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 Selects Environmental Test and Integration Services II Contract * NASA has awarded the Environmental Test and Integration Services II (ETIS II) contract to Sierra Lobo, Inc of Fremont, Ohio. The contract will support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in ...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 * Cassini Spacecraft Reveals 101 Geysers and more on Icy Saturn Moon *  This artist's rendering shows a cross-section of the ice shell immediately beneath one of Enceladus' geyser-active fractures, illustrating the physical and thermal structure and the processes ongoing below and at the surface.Image Credit: NASA/J ...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 Selects Environmental Test and Integration Services II Contract * NASA has awarded the Environmental Test and Integration Services II (ETIS II) contract to Sierra Lobo, Inc of Fremont, Ohio. The contract will support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES A serious drought settled over California in early 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84065&src=nha *** Image from Jul 07, 2014 (Posted on Jul 23, 2014 4:32 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a servic ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-30 2014 July 27 at 8:33 p.m. MDT (2014 July 28 0233 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 21-27 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For July 28-August 3 There is a chance for R1 (minor) radio blackouts on 28 July - 03 August. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International S ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 28 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 209 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2121 N08E04 319 0130 Cao 15 12 Beta 2123 S14W00 323 0040 Cao 06 09 Beta 2124 S22E49 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 27 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 208 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2121 N08E17 320 0150 Cai 14 11 Beta-Gamma 2123 S15E13 324 0030 Dso 07 03 Beta 2124 S21 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 26 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 207 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2119 S21W82 072 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 2121 N08E30 320 0160 Cai 16 18 Beta-Gamma 2122 S1 ...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 25, 2014 * NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Maneuvers to Prepare for Close Comet Flyby *  This graphic depicts the orbit of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring as it swings around the sun in 2014. On Oct. 19, the comet will have a very close pass at Mars. Its nucleus will miss Mars by about 82,000 miles (132,000 kilometers). Image Credit: NASA/JPL- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jul 25 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 206 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jul 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2119 S21W67 069 0010 Hrx 00 01 Alpha 2121 N07E45 317 0210 Cao 15 09 Beta 2122 S13E23 ...Continue Reading