The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (23 September 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Tale of Two Poles http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84418&src=eoa-iotd * Before and After the Sunkosi Landslide http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84406&src=eoa-iotd * Amazon Forest Fires http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84403&src=eoa-iotd * Dust and Clouds Dance Over 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 September 23, 2014 * NASA Manager Honored for Launching New Era of Private-Sector Spacecraft *  Alan Lindenmoyer, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, stands with Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator, shortly after Bolden presented Lindenmoyer the 2014 Samuel J. Heyman Servic ...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 September 23, 2014 * NASA Astronaut to Speak to Clinton Global Initiative Meeting Attendees from International Space Station * NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, a flight engineer with Expedition 40 currently aboard the International Space Station, and Expedition 26/27 NASA astronaut Cady Coleman will speak with former President Bill Clinton ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 23 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 266 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2169 N05W02 291 0030 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 2170 N11W01 290 0040 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2171 S10E25 ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 702 2014 Sep 22 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- The NanoRacks cubesat deployer package remains attached to the JEM RMS robot arm while troubleshooting continues on electrical problems with the deployer. Four more 3U cubesats remain in the deployers while another package of 8 deployers with 16 x 3U equivialent of ...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 September 22, 2014 * NASA Administrator to Participate in High-Flying STEM Education Event * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will give remarks at the launch of the world’s first “flying classroom” -- an innovative program to inspire and engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The event wi ...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 September 22, 2014 * 2014 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Sixth Lowest on Record *  Arctic sea ice hit its annual minimum on Sept. 17, 2014. The red line in this image shows the 1981-2010 average minimum extent. Data provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency GCOM-W1 satellite.Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio&nbs ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KING FIRE IN CALIFORNIA The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84397&src=nha *** Image from Sep 17, 2014 (Posted on Sep 18, 2014 2:48 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT ZHUPANOVSKY In its lat ...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 September 21, 2014 * NASA’s Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet *  This animation depicts NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft orbiting Mars.Image Credit: NASA  NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars’ orbit at 10:24 p.m ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-38 2014 September 21 at 8:23 p.m. MDT (2014 September 22 0223 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For September 15-21 R1-Minor solar radio blackouts were observed on 18 September. Outlook For September 22-28 A chance for R1-minor solar radio blackouts exists through the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, ...Continue Reading