var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option July 30, 2014 * NASA Selects Instruments to Track Climate Impact on Vegetation *  Two new spaceborne Earth-observing instruments will help scientists better understand how global forests and ecosystems are affected by changes in climate and land use change. This image of the Amazon rainforest is from a 2010 global map of the heigh ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://naturalhazards.nas ...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 July 30, 2014 * NASA Holds Space Tech Mission Directorate Update Media Call Aug. 5 * NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 5, to discuss the activities of the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate and how technology drives exploration. NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology Michael Gaz ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 54 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Astronaut Mike Massimino Departs NASA for University Position ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:35:57 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: Astronaut Mike Massimino Departs NASA for University Position July 29, 2014 Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #RELEASE 14-225 Astron ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 30 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 211 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2121 N08W23 320 0150 Cao 06 12 Beta 2123 S15W25 322 0010 Cro 03 02 Beta 2124 S21E23 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (29 July 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Seeing through Sakha's Smoke http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84091&src=eoa-iotd * Tracing Aerosols to their Smoky and Sandy Sources http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84072&src=eoa-iotd * Okavango Delta http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84078&src=eoa-iotd * Lava Around Lake Afrer ...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 July 29, 2014 * Astronaut Mike Massimino Departs NASA for University Position *  Astronaut Michael J. Massimino, STS-109 mission specialist, peers into Columbia's crew cabin during a brief break in work on the Hubble Space Telescope, latched down just a few feet behind him in Columbia's cargo bay, during his second extravehicular ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 29 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 210 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2121 N08W11 321 0110 Cao 06 09 Beta 2123 S15W12 322 0030 Cao 04 07 Beta 2124 S21E36 ...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 July 28, 2014 * NASA’s Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Sets Off-World Driving Record *  NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, working on Mars since January 2004, passed 25 miles of total driving on July 27, 2014. The gold line on this map shows Opportunity's route from the landing site inside Eagle Crater (upper left) to its locat ...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 July 28, 2014 * Reporters Invited to NASA Hurricane Airborne Mission Media Day at Wallops * Media are invited to learn about NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) airborne mission from scientists and pilots and see the remotely-piloted aircraft used in the study from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Sept. 11, at NASA†...Continue Reading