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 13, 2014 * NASA Television Coverage Set for Russian Spacewalk * Two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station will venture outside the orbiting outpost Monday, Aug. 18, for a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk -- the 181st in support of space station assembly and maintenance. NASA TV coverage will begin at 9:30 a.m. ...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 13, 2014 * NASA Selects Proposals to Increase STEM Education at Community and Technical Colleges * NASA's Office of Education will award more than $17.3 million through the National Space Grant and Fellowship Program to increase student and faculty engagement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at communit ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 13 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 225 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2135 N12W19 131 0170 Eao 11 06 Beta 2137 S18W51 163 0010 Dro 03 05 Beta 2138 N13W84 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (12 August 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Carlton Complex Burn Scar http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84169&src=eoa-iotd * NASA's New Carbon Counter Collects Its First Data http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84159&src=eoa-iotd * Panorama of Hispaniola and the Caribbean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84165&src=eoa-iotd ...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 12, 2014 * NASA's NuSTAR Sees Rare Blurring of Black Hole Light *  The regions around supermassive black holes shine brightly in X-rays. Some of this radiation comes from a surrounding disk, and most comes from the corona, pictured here as the white light at the base of a jet. This is one possible configuration for a corona ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 700 2014 Aug 12 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 40 is continuing with ISS in a 410 x 419 km x 51.7 deg orbit. ISS Commander is Steve Swanson (NASA); flight engineers are FE-1 Aleksandr Skvortsov (Roskosmos), FE-2 Oleg Artemev (Roskosmos), FE-4 Max Suraev (Roskosmos), FE-5 Reid Wiseman (NASA), FE-6 ...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 12, 2014 * Departure of U.S. Cargo Ship to Air on NASA Television * After delivering almost three tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the crew of the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS Janice Voss, is scheduled to leave the station Friday, Aug. 15. NASA Televisi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 12 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 224 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2134 N08W51 176 0010 Axx 02 02 Alpha 2135 N12W06 131 0220 Eso 11 09 Beta 2136 N09W83 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN EUROPE Fires in Northern Europe. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84155&src=nha *** Image from Aug 04, 2014 (Posted on Aug 08, 2014 11:33 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TWO HURRICANES APPROACH HAWAII In early August 2014, two hurricanes headed toward the Hawaiian Isl ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-32 2014 August 10 at 7:38 p.m. MDT (2014 August 11 0138 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For August 4-10 No G1 or greater geomagnetic storms were observed. No R1 or greater radio blackouts were observed. No S1 or greater solar radiation storms were observed. Outlook For August 11-17 No G1 or greater geomagnetic storms are expected. No R1 or greate ...Continue Reading