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 6, 2014 * NASA, Navy Prepare for Orion Spacecraft to Make a Splash *  U.S. Navy personnel use a rigid hull inflatable boat to approach the Orion boilerplate test article during an evolution of the Underway Recovery Test 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California on Aug. 2, 2014. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett&n ...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 6, 2014 * The Future is Now: Innovative Advanced Concepts Selected for Continued Study * Looking ahead to an exciting future, NASA is continuing to invest in concepts that may one day revolutionize how we live and work in space with the selection of five technology proposals for continued study under the NASA Innovative Advanced ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- TWIN HURRICANES APPROACH HAWAII In early August 2014, two hurricanes headed toward the Hawaiian Islands, where landfalling storms are rare. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84145&src=nha *** Image from Aug 04, 2014 (Posted on Aug 06, 2014 1:41 PM) SUPER TYPHOON HALONG tk * http://earthobservatory.nasa ...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 6, 2014 * NASA’s Hubble Finds Supernova Star System Linked to Potential “Zombie Star” *  The two inset images show before-and-after images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of Supernova 2012Z in the spiral galaxy NGC 1309. The white X at the top of the main image marks the locat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 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 218 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2127 S08W47 251 0030 Dri 07 08 Beta 2130 S07W23 227 0060 Fso 19 16 Beta 2132 S21W07 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (05 August 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Evolution of Pyrocumulus over California http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84129&src=eoa-iotd * Algae Bloom on Lake Erie http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84125&src=eoa-iotd * Lake Urmia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84116&src=eoa-iotd * An Infrared View of California Droug ...Continue Reading

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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 5, 2014 * NASA Announces Next Opportunity for CubeSat Space Missions * NASA is opening the next round of its CubeSat Launch Initiative, part of the White House Maker Initiative, in an effort to engage the growing community of space enthusiasts that can contribute to NASA's space exploration goals. The CubeSat Launch Initiative ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 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 217 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2127 S07W34 252 0040 Dso 05 08 Beta 2130 S07W12 230 0110 Fac 18 18 Beta-Gamma 2131 S19 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN SIBERIA The 2014 fire season in Siberia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84091&src=nha *** Image from Jul 18, 2014 (Posted on Jul 29, 2014 2:39 PM) -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES A serious drought settled over California in early 2014. * ...Continue Reading