovery *  Artist's concept of NuSTAR on orbit. NuSTAR has a 10-m (30') mast that deploys after launch to separate the optics modules (right) from the detectors in the focal plane (left). The spacecraft, which controls NuSTAR's pointings, and the solar panels are with the focal plan ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Study Finds Earth’s Ocean Abyss Has Not Warmed * While the upper part of the world’s oceans continue to absorb heat from global warming, ocean depths have not warmed measurably in the last decade. This image shows heat radiating from the Pacific Ocean as imaged by the NASA’s Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-40 2014 October 5 at 9:08 p.m. MDT (2014 October 6 0308 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 29-October 5 R1 (Minor) and R2 (Moderate) radio blackout conditions were observed on 02 Oct. No G1 or greater geomagnetic storms were observed. No S1 or greater solar radiation storms were observed. Outlook For October 6-12 G1 (Minor) geomagneti ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 06 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 279 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2176 N09W92 211 0020 Cao 09 03 Beta 2177 N13W54 173 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2178 S01W37 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 05 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 278 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2176 N07W81 213 0030 Cao 07 02 Beta 2177 N12W38 170 0010 Bxo 07 08 Beta 2178 S01W23 ...Continue Reading