var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option December 18, 2014 * NASA, SpaceX Update Launch of Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station * NASA and SpaceX announced today the launch of SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station now will occur no earlier than Tuesday, Jan. 6. The new launch date will provide SpaceX engineers time ...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 December 18, 2014 * NASA’s Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission *  The artistic concept shows NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft operating in a new mission profile called K2. Using publicly available data, astronomers have confirmed K2's first exoplanet discovery proving Kepler can still find planets.Image Credit ...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 December 18, 2014 * NASA, Planetary Scientists Find Meteoritic Evidence of Mars Water Reservoir * This illustration depicts Martian water reservoirs. Recent research provides evidence for the existence of a third reservoir that is intermediate in isotopic composition between the Red Planet’s mantle and its current atmosphere. These results s ...Continue Reading

December 18, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the "RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites" dataset produced by the RapidScat Science Data Systems Team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). This dataset consists of the version 1 Level 2B (L2B) science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the RapidScat Ku-band scatterometer, which was designed from the recycled parts of the SeaWinds/QuikSCAT test inst ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 18 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 352 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2230 S14W88 324 0060 Hax 03 01 Alpha 2234 N05W84 320 0080 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2235 S07W29 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (1 updated events, 3 new images) -- HOLIDAY LIGHTS FROM SPACE A new analysis of satellite data reveals increases in holiday lighting in the United States and the Middle East. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84926&src=nha *** Image from (Posted on Dec 16, 2014 3:09 PM) * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84923 ...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 December 17, 2014 * NASA to Discuss Today Asteroid Redirect Mission Capture Concept, Next Step in Journey to Mars *  This image, taken by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission in 2000, shows a close-up view of Eros, an asteroid with an orbit that takes it somewhat close to Earth. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope observed Ero ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Dec 17 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 351 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Dec 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2230 S14W74 322 0080 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2234 N05W71 320 0090 Hsx 01 02 Alpha 2235 S07W17 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (16 December 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Even from Space, Holidays Shine Brightly http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84897&src=eoa-iotd * New Insight from Old Snapshots of Greenland http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84893&src=eoa-iotd * Italy at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84884&src=eoa-iotd * An Iceberg ...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 December 16, 2014 * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite * NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission. TESS will launch aboard a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, with liftoff targeted for August 2017 from Cape Canaveral Air Forc ...Continue Reading